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On the flip side, you also get to play the games, sing the songs, dance the dance, but when it’s all said and done, you go skiing again. You get to enjoy your time with the campers during the day and teach them new things, and once nighttime hits, the Camp Counsellors will take over. To me, being a Water Ski Coach is similar to being the ‘Cool Uncle’ of the camp world. Then night time falls, my favorite part of being a Water Ski Coach. Once your staff fun is done, you’ll have a few more hours of embracing that ski life vibe on the dock, inspiring kids to try new things, and dishing out more of those high fives. Camp Counsellors and campers go to the cabin and rest, while we surf! But the best part of lunch is that it’s followed by rest hour, or what ski staff like to call “Surf hour”.

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It’s hard to explain the vibe on a ski dock until you’ve worked it, but you’ll find it hard to believe you’re being paid for it! Afternoonįor the next few hours, you’ll be driving the boat, teaching, laughing, and telling stories until that catchy song hits the speakers again.and that means lunch! Much like breakfast there’s singing and dancing, and the odd full camp challenge or game of trivia. That’s where the real fun starts! Think of an environment where high fives and fist bumps are thrown around like candy at a fair. This isn’t your regular 9-5 office job my morning commute consists of driving speed boats across a lake to a dock.

You’ll chant ridiculous, but catchy camp songs that you can never get out of your head, play some table games, clean up, and set off to face the day. You then make it to breakfast, eat some French toast topped with the Canadian icon - stringy bacon swimming in maple syrup. You’ll race down to the dock, and no doubt, your fellow ski staff will be there trying to decide who gets first ski and it will be the best start to any workday you’ve ever had. You step out of your cabin to be greeted by the promised land a lake so smooth you can’t help but get, what I like to call, the “ski staff itch”. You put on your daily uniform of board shorts, tank top, and sunnies. It’s no doubt an overplayed teen pop sensation, but you learn to love it.you’ll just never admit it to your mates back home. I’m not even kidding! Morningįirst thing in the morning, you’ll wake up to a tune echoing through the camp. Let me break down a typical day for you (if there is such a thing as typical day at camp): ski, eat, sing, ski, sing eat, dance, play, ski, dance, eat, ski ski, ski, repeat. I grew up skiing, so when I got the opportunity to get paid to coach it (and do it, maybe even more than the kids.but shhh, ski staff secrets), and live on a beautiful lake in Canada’s wilderness, why wouldn’t I? And why wouldn’t you? We have all heard the stories of Camp Counsellors, but what about the tails of the Activity Specialists? For me, my position at summer camp was a Waterski and Wakeboard Coach. Well, welcome to my life as a Water Ski Coach!

Imagine saying “Step into my office”, but your office isn’t a cubicle in an office building it’s actually a pristine Super Air Nautique (For those of you who aren’t up to speed on the wakeboarding lingo, that means a wakeboarding boat).

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