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Posted: 24 May 2011 8:05      quote | report

Ok we did this last year, time to set some goals!

For me:
Frontflip
Lincoln Loop
Rodeo 540
360 with some grabs
540
Tricks off cliffs
Go to the crater again
Ski like a boss overall

Posted: 24 May 2011 10:15      quote | report

Front/Backy
5's
Flatspin 3 (in my dreams)
Get a follow cam cliff. Thanks to someone ballsing up.
Spin off the 25-30 footer in the middle of the Pinnies
Attempt the old strait line down Wizards
Generally just push flappy rockers in un-ideal conditions no matter how many people call me a muppet again

Posted: 24 May 2011 10:28      quote | report

Mmmm I'd like a flatspin. Can help you with a few on there too.

Posted: 24 May 2011 10:29      quote | report

*edited 26 Aug 2011 10:24
*edited 19 Jul 2011 15:36
Places
Girdlestone Peak
Crater hike from Turoa side
Whakapapa to Tukino (Time/Funds depending)
Back Stage / Grand Gully (Snow depending) DONE
Anything else in the book that catches my eye on the day!

Techniques
180 & 360
Turning while riding switch Getting Better
Rails (Maybe)
A decent cliff huck/drop DONE (Although hard to gauge what you call 'Decent', certainly bigger than I've gone before)

Posted: 24 May 2011 10:39      quote | report

get to ruapehu more than 4 times
ride powder (or something resemembling powder)
have lack of crowds
no break any bones

Posted: 24 May 2011 11:01      quote | report

*edited 25 May 2011 11:02
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Posted: 24 May 2011 11:12      quote | report

Climb to crater. I never do it because it seems like ~ 45-60 mins that I could be skiing. Fitness isn't a problem.

Hit larger jumps/drops without freaking out. Jumps moreso, drops actually seem easier, not sure why exactly.

Stay out of the park, I seem to just wind up hurting myself there & natural features are more fun anyway.

Avoid crashing -> superman -> multiple cartwheels -> exploded bindings at high speed, that really hurts. Fortunately the binding let go (literally popped apart into bits) before my leg did but I had a hell of a bruise to show for it

Just have fun. Try to avoid muppets who can't ski/board but think they can.

Posted: 24 May 2011 13:11      quote | report

get comfortable riding switch
not freak out when a rail/box has a gap between it and the ramp leading up to it.
Get decent at 180s and 360s.
Go off some bigger cliffs

Posted: 24 May 2011 13:18      quote | report

practice switch 'till I don't have to think my way through turns
get confident riding black terrain/off piste
hit jumps faster, stop landing stiff-legged
land a frontside 360
land a 180 switch
hike the crater
get some powder turns
meet other snow addicts, ride hard, have fun and learn something new every day I'm up there!

Posted: 24 May 2011 15:28      quote | report

Stop buying Custard pies from the Taumarunui bakery
Remember to fill up with gas before leaving
Stay in the club lodge
Crack the 20 day mark again
Stay intact for a whole season
Have my photo taken on the concrete cicada

Laugh 'till it hurts when I pop bc's bindings at the top of Haensli face....

Posted: 24 May 2011 16:16      quote | report

Pippa Middleton

Posted: 24 May 2011 18:23      quote | report

Originally posted by: oldscool
Stop buying Custard pies from the Taumarunui bakery
Remember to fill up with gas before leaving
Stay in the club lodge
Crack the 20 day mark again
Stay intact for a whole season
Have my photo taken on the concrete cicada

Laugh 'till it hurts when I pop bc's bindings at the top of Haensli face....

Posted: 24 May 2011 21:00      quote | report

*edited 24 May 2011 21:01
get to the snow,
get to the snow,
oh god please, get to the snow
...then,
get comfortable on kickers (or any 'upwards' jump - strange problem)
crater (still todo!!)
maintain good, consistent rhythm / power through crud, bumps and crowds
get more inbounds first lines (cus' I'm lazy)
try to actually complete a bunny rail with cracking my skull

Posted: 24 May 2011 21:03      quote | report

Originally posted by: edgehi
Pippa Middleton

Posted: 24 May 2011 21:06      quote | report

Originally posted by: kcskier

Originally posted by: edgehi
Pippa Middleton

Anything in white eh Edgy?

Posted: 24 May 2011 21:31      quote | report

*edited 25 May 2011 05:07
All 6 Rua'glaciers' in one day (apparently it is do-able)
Or at least the 2 I haven't done yet
Ski behind the Pinnacles to the RTM track (all the way - it IS going to be an epic snow year
Ngarahoe
Cook more good tucker for the clubbies
Survive the season without getting cabin fever and throwing childen over Skippers
Being first on the lifts on a 'powder day'
Ski every day the lifts are open for the season
Backstage/Grand Gully/Chimney/Chute
Flatspin 360

Posted: 24 May 2011 21:45      quote | report

Originally posted by: Jude
throwing childen over Skippers

Originally posted by: Jude
Backstage/Grand Gully/Chimney/Chute

Posted: 24 May 2011 21:53      quote | report

^^^ More like a deadspin 360 not making that traverse Someone I know took an ice axe on the Policeman's travese to self arrest (well have the option before plunging to death).
Obviously not enough children went over Skippers last season which explains the poor snow year. Will add another few dozen to the order this year.

Posted: 24 May 2011 23:11      quote | report

Originally posted by: Jude
Flatspin 360

Posted: 24 May 2011 23:39      quote | report

Trick is to keep your stomach facing up while dropping you shoulder and not roll onto your side. Sounds easy on paper

Posted: 25 May 2011 9:19      quote | report

Ride Ruapehu once

Posted: 25 May 2011 10:31      quote | report

With the season shapeing up as it is so far how about grass skis

Posted: 25 May 2011 10:39      quote | report

hmm just go snowboarding as much as possible that is always my goal and do whatever I want to do on any particular day.

Start flipping a coin to see who gets on my Platinum pass!

Posted: 25 May 2011 11:32      quote | report

Originally posted by: geeves
With the season shapeing up as it is so far how about grass skis

Posted: 25 May 2011 13:45      quote | report

Originally posted by: rob_rips
Start flipping a coin to see who gets on my Platinum pass!

Posted: 25 May 2011 14:01      quote | report

I didn't know until today that I even had a look in... whew

Posted: 25 May 2011 16:40      quote | report

Well if you play it right rob you could end up with a personal on snow valet to go with the valet parking.
geeves has already got the right name...

Posted: 25 May 2011 17:22      quote | report

Originally posted by: oldscool

Originally posted by: rob_rips
Start flipping a coin to see who gets on my Platinum pass!

That's not fair!!

CCS has a head start....

Posted: 25 May 2011 23:19      quote | report

you'll have to top the cut lunch he gets already OS

Posted: 26 May 2011 8:05      quote | report

oh its ON!

Posted: 26 May 2011 10:52      quote | report

I could share one of my girlfriends...

Posted: 26 May 2011 12:03      quote | report

Originally posted by: downsouth

Originally posted by: oldscool

Originally posted by: rob_rips
Start flipping a coin to see who gets on my Platinum pass!

That's not fair!!

CCS has a head start....

You better catch up then. You could for example, offer Rob a packed lunch each snow day. CCS would obligingly have to match/better that to be in with a chance.

Posted: 26 May 2011 12:17      quote | report

shhhhh if Rob reads all that ^^^ - I'm out!

Posted: 26 May 2011 12:39      quote | report

Originally posted by: kcskier
Well if you play it right rob you could end up with a personal on snow valet to go with the valet parking.
geeves has already got the right name...

Posted: 26 May 2011 14:05      quote | report

Originally posted by: edgehi
I could share one of my girlfriends...

Posted: 26 May 2011 14:46      quote | report

Originally posted by: CCS
shhhhh if Rob reads all that ^^^ - I'm out!

Posted: 26 May 2011 21:04      quote | report

PB all the way

Posted: 27 May 2011 14:33      quote | report

3 biggies done in 2010 -
lake swim,
off G'stone,
wpa - tukino traverse : over the top to Aorangi and return next day via the NE quarter.
2009 - off tahurangi to wahianoa around G'stone.
2011 :
ski te heu heu
ski ngauruhoe to soda spring
ski back pinnacles to RTM track (big snow year starting in June . . . )
drink red vino afterwards.

Posted: 27 May 2011 15:13      quote | report

the back of the pinnacles looks so epic it's on my list as well as southeast basin to carpark. It's going to be a season like 2008

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 15:35      quote | report

Don't forget your goals everyone!
1 ticked off my list so far..

Posted: 19 Jul 2011 16:19      quote | report

Smashed myself repeatedly attempting Lincolns at the weekend. Good stuff. Already dropped some larger-ish stuff too, building up nicely.

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 20:23      quote | report

Did Ngauruhoe to soda !!
1 down.

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 10:24      quote | report

Updated again, where is everyone else?

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 11:20      quote | report

Build a perfect kicker set-up and have a big ol' photo/vid session on it
Crater hike
Triangle/Once Only at Turoa
Front/back 5s
Switch back 3s
Proper front boards (still shuffling them)
Tail slides (& tail slide 270 outs if I have it in me)
180 on to nose/tail press (both switch and regs)
Handplants

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 11:26      quote | report

*edited 26 Aug 2011 11:27

Originally posted by: gurutasker
Updated again, where is everyone else?

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 11:36      quote | report

Did you at least land any of your goal tricks?

Sounds like the gear yu had was just right! Burlier stuff may have broken your shins instead?

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 15:10      quote | report

Haven't landed sh!t ;/ But trying it the first few times is the hardest part.

Posted: 09 Sep 2011 16:53      quote | report

Have landed 3 x back 5s - yet to take them to park jumps. That's next.

Have also dialed in cab 1 to tail press on ride on boxes. Up next is front 1 regs to switch tail press.

Being a pussy when it comes to front boards

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 10:24      quote | report

*edited 31 Oct 2011 10:26
Well with the season over for me this year, this is my final list.. not a bad effort when I go through it again.

Places
Girdlestone Peak -Not this season
Crater hike from Turoa side - 5 attempts on the crater from both sides, turned back by conditions each time
Whakapapa to Tukino - Not this season
Back Stage / Grand Gully - HEAPS, love these lines

Techniques
180 & 360 - 180 Landed, 360 Failed (attempted once)
Turning while riding switch - DONE
Rails - Nope, thinking more that my skis aren't suited for rails
A decent cliff huck/drop - DONE

Extras / Highlights
Hiking Mt Hamilton from Craigieburn to Broken River
Skiing ~1m multiple restrictions on a steep face at Craigieburn
Big Tuesday!!
All round charging harder and faster

Thanks for an awesome season NZ

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 10:46      quote | report

*edited 31 Oct 2011 10:48
Stop buying Custard pies from the Taumarunui bakery : Well.... Sort of...
Remember to fill up with gas before leaving : A new Gull on the way out of town sure helps
Stay in the club lodge : Yep, a brilliant time had by all. Caugt up with some people I hadn't seen in years.
Crack the 20 day mark again : Fail
Stay intact for a whole season : Barring anything untoward this w/end...
Have my photo taken on the concrete cicada : Fail, maybe not such a good idea?
Laugh 'till it hurts when I pop bc's bindings at the top of Haensli face.... : Sadly bc was a no show.

Bonus : Switch!! (Well, mostly )

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 10:55      quote | report

For me:
Frontflip Didn't even try one
Lincoln Loop Got smashed repeatedly trying, broke some bindings, grrrr
Rodeo 540 See lincoln loop.
360 with some grabs Nope
540 Hell nope
Tricks off cliffs Coupla grabs but that was about it
Go to the crater again Negative
Ski like a boss overall A little bit. Could have been better, wussed a few things I shouldn't have

Overall, not hugely productive in this way, but still stoked on my season thanks to 3 epic, epic days over labour weekend.

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 13:12      quote | report

All 6 Rua'glaciers' in one day (apparently it is do-able: No, but still time.
Or at least the 2 I haven't done yet: See above
Ski behind the Pinnacles to the RTM track (all the way - it IS going to be an epic snow year: Snow was good but not that epic Ngarahoe: Couldn't get timing/people/time off aligned
Cook more good tucker for the clubbies: Yep Survive the season without getting cabin fever and throwing childen over Skippers: Just
Being first on the lifts on a 'powder day': Got a couple but not Big TuesdaySki every day the lifts are open for the season: Even if it was to LBC or to KR cafe Backstage/Grand Gully/Chimney/Chute: Backstage doneFlatspin 360: Yeah, right

Overall great season but wish I'd done more back country.

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 14:31      quote | report

Originally posted by: Jude
Overall great season but wish I'd done more back country.

Posted: 31 Oct 2011 20:45      quote | report

*edited 31 Oct 2011 20:47
Front/Backy Front's to a big slam - Check! , Backy's - Not even...
5's Got 2 but ate sh1t too many times and spent too much time laying on the ground winded
Flatspin 3 (in my dreams) attempted, just looked silly!
Get a follow cam cliff. Thanks to someone ballsing up. Cliff participants were slim this year
Spin off the 25-30 footer in the middle of the Pinnies Heck no, only managed a spin to wipeout off the 10 foot part - Wimp alert...
Attempt the old strait line down Wizards Not Groomed
Generally just push flappy rockers in un-ideal conditions no matter how many people call me a muppet again CHECK! Was labeled the 'Pretty Turns' skier this season even though my skis are twice as big as the joker telling me they are sh1t

Extra awards FIRST on all three lifts with edgy on big Tuesday
Nearly got sluffed into the cliffs bordering the Chimney,nice