Yes this was supposed to be jetboating on the Dart but it was raining and nearly snowing so we ended up on the Shotover. Kinda funny that my tone indicates that the Shotover is 2nd best – that is not how it meant to come out at all and since I haven’t been on the Dart yet I can’t compare. However, as you can see … Continue reading Jetboating on the Dart
After a couple of weeks of no snow and Thanksgiving crowds things are back to the way they should be – lots of freshies and all to ourselves. Pics never show how much it is actually snowing but in the foreground there is US Hwy 6 – closed? Nah takes more than that to close a Hwy here. Imagine the carnage on Frankton Road if it … Continue reading 1 foot of pow in 36hrs
Yesterday was a pretty standard 10″ day here at Keystone. The Interstate from Denver was closed all day so nobody could get to the slopes to encroach on our fresh tracks…. and if you call thigh deep, first people down a run in the season fresh tracks then you are in the right wave length. Unfortunately it was still snowing ALL DAY – so the … Continue reading First posts of the season
Yes I did go to Buller this year and yes the snow was shit. On a positive the company was good, I got to go on a ski trip that someone else organised so I got to sit back and enjoy the ride and there was a good supply of Bundy on hand. Dave is sending through some footage which should be here early 2007 but here is … Continue reading Some Buller Pics
After a morning of riding what else in there to do in Queenstown? Well if you know a bloke with a jetboat then you can go jetboating…. On the way up the shotover river we saw the commercial boats where people pay $90+ to jetboat the gorge….. Get out of our road biatches!!!! The best thing about a non-commercial ride is that you can get … Continue reading Kiwi Matt and Jetboating
So after a couple of days skiing (see posts below) Kiwi Matt and I hit the course. Now here is a guy who dates Miss New Zealands and is a pretty good slowboarder but I play like 75 rounds of golf a year so I wasn’t too scared…. I should have been. The front nine I gave Kiwi Matt a shot…. on the back nine he … Continue reading Golf with Kiwi Matt
Dave loves TC and Kiwi Matt has arranged some tickets to ski TC so the three of us went over there for the day. I’m not sure about Dave or Kiwi Matt but this was one of my top 5 day of the season… The snow wasn’t epic and the lines we skiied were’nt “You Fall You Die”. For me it was the entire day which … Continue reading Kiwi Matt, Dirty Dave and Tom @ TC
Kiwi Matt is back for another riding session in 2006 with us and there is a long history here. Back in 2004 Kiwi Matt was one of our first ever ‘Live-In, Snow Enthusiasts.” He was awesome back then and with a steady supply of duty free Bundy he has retained the position of a ‘Bloody Great Bloke who is more than welcome anytime.’ So back … Continue reading The History of Kiwi Matt
Milford Sound (which is actually a fiord) is really boring. Its sticking hot, its boring, there is nothing to look at – you might as well stay at home – NOT!!!! Lets just start off with some of the waterfalls we took fotos of. Well we were getting a little sick of the 100’s of waterfalls (see how close the boat got to them) so … Continue reading Thousands of waterfalls @ Milford
I’ve been sorting through all these pics and most fotos with Andrea in them give me the impression that she was cold. To be honest the day on the boat was actually cold but pretend I didn’t say that. Continue reading Does Andrea look cold?
The snow was going to be crap this day – windy as hell and overcast meant that the overnight freeze would hang around all day. So after some luging (care of AJ) we thought we’d head out to Skippers Canyon. The road up there is one of only 2 roads in New Zealand where you rental car insurance is null and void. This is because … Continue reading Skippers Road
I don’t know how this evening evolved but Josie was out on the town so us boys had the house to ourselves and Hughie was there too – can’t remember him arriving actually. We take our poker very very seriously – particularly considering we don’t actually bet anything. Just like the poker on TV – you have to hide your poker face….. I’m going to … Continue reading Serious Poker
