Gate Managers and Shift Leads oversee on-playa Gate operations on a per-shift basis, managing the team of volunteers working on their shift.
Shift Leads direct all activities of the Gate and perform all aspects of basic Gate Operations They resolve and troubleshoot problems and conflicts at the Gate, and serve as the main point of contact on radio for other Burning Man departments.
Hometown - Black Rock City.
Gate age - 7 years.
Favorite Color - Black.
Favorite Symbol - Skull & Crossbones.
Favorite Shape - 360's in the dust.
Favorite Car - The Golden Showers.
Favorite Band - Justin Timberlake.
Hobbies - Playing with lighter fluid, pirates, hot springs, long walks in the dust, climbing, whiskey, clowns, good times, and searching cars.
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They say there’s one in every crowd, well that may be true, but the One that we have in this crowd is freakin Ninja. While Dave’s keeping an eye on the lanes, he’s got two in the back of his head watching you.
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Sometimes you just gotta wonder...how did they get their playa name?
Aye, and therein lies a story of epic proportions.
Exit's distinctive drawl can be heard cutting through the blistering heat on most days, as he whips the lanes into shape.
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Testing, testing, is thing on?...
Malice is the sneaky midnight ninja of the Gate crew. On those chilly desert nights, you'll see him leading his crew of graveshift diehards.
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Moshe first attended BM in 1996, the last year it was cool, and he has been "over it" ever since although he does go every year and "pretends" to have the time of his life.
He was forced into a life of servitude at the gate by his cooler, meaner friends. An anomaly at the gate, he wears pastels, loves techno and hippies and considers himself a "mega-greeter".
In the real world, he is a stand-up comic, a boner-fied celebritay and is hella funny.
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Mute is a shift lead. He doesn’t say all that much.
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He’s the only guy who works one of the toughest jobs in the nude.
Guess that means that he has the toughest ass as well. Yup Naked Bob--gotta love him!
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Gerbil has been Gate since he first ran out into the desert with some home town friends in 2000.
He likes to yell, says “what” a lot, and the more he gets on your nerves the more you know he loves you.
He is not so much in the tall department, but at least he can see over the dash.
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On playa, Phlapjak can usually be found playing in the D-Lot or working with new Gate peeps in the lanes.
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In 2008, piper was placed under an enchantment by an enthusiastic but regrettably incompetent wizard.
The details of this enchantment are not very interesting;
the enchantment itself was terrible. The wizard apologized profusely but confessed himself unable to reverse said enchantment. His wizarding license has since been
revoked by the Society for Higher A-to-Z Accreditation in Applied Magic (SHAZAAM).
In 2008, piper also joined the Gate.
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Scarecrowe brings his special brand of threatrics to organizing our little nomadic camp.
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Sylvain makes the annual pilgrimage to BRC to slap a fresh coat of red on his neck and keep participants on their toes with goodnatured
hillbilly pranks. His hobbies include towing broken down vehicles out of gate lanes, hippy fishing, and luchadore wrestling.
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Ticket Tally Lead
She's like the entire census bureau, but all wrapped up into one feisty package.
Full of herbs, but watch out for those spices, she’s the creamy dressing to our populus salad.
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Fleeing the fields of Iowa, Cornhole left his sister Piehole and moved out west to find fame, fortune, and hang out in the only place that could never ever grow a single thing- black rock city.