Hey crew whatup – haven’t had too many updates recently; I’ve just been taking it mellow and shredding up Hutt a few times a week but now the park is dying so time to get some footage back in Christchurch.

Christchurch you say? Yeah it’s not exactly loaded with snow. However I got a call from Sam Masters on Friday night and he wanted to know if I was interested in getting a story done on doing a street rail for his TV program called Skiora. My first reaction was “this is the perfect time to do the Mount Hutt double kink” however Sam was keen to do something where he was guaranteed to get the shot – I don’t think that rail classifies in that category unless you gap it which wouldn’t be too hard but I wasn’t really interested.

So we went to Christchurch and got the snow late Sunday night after I’d been riding all day. Went to hit up this rail only to find that it had been taking out a few weeks before and was lying on the ground and there had been some new stairs put in (don’t think the rail will be that great if they do put one in there though as the stairs have a real short flat section probably meaning a short mini kink). However we headed across town checking out another double kink on the way which I think is definitely do-able but god damn scary as it’s a 2story drop off one side at the top so again not guaranteed the shot.

Charlie however knew where there was a stash of handrails in one spot. Perfect call as we had the choice of a bunch of rails! We chose a pretty mellow kind of long down rail. Got all setup and apparently I was to guniea which was fine as Charlie had dislocated his thumb on Monday and was being kinda careful and Jai hadn’t had too much experience on street rails. We didn’t have that much snow so Charlie decided in his infinite wisdom that we’d get the rail all dialed in and then put snow on the landing as it was only grass and it wouldn’t hurt it would just be hard to stick especially on a snowboard.

So first hit I slid a few meters, make jump off and get straight back up there. Second hit was a perfect fs 5050 fs 180 out however I get to the grass and the inevitable happens my board sticks and I flip on to my head which was fine; it didn’t hurt. So I thought I’d give the skiers a go to get it all dialed in, Charlie went first and his skies went right through the takeoff as he was doing lipslides. So we sent some of the crew to get some salt to firm everything up. By the time we had got the salt it was midnight and I was absolutely stuffed from riding all day. However I had first hit and stuck it off the end same trick first pop however I missed the snow on the landing I kinda ollied over it to the right. To cut the next hour and a half real short I couldn’t make the rail again but Jai got it a few times and Charlie gave up saying it was impossible to slide lipslide in his natural direction. So at 1:30am I finally gave up hoping that we’d done enough for the TV program and Sam would have his episode on how to hit urban rails. Plan for now is to try hitting a rail a week until exam time so next on the cards could be the 30stair double kink at the same location.

Here’s one of the more artsy slow shutter speed shots we got on the rail & a failed attempt at some kind 5-0 slide spin thing – keep your eyes peeled for ski ora I thinks its gonna be an episode mid October.

Peace Tim

Here are some pics from our skate night, the CUBA crew hired a generator and lit up Thompsons Park at New Brighton with 4* 1000 W Floodlights, put on a BBQ, cranked some sounds, good night had by over 50 people.

The other photo is Possie the possum, my newly aquired pet possum, should be more photos of him coming up doing the dew.

Cheers,
Robbie

I’m over in Aussie at the moment, just got 3 sick days of riding in – the snows disappearing but the parks still real good.

I’ve been selected to go to Uni Winter Games in January so just figuring out finances at the moment but hopefully will be making it over for them! I went last year and placed 7th in the Big Air and 22nd in the Half Pipe.

I’m also looking at heading back to Whistler for their winter – will keep you posted.

Hey wot up. To tell you the truth there isnt much to report on lately. The weather has been so unsettled over the last 2 weeks so there hasnt been much riding goin on. Had a fun day at Snowpark on Wednesday and then we had a staff/team party for ALTA snowboard shop. We all met at the new restaurant and bar called the Woolshed. It was a fun night with free drinks and food and we even got to peep the new Dero vid “Bits and Pieces”. The actual premier was last night so it was back on the booze….. Goodtimes!
peace

I was the last of the group to pull up to Castle Rock on Saturday night after my days riding in Napier. I arrived to meet Joe, Blair, Stephen, Carl and Carrie-ann. Then started the usual castle rock nightly shenanigans.

After waking up bright and early in the morning (with some feeling better than others) and popping down to the cafA© for a pie it was time to go and check out the tracks. Joe and I got down there at a reasonable time to find a couple of surprisingly interesting things to ride (much better than last time I attended).

Started off by riding the rhythm jumps which are a row of about six tabletops end with a small gap jump. unfortunately the running was a little slow for them on the day but they were still a lot of fun after pumping the 1st few you got plenty of speed to start jumping and having fun. This was followed by the usual antics in the jump bit, unfortunately the lips had been mellowed out a little which meant you could really hammer then jump or you’d find yourself falling a long distance to a flat landing! Everyone got there bit in on this session with Joe throwing down a very nice f/s indy 3 and blair gapping it for the first time. This was satisfying enough until we discovered how fun the gap jump in the lower section of the bsx track was….. A nice 6-7m gap (18-21ft) with a perfect up ramp and a well matched landing. This was given a good thrashing before lunch time.

After lunch in the sun and a few dews it was time to head back out again. After another session on the gap jump it was time to throw down the gauntlet on the bsx track. With the exception of the loose and rough top corner (which both Joe and myself came very close to eating dirt on) the rest of the track was reasonable fast and flowing. Then after a bit of a warm down on the rhythm jumps again it was time to head off. On the way back up we stopped in at a few on the skate parks we passed although we were a bit too tired to really throw down at the parks.

And that about sums it up, summers nearly here and the dirta??s getting firm and fast….

Ben

I just broke my leg again in the same place as last time – absolutley smashed my fibula while i was riding!!! Had the worst luck this season. I’ve decided to come home a bit earlier then planned as theirs not too much point in staying over here, so I should be home in a few days.

The good news was I’ve been selected for the World Uni Games again! This one is on the 17th-27th of January, 2007 in Italy! WORD! I’lll be representing FOsho!

My plans are to head over to Canada first for some training then boost to the games and dominate! Catch ya on the flip flop… I’ll be updating more adventures soon, hopefully none that involve rose bushes or carnage::)

lates jenna;)

Ain’t Nuthin gunna hold me back…
Shout out to Femeke”))) and Curl Mag for the article..Dew Credit:)

Heya..updating the misadventures of ajennalynn…too much ow With the good comes the bung/bad….Thursday, 14th of sep Mt. Hutt was cranking the sun and good times! Super spring conditions, me and tim rocked it up…dewed it up and hit the park up! Tim was doing his usual pimp daddy runs n I was steppin it up, stoked as, stompin front threes all day on one jump..stepped it up to another and corked it and slammed it…breaking my wrist, um one comment…WEAR WRIST GUARDS if ya trialing new stuff Ya Know!
Word. Ya win sum ya loose sum. On the plus, Tim rocked it for me I got sum Tan in…On the heal ya heard.