She’s a beauty!
You won’t believe it, but I finally got around to try out my new snowboard up at snowplanet. It is so much more flexible and lighter than my old one, it’s just unbelievable. Well, it behaves different as well, but…
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You won’t believe it, but I finally got around to try out my new snowboard up at snowplanet. It is so much more flexible and lighter than my old one, it’s just unbelievable. Well, it behaves different as well, but…
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OK, I admit it, I’m a shopaholic. Well, maybe not quite. But in order to do tricks on the board, I had to get me one that was less stiff than my current one. Certain things weren’t just possible —…
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Being rather jealous of the snow in Europe, I went to Snowplanet with a few friends of mine. Considering, that I hadn’t been boarding here too long ago, I was surprised to once again feel strange standing on my board,…
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Well, not only Europe seems to have a slow start with the winter, but NZ as well. 😉 In order to get at least a fractional xmas mood, I decided going snowboarding up at (or would on be more appropriate?)…
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Well, that didn’t really go as planned… Friday: beautiful weather up the mountain. Sunday: beautiful weather as well. Saturday: fog and drizzle. Crap. This time, we went down to the mountain even earlier, leaving Hamiltron just after 5am. By the…
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Man, it was the first time to the snow again, after my injury last time. My shoulder is still not a 100%, but good enough that it doesn’t bother me anymore. This time, Jody and I went with friends down…
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Yes, off to the snow! Been looking forward to that for quite some time, 4 days with my girl friend (as well as some friends) in the snow. Yes!!! Mt Ruapehu had heaps of snow just the week before we…
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Das nenne ich doch mal einen gelungenen Sommer: nicht nur, dass wir momentan den besten Sommer seit 10 Jahren haben, nein man kann den auch so richtig geniessen: mit Snowboarden, BBQ und im Pool schwimmen. Bitte? Snowboarden??? Jep, das ist…
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Beim zweiten Anlauf am Dienstag hat’s dann endlich geklappt mit dem Snowboarden: einfach phantastisches Wetter am Mt. Ruapehu!!! Sonne, Sonne und nochmals Sonne! Erst am Nachmittag gab’s mal ein paar Wolken und dann am Abend auf der Heimfahrt ein paar…
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Na, das war ein gruendlicher Griff ins Klo: – zuerst sind beide Skigebiete, Whakapapa und Turoa on hold (wegen starker Böen) und man muss ne Stunde warten, bevor eine endgueltige Entscheidung hinsichtlich Oeffnung getroffen wird (war puenktlich um 6am hier…
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