Clearing Out.

So the storm has been falling back. Some pow was scored today as the gas cloud was burning off. Still many tracks to be had and the park crew have been cleaning up the mess. She just keeps on dumping on us! Well as always stoked on what we got going today. Thanks Ray, Mike, Andy C, Mark, Todd, Fish, and Blair. Legends! Some pics from the window downtown tonight.

Gassed Out!

As the SE moves in it brings with it the cloud. In the park with constantly changing terrain it gets pretty hard to know just how fast you're going. In between digging out the features once again this week the crew had some interesting times finding the way home...

From Whiteboard to 3D Model...

We built up some models today of potential up and coming features for the park. Some for private reasons and some for the public. Its always fun to take it off the paper or whiteboard and put it into a 3D model. So stoked to have so much snow this year. This little beauty took a while to build. Hold fire on the expectations... this one is under wraps.

Rene Ribitton in White Line Fever - Day One

Ray is one of our team members slaying snow on Forum Snowboards NZ. Check out his challenges in white line fever. Burton vs Forum. Well impressed by Rays up coming talent. Shot Bro.

The Slope.

Slopestyle comp that is. Coming soon to Mt Hutt Ski area is the Canterbury Slopestyle series. An opportunity to get your tricks under judged format. Not too strict though... Its all a big Jam format with the best of every round to battle to the end. A fun day to get ripping with all types of riders. Its going to be sweet! Sign up online from tomorrow Friday 27th of August as stated on the poster. Cheap as Chips and full of prizes!

QUEST - Sale Time!

Thats Right! Its sale time down at Quest on High Street in Christchurch. Get amongst a heap of gear as long as the plastic comes out with the big Q on it you can get amongst it! An XL amount of fresh sale items for you to get ya mitts on! Make sure you check it out. If you don't have the plastic, get in store before the sale and sign it on up to get into the stock on the 25th sale night. Get VIP!

Pipe N Park.

Pipe has been riding well with many customers checking it out. Fish, Blair, Todd, and Zach have been putting the hours in after the snow we received. Its come up well too. The rest of the park crew have also been doing many hard hours to get it all going in both parks and in the pipe. Thanks to Zach, Tim, Mike, Ray, Andy C, Mark, Maa, and Shiro. Thanks Tim for the photos. - http://www.flickr.com/photos/timhailwood/

Youth Kids.

So we had the youth mini shred in the mini park last Saturday. Pretty good to see the groms bringing their game to the course. Some backflips, front boards and 270's were in the mix and the judges were well impressed. Congratulations to all who were involved it was a great day. Thanks to Tim for the photos. - http://www.flickr.com/photos/timhailwood/

Mt Hutt Stair Feature Session

Tj and the Rats got a session on the stair set. Thanks Boys lookin good as!

Closed Day Sk8

The rats continued the session into a closed day skate...

Bit of Gore.

Today was another powder day. After rebuilding the park 2 - 3 times now we are yet again ready to do it once more. As we set up all around the parks the crew to some much appreciated laps through the Log Chute and bottom of the triple chair things were going sweet! then out of nowhere with a new line following Young Buck i came unstuck and received a hefty gash in the elbow. Doing the old kamakaze roll has it's benefits - saves your head. But the down side was stitches... Next time you think about dropping out of the sky make sure you have had some practice in the art of Kamakaze rolls. Great Powder today none the less. Thanks to Andy C and Mikey.

2X Rebuild.

We Have rebuilt the mini park 2 times now... After the latest downfall and 200 + km/hr winds we have got 4 jibs in and will be building the jumps up during the week. That and the big park needs a complete rebuild. Don't worry we are getting there. Patience is a vertue. Thanks Tim - http://www.flickr.com/photos/timhailwood/

Sleepover! Yeah Right!

So Jokes aside. We got stuck on the hill. Some could not believe that thursty Thursday was a right off so kept charging overnight as the lucky 5 people in Steelworx score an untaped bar queue and the crew hung out, slept, and helped those lucky few across the stair set to the toilets. HOLD THE ROPE! You probably saw the news footage. 200+ Km/hr woohwho! Thanks Tim - http://www.flickr.com/photos/timhailwood/

Before the storm...

Before the storm we had just set up an up box.

The new up box feature at Mt Hutt from LIam Hall on Vimeo.

Updated...

You have just been updated! No, but seriously we are doing the best we can right now. Even under the cover of darkness we are building up the parks again. Why you ask... because the crew have another handful of idea's they wanted to share with the crowds. We will continue through the week starting with mini park, then big park, then the pipe. it is going to be fun times! Some shots from the last 2 days around the mountain. Thanks to Tim Hailwood for a selection of the pics. http://www.flickr.com/photos/timhailwood/

Snow.

So the mountain got around 1m of snow. Pretty sweet if you are a powder junkie. Pretty bad if you work in the park! So the crew had everything shaped up tip top through the whole line up. Now all swallowed up by the force of nature we are prepping to re dig them out and shape em up clean. Some pics from this morning before the mountain opened up.

New Uniforms.

Thanks to Burton ( www.burton.com ) for the new uniforms. Big Thanks to Ross Lawrence from the Remarkables. And of course Timmy n Bryan for keeping the Colab cool! Check check the rhyme... i mean. The gears. Thanks to Tim Hailwood for the photo. http://www.flickr.com/photos/timhailwood/

Good Day.

Today was fun times. Pipe was groomed up well from Fish last night. Nice work. The efforts from Snowmaking, and grooming so sick! Fish, Blair and their teams have been on point all season. Thank You. Also a massive thanks to Zach O and the TP team for measuring and cutting. Today was a good time. Pipe was sick and jumps were on too! Clear, calm conditions that allowed for snowboarding and skiing that was shared by a few others! Thanks to Tim Hailwood http://www.flickr.com/photos/timhailwood/ for the shots.

Pipe Is Open.

The Pipe is now Open for business. Canterbury crew will be stoked to have the pipe going. We are too. Massive props to Zach Ostrander, Fish, Mike Mccloy, and the crew who helped out over the last month. Nice work.