
Here we are. Another day of the 15 minutes of fame. Speaking of days, it's april 13th. Right now. Just check my calendar. I have got sean hanagan with me here today. Sean hanagan has been a longtime friend, a longtime colleague in the world of skiing, discussing gear. Sean is a gear nerd. Any time you get around him, just know, that you don't know as much as he does. It's just something you got to accept. And it's all good. Sean has been living in the vail and beaver creek area most of his career and life, as far as i've known him. Started as a schoolteacher in the area. Went on to do some city government now into general managing a ski and bike shop, locally, in edwards. Which has brought us to the question - what is it like to be sean hanagan? A community member, in a ski community that happens to be a very hot, hot zone during this coronavirus? How does the business cope and survive and look to the future? In 15 minutes. Sean - take it away, brother. Thanks, goldy. Great to see you. We've known each other about, 18 years now? We met up here in edwards. As you said, when I first got here, I was a schoolteacher. A science teacher locally. At one point decided, 13 years in, that I needed a break. Took a break. For "a year. " I went to go work as the land use planner for eagle county. That year turned into 12 years. At that 12-year mark, I was getting kind of itchy. I tend to get itchy career-wise after about a decade or so. A good friend of mine owns a local ski and bike shop here, in edwards, called the kind bikes and skis. He bought it three years ago. He started joking about having me come work for him. One of my goals, as I was getting older, was to simplify my life. Take away some of the stress. Bring back some joy and start working in a place where, you know, it was something that brought joy to me every day. We talked and talked and talked. It became more serious than an offer hit the table. I talked to my wife. We talked it through and kelly was pumped up. I'm seven months in now, being the general manager of the kind bikes and skis. As you said, it's been a really interesting time. Early winter was fairly normal, me getting used to what it's like, to manage a store and people. I've managed projects before, but this was my first foray into really managing an organization. Then, of course, we had an outbreak of the coronavirus eagle county, even though you would think, vail and beaver creek - we're small, we're quiet -