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...
Today was the last day of my 3 day Level 1 Instructors course and GUESS WHAT .... I passed. It was pretty full on actually, the riding component wasn't too bad but you have to ride the way they want you to, the teaching component was a bit of a challenge as we had to prepare 10 lessons and were...
Spent the last few days boarding with Luke and his brother Steven. It's been good times as we've been riding knee deep powder the whole time. Silver Star is a cool ski resort with a friendly atmosphere and great little village ... not to mention some cool pubs!
My flight from Vancouver to Sydney was fairly uneventful apart from Air Canada's outdated planes and lack of service. I managed to avoid jet lagg despite Air Canada's best efforts to ensure that I would get it by serving a chicken curry at 6am. On arrival in Vancouver it was snowing so...
Wow so I'm leaving for Canada in just over two weeks. Time sure does fly! Here's the plan for when I arrive there. I fly from Sydney to Vancouver on January 6th, my flight arrives in Vancouver at 6am then I have to catch a bus to Vernon, BC that leaves at 10am. From Vernon I'll get some sort of...
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