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
I’ve got some pics of Colorado but I suppose I better post the last ones from the southern 2007 winter. I did a bit of hiking once the lifts closed and these pics here are along the Dart River. Every other sign I’ve seen over estimates the travel time often by as much as double. So the 8.5hrs to the Dart Hut sounded like 4hrs….. … Continue reading Last post for NZ 2007
The Glenorchy Fishing Comp is a huge fishing event here in the Sth Island – so much so Hughie and Malcome even bought a new boat for it!!! We didn’t win the fishing side of things but we’ve got the drinking side covered (we didn’t catch a single fish in 4 days). Some pics of the crew for the weekend. 2 bottles of rum weren’t enuf – I … Continue reading Glenorchy Fishing Comp
I actually meant to write that title as “The Team of Dreamers”. Today was the Holden Scramble and after being kicked out of the team last year Hughie and Pete let me back in – I’ve really worked hard on my game the last 5 months for their acceptance. Hahahaa – the real story is completely the opposite…. but the truth is boring. All that … Continue reading The Dream Team
I thought that skiing was over for the season – I was wrong. For the month of September I have only skied 3 days until yesterday (the 19th). But some fresh blood, Dave the Sailor leaving town, some snow on the forecast and some gorgeous spring days has swung that around…. Looks like I’ll ski 4 days in a row and next week might involve another 4 … Continue reading Spring skiing
One night many moons ago…. a few of us were up at Malcome’s around the fire watching Tri-Nations rugby waiting for the America’s Cup to start when Vinchenzo had an idea…. the Mountain to Mountain. With all the Rum and Speights we had drunk anything was possible and a pact was made. Yesterday we had to sack up and do it. Chinese downhill ski from … Continue reading Team Marina Tavern
Some compiled skiing footage from the last pow day – 22meg file right click and save target as remember. More pics from last weeks skiing with AJ, Cole and Richard. Here is the crew for the day… It looks like one of those firefighter calendars gone way wrong. A couple of cheesey summit photos. You don’t need to summit Everest to have your pic taken with … Continue reading Last one I promise
Over the last 10 days I’ve been posting a lot on here and it is getting a little tiresome BUT we just keep having epic days and the cameras are always along for the journey. Today is Friday and the crew consisted of Dave the Sailor, Dirty Dave, Phil the River Navigator Guru, Richard the Pilot and me (I should get a title as well … Continue reading I’m sick of posting pics
This last week has involved some more serious skiing with Cole and Richard in town. Lots of hiking and these guys have showed me a few new spots. I’ll expand on this post as I get the footage online – I think it is going to be a big one. Here is the Little Master himself…. Richard is normally behind the camera but this time … Continue reading Skiing with Dinosaurs
Today is Tuesday and I’m a fan of Tuesday’s. The 2 Dave’s and I were up at Remarks working on our steep powder skiing and the conditions were playing along. There was one jump which we got some footage of and things just worked out that everyone got filmed skiing this – the jump is at the bottom of the East Face and if you … Continue reading Best day of the season thus far….
Today is Friday and the weather is really crapping out – this is going to be a massive dump by the time this system is through. Concrete was shut and most of Remarks was too – golf was out of the question with the rain so a drive down to the Greenstone Track was one of the remaining options. Amy joined Dave the Sailor and … Continue reading Chasing Waterfalls
It is August now and I haven’t done enuf man skiing – not that only men can do it (there was a smokin’ hot red head who was ripping Diangulation today). Dave the Sailor and I got some footage which we’ll edit up and put online but for the time being here are a few pics. Tomorrow will be more of the same with Dirty … Continue reading Time for some MAN skiing
