Sunday, August 26, 2007

Kick, Push, Coast



And later that evening... Lupe Fiasco at Snow Park in Wanaka. OK, so sure it was below freezing outside with no hot drinks and nowhere to warm up, and sure there was no vegetarian food at all (which especially sucked if your name is Christine), and sure Christine may have developed frost nip on her left hand... but we saw Lupe do his thing on stage on the side of a mountain in New Zealand and it was awesome. It was just too good an opportunity to miss.

The man is a lyrical genius:

Not at all nervous as he dug to the surface
Tarnished gold chain is what he loosened up the earth with
He used his mouth as a shovel to try and hollow it
And when he couldn't dirt spit... swollowed it
Working like a.. hmm.. reverse archaeologist
Except.. his buried treasure was sunshine
So when some shined through a hole that he had drove
It reflected off the gold and almost made son blind

Freshies at Cardrona



There's nothing more s*** hot about snowboarding than a morning of fresh tracks under blue skies. Our first visit to Cardrona two Saturdays ago treated us well.

Monday, August 20, 2007

4th, not 5th!

It turns out Christine actually placed 4th overall in the banked slalom- the person scored in 1st place was actually not a woman but a man! He had a Japanese name and the judges thought he was a she- which he was not. Sweet!

Sunday, August 05, 2007

Lib Tech Banked Slalom at Coronet




We both took part in this great event last weekend. It was based in concept on the world famous Mt. Baker Banked Slalom, but like everything in NZ it was smaller. Significantly smaller. The course was good- tricky snow conditions- but we both rode well. Christine took 5th in the +18 women's division, and Andrew took 14 in the +18 men's (although I'm convinced my time placed me 9th. Oh well.) Good times for all though- if they hold another event this season, we'll be there in force to uphold North America's honor.

The way home


Our trusty Beagle was simply not built to properly handle roads like this, but it's still our favorite way home after snowboarding or work.

Early Morning from Coronet Peak





Another cold, clear morning above Queenstown. This was taken about two weeks ago. Our house is down there somewhere!