CHANGE OF PLAN

Keeping things consistant with Round 1 we are delaying round 2 due to high winds. Rescheduled for the 9th of October it will be more of a slushy fun course for all. Now also those who are down for south island secondary schools comp in Wanaka can come back to compete. Stoked. See you there. If you have not signed up yet get over to www.canterburyslopestyle.co.nz .

Operation

After a miss diagnosis 3 times in 4 weeks i have just had surgery to re atattch my tricep muscle to my elbow. Pretty hard to miss once inspected by sufficient medical staff in Christchurch. All bets have been taken however and the local Doctor from Mt Hutt was bang on. Thanks to everyone who has looked out for me over the last few weeks and these last days. Also massive thanks to the crew holding it down in my absence. See you very soon! Photo's from my room in hospital.

More Fresh.

Woke up this morning to freshies on the doorstep. Pretty sweet to be getting all these winter top ups in spring! should make for a well conditioned course for the slopestyle comp. Some shots from today.

New Items

We have been putting in some new features for the slopestyle competition on Saturday. Pretty stoked to see it all coming together and it is fun as to ride. We have put in a low flat down for all your ollie on needs, launcher rail, and a spine with a tyre on the top to stall/bonk/or plant. All of these items are helping make the course longer and giving us a series of fun features in one line. More items to come.

Diaries Downunder Thanks For Stpping BY

The Crew from Diaries came by for a shralp. Stoked they were happy on what we built. Many of you would have already seen the photo's so here is some footage to go with it. To everyone who came up, thanks for stopping by. For those who helped make it happen, thank you for your support and work. Until the next chance...

Diaries Downunder Episode 4 - Mt Hutt Road Trip from WinterVolume Productions on Vimeo.

BUILT

After several days building up for our very own Diaries Down Under crew we are stoked to have everything all ready to hit. These features will be for the crew from diaries only. Apologies for the ones who really want to hit these items. We will however build everything back to a similar style so you can get your kicks out of the same size jumps. Stoked as for this shoot as i know Nick and the boys are too. See you there!

BobTheBuilder

No Bobs involved however a crew of terrain park junkies put in a long day of digging and cutting to get the park open today. After long hours building back the lost shape on all the features in both parks we got back onto the task of preparing for a shoot. Some sneak shots of what we were doing tonight until 7.30pm on the mountain. Thanks to Fish, Maa, Sez, Mike, Ray, Andy C, and Markie boy. Long day finished up by a Doms delight. Until the morning. Peace

FreshThreads

Caught up with Baza on the way to work today. I was so stoked on his outfit as he brought back the 'real' many care to discard. It doesn't matter what you wear or ride its the fun factor involved with the shred. Baz was a mad man from Oz who was ramping up for some fresh pow we scored overnight. He told me the gear was 17 years old and he had pulled it out of his closet. I was beyond stoked to hear from this dude many prior shralp sessions from his past, and then to see him ripping it to pieces on the slopes this afternoon. Stoked!

Destroying Targets

Ok, Soo a little off target with the post today. The reason being that the weather officially sucks! Although still positive that we are getting snow we are just getting our special features on the go and we are really hoping for some clear weather this week in order to get the shots... For now check this little sucker out. A boat load of fun guaranteed!

Slope.

Today i went over to Porters to help out with judging the first round of the Canterbury slopestyle. Sunny weather and a great day. For those who missed out and those who went but forget to enter the second round at Mt Hutt please get online or send in your post cards to enter for the overall title and gain some street cred or just come along to be a part of an epic day of slush, jibs, bbq and jumps. Hope to see you there.

WaterParticals

The wet...nausiating...gassy...goodness...

Today left for a moment and gave up sunshine. These snaps of the open skies above. We hear the skies are clearing for tomorrow.

From2Day

Todays winners...

Mikey M.C - Nose snatcher 1st jump.

Naho (Sabrina) - Mellow 2nd jump cruizer.

Kaz - Front Fiddy Down rail.

The prize is Fame. Thanks for riding the park!!!

AboveCloud

Tonight was a late one. Home at 8.30 with a real sense of appreciation for the grooming crew and the park boys. We have had a long day and it is always hard to slave a couple more hours digging. We put in a few more and as we did the cloud burnt off and gave an almighty view south across our new items down over the jump line and into the sunset. Sounds like the start to a novel but... It was all about the features. Stoked to add 2 more items into the mini park tonight! Spread the word... Quake or no quake you can still get away from it all.

Peace

Cut2shape.

So after averadge weather conditions the crew got together and cleared snow from our locker room. We did it Terrain Park style. Clean cut steps, bench seats and a snow ledge to ride. Fun times for a slow job. Hoping for some clear weather soon.

Shock...Shock...Shock...

Wake up to a rumbling, shaking, and everything flying in the air! Its crazy how slow it all felt as the quake kept on going and going. The resort was still all good and opened early. Park is ok and no features broken... But seriously thoughts go out to all the crew in Christchurch. Here are some photos from today in the rural community.

Snow n Ice.

So not quite spring on September 3rd. We got slammed with some super fast snow storm action that closed the mountain and gave the road an icy slick surface. Cars and buses were spun in, out and around. Some photos from the storm.

Spring as!

You know when there are a bunch of these suckers running around that spring has hit. Its a good time. Maybe the best time of season when the cold darkness subsides and gives us warm sunny days. In turn slushy goodness, perfect for the jibber inside and great for the turning tide when ice turns to slush on the jumps first thing. I love spring. Stoked its here again!

The Latest.

Work done today on the park. Thanks to Fish, Blair, Mikey, Andy C, Mark, and Ben.