Well the 16th saw me on a snowboard for the first time in over 8 years. It took so long to get up the mountain as I’ve been trying to negotiate a season pass out of NZski in exchange for some advertising photos. We ended up compromising on a complimentary week pass on a trial basis, if they like what they see from there then it’ll be extended into a full multi-resort season pass, so fingers are crossed. Only ended up getting the one day up at Coronet and none at The Remarkables due to a combination of bad weather, injury and a day spent at another resort.
RE the injury, it was my own silly fault for not paying enough attention to where I was going. To cut a long story short on my first run of the first day on the snow I crashed into a ditch and did a good job of pulling a muscle in my side/back. I’m starting to feel better now though so hopefully I’ll be back on a board within a week or so.
The models in the following shots are good mate of mine and room mate for 3 months (9 years ago) Mike, and another fellow Aussie, Eddie - cheers guys! Without further ado, here is Coronet:
Mike on a rail:
The Coronet base building:
The view:
And a few of Mike & Eddie being part snowboarders, part fashion models!:
