August 7th, 2008

Hey all, thanks for reading the first part, had a few comments so I thought I better do another.

Unfortunatley for you guys, my trip isn’t exactly a mystical trip into the unknown, quite the contrary. I wake up at in my cell(if you don’t know what I’m talking about, read here) at 6.45, roll into shower block where it’s a heart-warming 0 degrees, brush my teeth, then walk into town to have a sandwich and jump a bus. That said, everyday when the bus pulls in the car park I get just as excited as day one(day two actually). Day 3 looked like this…

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Clouds left about 15 minutes after this photo.

I rode mostly by myself on day 3, which made it a bit hard to get motivated. It also made it a bit hard to take photos without looking like a wanker. I guess this made the internet blog gods pissed, because at 2 p.m. Snowpark handed my ass back to me. I was going a little slower in the arvo crud, drifted a little and knuckled the first table at about 450. It sometimes hard to tell if you hurt or in shock or whatever, but when I woke up after sleeping on the bus home, my shoulder felt jacked. It was hard to take my clothes off. Whatever, I’ll be fine.

That night I went to visit the Billabong guys who are in town doing their new catalog stuff.  Cool to see a bunch of guys i haven’t seen in a while. Dan Himbrechts was there and I think he should write a blog, he just returned from a heli trip at Mt Potts, good times.

Day 4.

It really doesn’t get any better than this…

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My shoulder felt sort of alright, so I took it easy for the first few runs. Then Billabong posse arrived. Now don’t get me wrong, I love snowboarding with friends, but snowbarding with these guys is hard. Not that I have to impress any of these guys…

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Nugg (about 2 minutes before Ryan Tiene attempted to give him a 50kmph haircut). Or…

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Dan Himbrechts.

But you do feel a certain obligation to at least try a little harder around these guys. Needless to say I belted myself again, hurt my shoulder a bit (boo-fucking-hoo). That was good enough time for me to eat another sanga and maybe try a film a little or take happy snaps.

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Some of the Snowpark crew at work, they shred hard too.

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Ryan Tiene, killing it lately, be ready for his part in the new Sandbox film.

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Nate Johnstone, casual BS 7 mute. Nate is currently 10th in the TTR world tour rankings. Yeah buddy!

After that i put my camera away and did some jib runs. Before you know it, it’s 3.30 and i have to jump a bus. One more look before you go home and pass out.

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Beautiful isn’t it?

Tonight I might go hang out with some friends if I can escape from prison. I’ll let you know how it goes.

Out for now.

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  1. With Bon Jovi playing in the park I wouldn’t be filming shit either, talk about dis-amping… I am surprised Nate landed it with that crap blaring in his ear.

    Love the last picture chunk, really paints a picture of how well things are going there.

    08 / 07 / 20:48
  2. http://snowboarding.transworld.net/2008/08/05/diaries-down-under/
    Looks like all the action is hear Chunk… A pop update of the The Stash would be a good story.

    I think Tom Pelley can be spotted in the unveiling of it in that clip.

    08 / 07 / 20:59
  3. You’re very negative tonight Tyson, something wrong? How about a Darwin airport blog? I can hook that shit up.

    08 / 07 / 21:01
  4. I like Bon Jovi…

    08 / 07 / 21:06
  5. We checked out The Stash today. Can provide photos if anyone wants.

    08 / 08 / 15:13
  6. Send em here tooth fairy, would love to see. chris@popmag.com.au

    08 / 08 / 15:27
  7. oh snap… I am fueling the fire with 30 degree days in middle of bumfuck, I have every right to be neg… Swapski?

    08 / 09 / 02:55
  8. bon jovi for life

    08 / 10 / 11:25

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