BWOODZ WEEK UNO

Arrived at Bretton Woods on Friday, have a nice meeting with James, then was sent off to Hobbits where I was introduced to Greg and Patty. Hobbits is the ski school for little kids. The first day I shadowed Jamie around while she taught a class, it was a class full of 5/6 year old girls and they were siblings so there were arguments over who got to go first. We stopped many times for lunch and drink breaks. Loved the appleade. Later during the day I helped Simon teach a LCQ lesson, was very interesting, we headed up on the LCQ lift and one of the kids was kind of spacey and when we got to the top of the lift, he never got off....ha.ha. On Saturday I helped out in the downstairs of Hobbits with Ellen, checking in the customers for hobbits. I was checking reservations or showing people how to use the computer system for lessons/rentals. After that I went up and taught lessons out on the LCQ, I was basically helping kids get onto the magic carpet. I was working with Lauren/Allison teaching lessons we had a few kids who were just beginning and we were teaching them the pizza, some got it very quickly and were awesome, but others just wanted to french fry, and another just wanted her "Mommy". Hobbits was fun, very interesting time, didn't mind it at all though, and teaching kids to ski is harder than it looks. Hobbits offers a great service to the mountain and to the customers, they have a specific program for little kids, they have their own area so more experienced skiers/riders don't have to deal with beginners on the big mountain. The program allows beginners to fall in love with skiing which would thus mean they will return to Bretton and bring them revenue. Safety, the LCQ/ carpet area was surrounded by fencing which was helpful because a kid or two actually skied into them....yeah.   The guest is effected by Hobbits because the family gets to drop the kid off for a full day lesson, and the parents get to go off and ski or ride for the day, they even have day care. The employee gets to interact with other employees offering a very fun atmosphere, many laughs were had, the freestyle section of hobbits also seemed pretty cool. The owner benefits from Hobbits because he knows the little beginners are being taken care of.