1st Fatality of the Season
Normally we get a couple of these a year here. He wasn’t a snowboarder and that being the case I am no longer a suspect…. KEYSTONE, Colo. – Dec. 11, 2006 – A 20-year-old male from Oregon was pronounced dead at St. Anthony’s Hospital last night after a ski incident on an intermediate trail, Spring Dipper, at Keystone Resort. A call came into Keystone Ski … Continue reading 1st Fatality of the Season
Another reason I want to be a slowboarder….
I enjoy having a nice cold arse….. Continue reading Another reason I want to be a slowboarder….
Intense Mark has landed
A sweet mushy foto to start things off. Big terrain park opened and Mark was keen to scope out some lines. The footage of us hitting this isn’t available yet – was all in our dreams thus far… but as they say “If you build it – we’ll throw ourselves off it.” Notice the dude who just launched that fakey. Mark has been replaced by … Continue reading Intense Mark has landed
Inaugural Chess Match
Intense Mark is over from DC and while we wait for our TV to arrive we got to inaugurate the new chess board which was the first ‘house’ purchase we made. Continue reading Inaugural Chess Match
Why I hate Monday’s
I don’t know about you but I hate Monday’s. All the weekend warriors have gone home, there is no traffic, no lift lines (not that we get those even on the weekends), no people over the hill and Josie doesn’t start work until 2pm so she can come skiing too. Started the day with a lazy wake up, bacon and eggs and then we cruised … Continue reading Why I hate Monday’s
Jetboating on the Dart
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
1 foot of pow in 36hrs
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
First posts of the season
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
Some Buller Pics
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
Kiwi Matt and Jetboating
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
Golf with Kiwi Matt
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
Kiwi Matt, Dirty Dave and Tom @ TC
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