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posted by gellatsk
August 5, 2009
Day 7. Cardona. The fuckin jewel of the southern alps skiable mountains. For beginners and intermediates anyway. Like us. This place blows us away. A 40 buck bus ride was worth every penny, despite us running severely short of funds at this stage. A ...
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Cadrona Half Pipe from 'Queenstown Snowboarding Day 7'
posted by gellatsk
August 5, 2009
ok. Day 6. Jet boat time.  We'd decided to take a day off from the slopes to tackle one of the many jet boat tours operating on the shotover river. You can trade your lift pass in for 57 bucks off the price which is handy. We settled on Skippers...
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Sun rises over the remarkables on our 6th day from 'Queenstown Snowboarding Day 6'
posted by gellatsk
August 5, 2009
Day 5. Weather report is awesome for the Remarkables. We have the whole crew busing it up the mountain. The wind chill is pretty bad, but we get some great footage on the beginner slopes and even get the girls on their first lift ride. Peter has leaf...
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Jacqui from 'Queenstown Snowboarding Day 5'
posted by gellatsk
August 5, 2009
Following morning i'm feeling a million bucks and ready to hit it hard today at the Remarkables. Weather is SHITHOUSE. The girls decide to stay home so it's down to Pete and I to brave the blizzard and keep the good times rolling. Instead of driving ...
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Picture from 'Queenstown Snowboarding Day 4'
posted by gellatsk
August 5, 2009
dAy 3 Our second day on the snow. I wake up with quite a headache, which very soon develops into absolute devestation of the body. As the headache clears, my stomach takes control and I spent the next 6 hours unable to even look at food or water with...
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The girls going out from 'Queenstown Snowboarding Day 3'
Map of tagged locations!
Our entry to the southern alps from 'Queenstown Snowboarding Day 1'
Some hills from 'Queenstown Snowboarding Day 1'
The team at the duty free from 'Queenstown Snowboarding Day 1'
Our Unit from 'Queenstown Snowboarding Day 1'
The car from 'Queenstown Snowboarding Day 1'