Howdy,

Been helping my mate Simon at his skate schools. Went out to the old familiar Bucklands Beach Intermediate school and set up a couple ‘obstacles’ on the courts for the kids and us.

A skate school is basically a fancy name to make it sound like some sort of learning happens, but everyone kind of just skates and the kids usually get something free…stickers at the least.

The school told Simon that the kids can’t skate the benches or stairs, which was cool. At least I had my turn as a grommie getting chased out of that school by the teachers on the weekends. Here’s a few photos of the groms frothing…

I’m not sure how old Nathan is, but he is definitely too young to be doing kickflips as proper as he was, that thing was popped, flicked and caught well beyond his years I was pretty amazed. He even varial heeled off the kicker too…

Nathan also likes to eat giant Gobstoppers, and if you didn’t notice, he can skate really well with one in hand (check the back hand in the photo of him kickflipping).

This grommie was pretty shy at first, but he wasn’t shy when it came to Doing the Dew.

Happy all round, he got to skate aaand rehydrate with cool coloured liquid. Dang!

Nothing like a few Dews down at the park on a sunday arvo….

Oh also if you haven’t tried the new Dew flavours yet and your keen. Hit me up if you see me! I usually got a couple up me sleeve…

So stoked to land myself a job with Dive Fish Snow Travel for 2012 northern hemi winter!

I will be a tour guide for 4weeks out of the 5 months that I will be over there, so it will help pay some of the bills! I will be taking two different groups each for 2weeks at a time. One will be a family orientated in BC, Canada and the other will be more freestyle orientated in CO, USA! Stoked.

Check Dive Fish Snow travel introducing me to the team:

http://www.divefishsnow.co.nz/ski/group_departs/tour-leaders/christy-prior/?utm_source=snowtimes&utm_medium=eml&utm_campaign=0511

Out of the Dive Fish Snow newsletter…

STOP PRESS – Exclusive for Dive Fish Snow Travel Clients

Christy Prior – Top NZ Freestyle Snow Boarder – is leading 2 exciting Ski and Boarding Tours in 2012!

Fast on her way to becoming an international freestyle boarding professional, Christy, in association with Underground Skate, has found time to work with Dive Fish Snow Travel on two great Snow Group Tours during January and February 2012 while she is competing in Colorado.

Register your interest now and make sure you don’t miss out on a Snow Holiday with this vivacious and highly experienced lady with support from Underground Skate.

More info on Christy Prior »

Family Fun Tour to Canada – What a great Christmas Present for the whole family!

Christy will be co-hosting, with 2 other experienced Dive Fish Snow Travel Tour leaders, a fun filled Family specific Snow Holiday in BC, Canada from around mid January for an incredible 2 weeks.  Christy’s infectious enthusiasm for snowboarding will ensure that everyone in your family will benefit from seeing the best that BC has to offer and will ensure your kids will delight in following Christy around the resort and board parks – both on and off the slopes.  There will also be special time with Christy planned for all the mums, dads, solo parents, auntys, uncles, grandparents etc!

This will be an amazing tour that your family will remember for a very long time! Note – due to safety reasons, the minimum age limit for those that ski or board with Christy will be 8 years of age, with a minimum ability level of intermediate.

Snowboarding Tour to Colorado, USA with Christy

For all those keen hard out snowboarders who want to spend as many days as they can handle on the incredible freestyle fields and amazing terrain parks of Colorado. Christy will start this tour around the beginning or middle of February for an amazing 2 weeks in 2 of Colorado’s best snowboarding locations.

If anyone is interested in any of the Canada or America tours or if you would just like to find out some more information please email me at christyprior@gmail.com

Also we have the first comp of the season coming up THIS weekend! The big air in Auckland Saturday the 4th June… I will let you know how that goes. If you are in Auckland by chance make sure you come and check it out! Riders have to be there by 4pm but if your coming to watch I think it will be kicking off around 6pm!

If there was a hill and no cars I’d try it. It would be like some fun pow turns. Makes me wish I could surf, then I’d longboard like this!

So my boyfriend took the new Mountain Dew flavours to his work at the French Cafe in Mt Eden. They were so into it that one of the chef’s whipped up some “Mountain Dew Livewire” sorbet!

Apparently it was delicious, I didn’t get to try but it looks yum. Who would of known huh?  Thanks French Cafe

looks pretty good aye

It is pretty dang cold and rainy these days, at least there is relief in knowing the big old Pinball Skatepark will be lighting up, making noises and plunging you around the park……all under one big water proof roof for a few weeks of this tragic skateboarding weather – ‘long as the tornado’s hold out.

…If you are reading this and haven’t heard about the Pinball Skatepark, or noticed the website about it after being redirected from this one, there is one very original skatepark which simulates skateboarding and playing Pinball. And it’s being built this very minute. If you have not stopped to picture the phenomenal possibilities, you should think, “skateboarder inside live Pinball machine”. If that doesn’t work you probably need to take your board over and try it out when it’s open!

If I could describe it better, I would make unconventional proclamations like, “it is probably more fun than your own skatepark and temporarily better than your local street spot “, “your mum will be upset if you don’t make it to the opening” and “it is going to be better than the 2011 Rugby World Cup”.

In other news, the Sitka Street store is open in New Market and selling some quality product. Careful if you purchase some of their clothing you may have an influx of friends hastling you for your new item.

Check out the skate wall I helped design… can you spot the Dew??

My powers that be distributed the dewski this weekend where and when I could. First stop was my local hang out PAPAS PIZZA KINSGLAND. They were all about it,  it helped them serve all the pizza and pasta eaters. ummmm YUM. Pizza Paaasta.

me lova the pizzzzza

Then off I went to the Burton’s wee snowboard comp for grommies they had at Snow Planet. It was dress up and free stickers and give aways, everyone loves stickers, hehe!! In fact if you want some of your own made up go to this spot to get them custom made called Custom Stickers!

Anyways so the Planet was super fun, got a wee jump going on, a few rails and so on. Nick Brown, LPR and Robett were all there to shred with the kids, was a fun lil nite shred.

Robett and his bunny suit

these wee grommies were stoked! free stuff!!!

super mario borther and Mini LRP

Dem hicks looks like they havin some Fun