TheOrange 0 Posted July 4, 2003 Share Posted July 4, 2003 How's it going then? Anyone down there care to update us, or too busy? Link to post Share on other sites
sam_casper 0 Posted July 5, 2003 Share Posted July 5, 2003 Yo orange! i have just come home for the weekend from perisher. i was there with snowbaord freak for a week (im going back for 3 weeks) its ok, the snow is reasonable we could do with a nother good dump soon its starting to get sticky and slushy..... its not to bad but, its very bussy - school hoildays - we have been hiking mth blue cow to get some decent snow, not to shabby after all but the gromers are SH I T E!! anwyays the next few weeks hopefully well get some snow...!!! Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted July 11, 2003 Share Posted July 11, 2003 Do the Snow Dance! Link to post Share on other sites
jared 0 Posted July 16, 2003 Share Posted July 16, 2003 My brother tell me he's not up there today cos the hills are closed cos its snowing. Tomorrow should be good. Link to post Share on other sites
Lama 0 Posted July 16, 2003 Share Posted July 16, 2003 Isnt that like closing the beaches to surfers cause there is good surf?? Link to post Share on other sites
Siem Reeves 0 Posted July 17, 2003 Share Posted July 17, 2003 kinda, but it's for safety cos they have to do avalanche control and stuff before they can let people on the mountain - and they are big mountains (in other words, no trees like here). Unlike Japan sometimes, in NZ you know that when things are closed there is a good reason. Link to post Share on other sites
Lama 0 Posted July 17, 2003 Share Posted July 17, 2003 ooooohhhhhh i thought he was talking about Oz!! no avalanche control here!!! Link to post Share on other sites
jared 0 Posted July 17, 2003 Share Posted July 17, 2003 also, cos there are no trees so when the weather is bad you cant see anything by that I mean absololutely nothing! cant even tell if your moving or not till you fall over. So its not so fun anyway. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted July 17, 2003 Share Posted July 17, 2003 whiteout, thats the one thing that is keeping from sking NZ. Im afraid of going there and getting a whiteout vacation. Link to post Share on other sites
jared 0 Posted July 17, 2003 Share Posted July 17, 2003 but we do get an incredibly high number of clear days, it wont be white out for long, a day or two at the most. Many more clear days than japan even in march. Not so good for the snow but good fun. Link to post Share on other sites
snowboard_freak 0 Posted August 4, 2003 Share Posted August 4, 2003 Just got back from 5 weeks at Perisher. It was looking pretty bad for a while there but then we had a 80cm+ system go through which really helped. Some areas where really bad, we had to catch a lift up on foot at one stage. Then we had another 20-25cm fall a couple of days later. It was bloody warm down there when we left yesterday, about 7c. So if it continues like that then there will be one hell of a melt! But all in all i've had a pretty good season so far. Link to post Share on other sites
Roger's head 0 Posted August 4, 2003 Share Posted August 4, 2003 Good to hear from you Mr Snowboard Freak! Link to post Share on other sites
sam_casper 0 Posted August 5, 2003 Share Posted August 5, 2003 Well Snowfreak beat me to it! i was about to full u all in on what was going down at Perisher Blue but no...! you all know now!!! hahehhae!! Its good to be back - but bad to be away from the snow... very sad...! Link to post Share on other sites
OUfreeski2 0 Posted August 5, 2003 Share Posted August 5, 2003 Yeah, it was the best week of the season when |I went down.But the snow didn't cover up all rocks good thing I brought old skis.Top weather and crew though!Snowboardfreak and his girlie Sam top people!! Link to post Share on other sites
enderzero 0 Posted August 5, 2003 Share Posted August 5, 2003 Whaddup Freaks?! Welcome back. Dyamn...snowboarding seems so far away to me. Let's get some more details. You nail that backflip Drew? Link to post Share on other sites
snowboard_freak 0 Posted August 5, 2003 Share Posted August 5, 2003 Awwww shucks OU. (stupid embarrassed smilie that one). Had a blast the whole time we were there, it was great to meet OU - top bloke indeed! I'll let you know how i go with that big arse rainbow rail! Yo Ryland check out my member page, i've already updated it with all the days i've done so far and i'll probably head back down on Friday morning for the weekend, but i'm not sure yet. I want to hit up the park and work on my rails a bit more. No backflip, db is just a bloody freak! A freak i tells ya! Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted August 6, 2003 Share Posted August 6, 2003 hey mate, I thought about coming down and showing you how it was done.... but nahhh! Good to hear you have some snow. Link to post Share on other sites
jared 0 Posted August 6, 2003 Share Posted August 6, 2003 Its looking pretty sad in NZ (looking at it through the internet anyway) A few ski areas are closed waiting for more snow and the last snow fall was more than 15 days ago. It has been cold though apparantly but thats not much good without some precipitation. Link to post Share on other sites
OUfreeski2 0 Posted August 6, 2003 Share Posted August 6, 2003 Yeah had a phat ole time down there.Dunno why they don't build a decent parks down here.They only had a couple of table tops, a big arse rainbow rail(which I wasn't able to grease) and they threw in a rollercoaster rail which wasn't open the time I was there. They built two nice smooth kickers for a Big Air Comp (which I regrettably didn't go in) but as soon as it finished they didn't let the public hit 'em. All they need to do is get a dude watching giving people the all clear or no go sign to people before they jump and it would be sweet they way they do at Dynas. They need these facilities if they are gunna be any Aussies being more competitive in ski or snowboard comps o/s. Link to post Share on other sites
enderzero 0 Posted August 7, 2003 Share Posted August 7, 2003 Oh yeah. This is a great shot dude! If you had a little bit older clothes on and your hair was showing this could be an 80's cover. Link to post Share on other sites
snowboard_freak 0 Posted August 7, 2003 Share Posted August 7, 2003 Yeah its not a bad photo. I like it to. The colours all work nicely together i reckon. Props has to go to s_f_g for that photo. She took it with my digital camera which is bloody hard to take action shots with because of the delay. Onya Sam! I could try taking it into Photoshop and making my clothes nice, bright fluro colours. Maybe some greens, yellows, organes, and heck even some pink for good measure! Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted August 7, 2003 Share Posted August 7, 2003 Is that the Suitcase air??? Nice to see the Aussei Snow Gums in the BG as well. BTW, after years of pretending I am hip, I have to come clean: what does "props" stand for. I get the meaning, but what is the root? Link to post Share on other sites
Goemon 0 Posted August 7, 2003 Share Posted August 7, 2003 I believe "props" is derived from "I have to give proper respect/recognition to so-and-so". Link to post Share on other sites
sam_casper 0 Posted August 8, 2003 Share Posted August 8, 2003 Yeah i must admit that OU, Roger Ramjet! is an awsome dude - had a barrell of fun down there! Drew, what u talking bout thats me in that photo! ahahhahahahhaha....!! Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted August 8, 2003 Share Posted August 8, 2003 Were you guys able to watch the video that OU brought. If you did you know that hokkaido isnt the only place for deep snow. Damm it I have damaged my big toenail. Im afraid its going to fall off. Its going to make kayaking this weekend difficult and I think waterjumping is out of the question. Link to post Share on other sites
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