We had a keg party at our house on Friday night in aid of Ed (my roommate) leaving the mountain. It was a fun night. Antics included riding down our internal stairs on a toboggan (not good for my sore back) and doing keg stands (not good for my sore back). For those of you who don't know what a...
Our prayers have been answered! ... It's snowing. Had about 20cm over the last 2 days ... wicked! Got out early yesterday for some freshies, it had been a while! How's this for a 5 day forecast... Text Forecast from Environment Canada BIG WHITE: Issued 5.00 AM PST FRIDAY 18 MARCH 2005 TODAY.....
It's been hot and sunny here for the last 2 weeks and as a result all the snow is melting ... noooooo! The ice skating rink is closed so no more hockey! There is still a decent base on the hill and the park has been great fun in the slush but we desperately need snow! There is talk that the season...
It was Tim's birthday last night and we were all having a good time. Ed went upstairs to get something and on his way down the stairs they collapsed! Unbelievable! He fell about 3 metres and his ankle got caught underneath them. Doesn't look like it's broken but could be badly sprained. Lucky...
Woke up this morning feeling refreshed after a solid 10 hour sleep (much needed). Went boarding with one of my flatmates. Spent the morning in the park, hit up the big table tops for the first time and also attempted the mighty S-rail (very difficult) ... I nailed myself as expected! The big...
From this point on my place of residence here at Big White will be known as the Big Brother House. Apart from evictions, it's a fairly acurate description. Having 10 flatmates is pretty intense but heaps of fun. Always something going on and the house goes from clean to messy in a matter of only 2...
I caught the shopping bus into Kelowna (closest city) today to do a bit of grocery shopping. It was good to get off the hill for a day and do some "normal" everyday sort of things. There is a small supermarket up on the hill but the selection is fairly limited and the pricing exuberant....
It snowed all last night so I made sure I was up and out early and on the first lift. Got freshies all morning and made some sweet 'S' lines. My fun was cut short though as I had to work at 10:30 where I am now! Still snowing hard out there now so it's going to be a good week. Frustrating being...
Spent the weekend cruising the blues with some mates from Nelson Bay, Gerrard and Nick. The deal is that you got a passport with a list of all the Blue runs on the mountain in it and then as you went down each run you got a stamp. We managed to get all 35 of them and got a free T-shirt and some...
On the rare occasion that I visit the pub for a quiet ale 🙂 the walk back to my house is always an interesting one. The gondola is open till 10pm so getting to the pub is no problem at all. The fun starts when we leave the pub with our watches displaying AM. There is a road that runs straight...
It was damn freezing out on the hill today which is much more like the Canada that I know! I've been boarding with Haacker and Stanley (mates from my home town) the last 5 days, it's been good times! Good to see some familiar faces. We got a powder day on Saturday and got some freshies. Also hiked...
After 2 weeks of staying at the Same Sun Hostel (aka the Big White Hilton) I've finally moved into a share house here at Big White. It's a massive house with about 5 bedrooms and over 10 people living there. I'm sharing a room with a pommie bloke and the the other housemates are cool as. There's a...
I'm at work at the moment, it's not busy so is cruisy as. Not that much is new here .... I've basically been boarding every day and taking it easy at nights (except Aussie Day)..... tough life hey? The snow has improved heaps. I've been riding powder the last few days. Got some first tracks and...
About half the staff on the mountain here at Big White are Aussie so Australia Day was always going to be celebrated in a big way. It was a double header ... we had a BBQ and listened to the Triple J hotest 100 on the 25th here then backed it up on the 26th ... it was good times. The slopes here...
I started my job at Mountain Internet yesterday and it was awesome. I basically got trained up on the system and how to make coffee etc. My boss is a champ, he's a keen snowboarder so it's great that we have that in common. My hours will be 1pm-9pm so I can go boarding every day and will never...
Slept in a little bit today, cooked some pancakes for breakfast which are provided by the hostel and made it out on the hill at about 10am. The snow was much better today, still no new snow but much softer than Thursday. The temperature has still been positive which is weird for this time of year....
Decided to have a rest day today so I can go looking for jobs. Slept in till 8am which was pure luxury as every other day I've been out late at night and up at the crack of dawn. My first stop was the local internet cafe to print out my resume. While I was there I thought I'd drop one in to the...
Spent the last 4 days boarding at Silver Star with Brett, Elisa, Dave, Tim and Dug. It was good times. It's been really warm here ... +5C so the snow has been a bit mushy, kinda like Australia! Great for spending time in the board park as the landings are a bit more forgiving! Drove to Big White...
After 2 days of sweet powder the temperature has taken a balmy turn. Today it was +2C which is just wrong. It was trying to snow but rain was falling from the sky. It was heartbreaking .... there is no god! Been boarding the last 2 days with Plumby and his crew from Newcastle (Elisa, Dave, Tim,...
Went out for some beers with the blokes from my instructors course, got home at about 3:30am ... just in time to grab a few seconds sleep before catching a bus to Silver Star at 7am. The bus' battery was flat and we left late so they gave us a refund ... Gold ... Free bus trip!! So I'm back...
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