This should be the last skiing post for a while – tonight it starts snowing (AGAIN) and is forecast to snow for the next 5 days (should be worth a foot – maybe 2). Then Andy is off to Japland and I’m off to the UK. So I have only limited chances to share the great snow conditions. Andy and I were up at the … Continue reading Last skiing post for a while – I promise
After bringing in my birthday early this morning with a couple of sheilas in the hottub (yes little spoon can verify it). This morning looked terrible – 60mph wind gusts, low cloud and a little snow (you thought I was going to say something about the girls looking terrible). So after the 8am weather check it was back to bed. Then waking up a little closer to … Continue reading Cruising on a Tuesday
I’ve been looking forward to some hiking but to date there hasn’t been the opportunity (the snow has been that good inbounds). Little Spoon and I picked up some hiking gear – my first set of skins (they are 100% Baby Seal) and these tricky binding things that AJ and Richard instructed me to get. Here is me looking like an old hand (more like … Continue reading Time for some hiking
There a new chair at A-Basin and it has been open for 2 weeks but we have been busy skiing Keystone, Vail, Beaver Creek and Winter Park. Today we could fit it into our calendar. Here is Al Airborn down one of the steeper lines we could find – the snow was wicked and you can see the Zuma Chair in the background. This first … Continue reading Zuma Chair
This is a long winded road trip post. ——————————————————- The first of the footage is now online (remember – right click then ‘Save Target As’)…. Flogging the jeep (35meg). My tribute to slowboarders (18eg). ——————————————————- Finaly road trip post…. This afternoon Lurch and Lisa were dropped off at Denver International Airport and as I haven’t heard from them since I’m assuming they made their flight. … Continue reading More Road Trips
Video additions to this post (remember – right click then ‘save target as’ is the best way to download these)….. Tyler and myself down Starfire (this is the 133km/hr run – not quite that today but pretty quick) – 10meg file. Al Airborne skiing the Windows. (45meg file). Andy in the Bullet Glades – 10meg. Tom in the Bullet Glades – 11meg. I’ve written 6 … Continue reading No title
After 4,500 miles I’m back in Colorado. The road trip was pretty kewl although the driving was pretty nasty at times – the last day I drove 13hrs to beat a storm. Back in Keystone now for a little while and Lurch and Lisa are down here too. This morning we skied Keystone, then after lunch we headed up to A-Basin for a change of … Continue reading Back in CO
Lurch and Lisa are in Big White for their 2nd honeymoon….. I think that Lurch didn’t didn’t perform on the first one so Lisa called me in to help out. Definitely a little weird being on someones honeymoon as the extra wheel but I’m comfortable with my ‘positon’ – hehehe. Today was a wicked day sking with Jon and Blind Andy and there will be … Continue reading Back in Big White
I’m not sure how many pics I’ll get on this trip but we’ll see what happens. Day 1 – Keystone, Colorado to Evanston, Wyoming First full day driving the Beemer and she is twichy. A bit of ice on the road has kept me on my toes and under the radar. It is a Saturday but on one stretch of road I counted 2 cars … Continue reading Road Trip
Tomorrow I’m off north – going to be a mission of a road trip and I’ll try and take some pics and post them here. This is one time I’m hoping it doesn’t snow. But I’ve still got to ski tomorrow morning and today was a pretty cruisy, late start kind of a day. Here is a cheesy group foto to kick things off. Andy, … Continue reading 2nd last day in Keystone
On the flight from NZ to the US I was sorting out the photos for the winter and I had an idea about a post featuring the Doris’s of the ’07 southern winter. First up is Shazza Doris – the original ‘ski bunny’. Blonde, wicked skier, lived in Thredbo for years and doesn’t take shit from anyone. I think that she and Dave the Sailor have … Continue reading Doris’s of ’07 southern winter
Another foot of snow has fallen since this time yesterday and it is still DUMPING!!! Today was wicked – more terrain has been opened up so we aren’t skiing the same 3 runs. Here are some skiing pics. First up is Al Airborne. Kamikaze Andy…. My turn to hand the camera off. Check out this short clip of me jumping off one of the summer … Continue reading Another foot
