LiquidX 0 Posted May 9, 2003 Share Posted May 9, 2003 Getting cold is it? Any signs of snow down there? Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted May 9, 2003 Share Posted May 9, 2003 I would like to get down to NZ this summer but the wife will veto a ski trip she wants a beach trip. Link to post Share on other sites
powwwers 0 Posted May 9, 2003 Share Posted May 9, 2003 yes indeedy doodie. will be working at Mt. Buller the last week in july and all of august, except from tha 4th. til tha 8th. i`ll be at Mt. Hotham that week. bring it on huey! Link to post Share on other sites
snowboard_freak 0 Posted May 9, 2003 Share Posted May 9, 2003 29 days to go!! Not long now. I got the first issue of "Australian Snowboarder" today as well! Yah! Hey powwwers we should try and hook up. I'll be at PB most of the season, but i want to check out Hotham as well. Link to post Share on other sites
Lama 0 Posted May 10, 2003 Share Posted May 10, 2003 doesnt look like there has been any snow just yet!! a little worried myself i know we did get a little "out of season" stuff back in feb/march but the fields are empty SBF, you working down there?? Link to post Share on other sites
snowboard_freak 0 Posted May 10, 2003 Share Posted May 10, 2003 She'll be right lama! We just need the high's to start moving north. They are still too south for my liking. The mountains may get a dusting tonight. Still got some time up our sleeves before the season gets going. Not working down there. I was considering it, but decided to pass. Going to make another trip to Japan instead. You working in the snow? What resorts do you ride? Link to post Share on other sites
window-cleaner 0 Posted May 10, 2003 Share Posted May 10, 2003 Funny place to meet this (I found out about this place on the ski.com.au forums), but I'll be around for the snow in Oz this year. Where y'all be? Many other Australians here? You living in Japan or what? Link to post Share on other sites
snowboard_freak 0 Posted May 10, 2003 Share Posted May 10, 2003 G'Day again window cleaner, and welcome! I lurk on the ski.com.au forums. Never posted there though. I'm getting a season pass for Perisher Blue, so that's where i'll be for the most part. But like i mentioned previously i want to head down and check out Mt Hotham. I don't live in Japan, i'm in Sydney. Link to post Share on other sites
window-cleaner 0 Posted May 10, 2003 Share Posted May 10, 2003 We might be able to meet up, I plan to be there too. Funny that, you don't post on the Aussie forums but you post hugely here That good is it? I'm sure more people on that forum'd be interested in this site/forum if they knew about it.. Link to post Share on other sites
snowboard_freak 0 Posted May 10, 2003 Share Posted May 10, 2003 Yeah it is a bit odd that i dont post at ski.com.au. I just prefer the community here i think. Nothing wrong with ski.com.au though. I was hooked on this forum from the first day i posted, haven't looked back since. Be careful, it'll happen to you! Definately should try to hook up. Link to post Share on other sites
Lama 0 Posted May 10, 2003 Share Posted May 10, 2003 S/Freak nah wont be working down there just a few weekend visits thredbo is my favorite.... nice and steep and not too crowded!! Link to post Share on other sites
enderzero 0 Posted May 10, 2003 Share Posted May 10, 2003 Quote: Originally posted by snowboard_freak: I was hooked on this forum from the first day i posted, haven't looked back since. Be careful, it'll happen to you! Yeah, what kind of fool posts over 1000 posts in 9 months...geeze! Link to post Share on other sites
snowboard_freak 0 Posted May 10, 2003 Share Posted May 10, 2003 What kinda fool indeed! Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted May 10, 2003 Share Posted May 10, 2003 How far is it from syndey to the mountains isnt it like 5 hours. You going to drive there every weekend? Link to post Share on other sites
snowboard_freak 0 Posted May 11, 2003 Share Posted May 11, 2003 Fatty, My quickest drive was 4.5 hours, longest 8 hours - in really bad traffic. Noramally takes between 5 and 6 hours. It's a pretty easy drive though. I've got some mates who are living in Jindabyne (about 30 mins from the mtn) so i come head down whenever i can get a couple of days off work. I'm going to try and go down during the week instead of one weekend. I'm hoping the season is going to start well so i can go heaps in June then i'm off to Thailand in July, back at the start of August. Then theres about another 2 months snow time, if the weather cooperates that is. Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted May 14, 2003 Share Posted May 14, 2003 Kiwi friends tell me that it hardly snowed there last season, but that things are looking good already this year. This pic (which may be updated with something completely different) was taken last week at Cardrona, the home of a half-pipe named after John Holmes. Which leads to the inevitable "Dad, who is John Holmes?" Link to post Share on other sites
Lama 0 Posted May 15, 2003 Share Posted May 15, 2003 WOW looks like they are of course doin heaps better than us!! as usual!! http://www.thredbo.com.au/liveimages/ff_full.jpg Link to post Share on other sites
Lama 0 Posted May 15, 2003 Share Posted May 15, 2003 WOW looks like they are of course doin heaps better than us!! as usual!! " title="" src="graemlins/cry.gif" /> Link to post Share on other sites
Siem Reeves 0 Posted May 20, 2003 Share Posted May 20, 2003 Ahhhhhhh, just looked at that picture of Cadrona and it made me homesick - not that Cadrona is the best skifield in Wanaka (Treble Cone rocks ) but the snow... and of course, being pretty much the end of the Japanese season, maybe I should head home for a holiday... Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted May 23, 2003 Share Posted May 23, 2003 Nothing is carved out yet but it does look nice. Damm why cant I be rich. I should start a site make a ski bum rich.com. Link to post Share on other sites
woywoy 0 Posted May 28, 2003 Share Posted May 28, 2003 http://www.cardrona.co.nz/cam.asp Looks like the snow of a few weeks back all melted! Just goes to show you can never judge a season by super early season snowfalls. Link to post Share on other sites
AET 0 Posted May 28, 2003 Share Posted May 28, 2003 Cold though, is it? Link to post Share on other sites
Lama 0 Posted May 28, 2003 Share Posted May 28, 2003 WOW..... thats worse than the melt we had here from the last weeks snow/dusting.... cardrona was looking real promising.... woywoy.... were still on grass (on the ground that is!), whats going on when's huwie gonna open up the heavens Link to post Share on other sites
woywoy 0 Posted May 28, 2003 Share Posted May 28, 2003 Lama mate... who knows. I just hope there is the amount of snow on the ground here in oz that there was last july. If you are heading down this year we should hook up for sure! Link to post Share on other sites
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