Rightyo, oh wow I had to check the website to work out when I had last written in and what I had done since then. I had a chance to have a few days at home last week.

Wednesday I went up to Mt Hutt to see what had been going down up there – it was pretty icy and jumping didna??t seem like a safe option at all but it was still fun to be cruising around a decent sized mountain.

Thursday morning I had a couple of international phone calls – one from Nev in whose nearly home from Whistler and another from my lil bro who’s hanging in Australia wakeboarding. That afternoon I headed back to Wanaka – it was fun to be doing the drive during the day and not having been riding that day.

The next week was pretty much a blur just riding Snow Park everyday – some good jump sessions, some good jib runs and some even better “soul shredding” with my buddy Bevan Hall.

On the Saturday it was the DVS Day in the Park Comp – cool vibe and really good weather that day. The setup was really tricky – I hadn’t hit a double kink with such a steep kink for ages and the down rail was set up too low and too flat so it was a test of everyone’s patience to ride on an hour and a half jam session. I didna??t adjust the best to the setup and didna??t make it through to the finals but I wasna??t too stressed. Some good stuff went down throughout the day and in the finals. After that disappointing showing I pretty much made it my mission to school the double kink as often as possible for the rest of the week and I was pretty happy with my results by Tuesday arvo.

Wednesday I was set to go home after riding so of course it was the best day of the trip meaning I definitely didna??t want to leave; I was stoked to learn nose grab front sevens, a bunch of new handplant tricks and some new jib moves all in one day.

Thursday I had a break from riding then it’s been back on the shred the last few days up at Mount Hutt – Friday was real fun, had some good sunshine in the afternoon but they are definitely struggling for snow after a week of nor west wind: the forecast is snow for the next 3 days so thata??s good.

So as I type this I am just planning on getting in my truck at this time tomorrow and making the 5 hour trip back to Wanaka for another week at Snow Park. Plans are to jump as much as possible and hopefully they will have most of the course setup for the Burton Open slope so I can get some practice in. The Open is going to be sick – Frank was nearly finished the pipe when I was last down so thata??s going to be all go.

So see everyone on the 7th,

Peace Timmy B

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