So a couple of weeks ago I set up www.snowpool.org.nz as a way to help people car pool to the ski fields. I was really pleased to see the first real notice go up on the site, and decided to go and test it out!
So, after watching the crusaders (Canterbury home team) win the Super-14 (rugby) competition for the second year running.. I went home and got packed – rather than go out and get hammered!.
Jon picked me up at 6am ish (in the mist) and we drove (in the mist) to Mt. Dobson (about 2 1/2 hours drive up to the ski field). The beauty of it is though, that all of Canterbury seemed to be in mist for the whole day, whereas we were above it all in, while not quite blue skies, still pretty good conditions.
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The top two pics are Jon, and Jon getting some air… (he was a *slightly* better snowboarder than me ;)… that said – I was actually pretty happy with how my boarding went! I’m still way better at turning from toes onto heels.. but I’ll get there.
The News was also here as it was the earliest for 27 years that the field had opened. Now whether that is because last year was so bad and they need the cash .. or not.. I don’t know!. The conditions were a little icy, but it warmed up and melted a bit and was quite nice for most of the afternoon. I have a pretty good feeling this is going to be a great season!
And as for snowpool… what a great idea ;) I mean the fuel cost $70 return.. so splitting that saved each of us $35… bit of a no brainer to see that it’s worth car pooling.
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