20050904 Cardrona snowboarding & Base Party roadtrip, Wanaka

Its been a great last few days! (well even more great than usual) Was in Wanaka for the weekend : snowboarding on Cardrona with Kate, James, Abby, Fi, Lawrence and Geoff (our friend who we met last time at Treble Cone). A spectacular days riding with soft slushy snow, the boarder cross circuit was wicked! but put my ass in bad shape again. Went to the party hosted by Base (a local snowboarding store), nice setup sorta like the warehouse in Go, gig survived because of the last dj who played a thumping set but the rest of the music was a little boring A few nice girls but I was being a sissy, a little de-energised from not eating. Geoff was really cool and put us up for the night, great time chillin there. Went to the gym tonight with Alester, felt great, its time to start training and eating properly again. Loving life more than ever now, everything is really perfect. I find myself appreciating things more, the beauty in the scenery, friends, music, people, food, the girls;)

20050831

Easy days work. I still got the injury, need it to be better by the weekend for snowboarding on Cardrona and a party in Wanaka, expecting an excellent weekend. Chilled in Nicks with Brett tonight, played Need for speed underground on xbox with the steering wheel setup, listening to tunes and eating Fergs (which was meant to be our attempt at cooking dinner)

20050829

Late for work, I havent changed that much. Met Koji and Emi at lunch today to say our goodbyes, they go home to Japan in the next 2 days. They gave me 3 snowboard movies as a present, extremely kind of them and I really enjoyed watching them at dinner.

20050828

Went boarding yesterday with Kate and Abby, the lure was too much (the boarding), but I was punished for it and have now re-injured myself. Chilled today, watched a movie and researched what way Im going to travel New Zealand, Ive narrowed it down to the Kiwi Experience and the Magic Bus, to many choices.

20050826 A New Job

Started working today with a temp agency. Labouring sorta stuff, my brain is going to mush but theres nothing else I can do right now because of my injury theres no snowboarding. On $12 an hour which is pathetic, so Im not too enthusiastic about the job.

20050822 Remarks Snowboard shoot

I came back from my injury and had been boarding again. Was up on Coronet twice and Remarkables once in the last week. Had planned to go to Treble Cone again today but weather was bad so hit up Remarks instead. Went up with Kate, James and John and met Kates friend Abby up there. Had one of the best days yet up there, went off some pretty big jumps, landing 3 out of 4, the one I didnt land has left me in lots of pain when I sit down, or get up. Got quite a few video clips and plan to put together a movie by the end of the season. Went to see Wedding Crashers on Friday night, really enjoyed it, saw the new Jessica Simpson video, awesome stuff. Thursday night went out with Alester, chilled in the bar he works in till 1.30am then headed out with 2 of the Japanese girls he works with. Didnt get to bed till 7.30am.

20050813 Injury Number 1

Twisted my knee on the mountain today, landed a frontside 180 but then fell really badly and couldnt move my leg for about 5 minutes. Initially thought this was the end of my season, but looks like I should be better in a day or 2. Beautiful day of snowboarding, nice snow and sunny weather with great company.

20050812

Been snowboarding for the last 3 days straight. Theres been a huge dump of snow and the mountains awesome. Have learned a few tricks, been sick with a cold the today and yesterday, so couldnt go out

20050807 Wanaka Day Out

Had intended to be snowboarding today, but after waking up with a pulled muscle that wasnt a runner, instead went back to sleep, woke up at 1pm, wandered down to the kitchen for bf and 30 minutes later was on a roadtrip to Wanaka for some stuffs, again beautiful scenery. Chilled in a very empty, sterile new bar in what seemed like the middle of nowhere waiting for Brett to get back. Played free pool unbeaten against everyone and listened to tunes on the jukebox for an hour or 2. Visited some of Bretts friends, drinking coffee and hearing stories of wanaka and their old friends.

20050806

Had a rest in the morning, was out the night before in town with Nick, met up in debajo around 1am, some good tunes, not so many people. Alester came in, not happy, had lost his key through a hole in his pocket. After dancing myself out, went home about 4 to see Alester trying to open the door, a half hour later success. Went out tonight, hunting again. I was so cold that I did not take off my coat once that night. Went to Winnies first, very packed, lots of putinas. Went onto Barup then after searching for a nice venue. Got bored went home.