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Ruapehu 2010
Originally posted by: brighton_pumpsOriginally posted by: BluntOriginally posted by: brighton_pumps
yeah im going to have to check out this amazing place i think. Ne3ver closed, better pow than north america, never crowded. Sounds like a magic spot
Would love to see you at Rua. Truly.
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Its May Freshie ... does it really matter LOL.
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If you don't like my fire don't come around.
yeah im going to have to check out this amazing place i think. Ne3ver closed, better pow than north america, never crowded. Sounds like a magic spot
best terrain in the country mate
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If you don't like my fire don't come around.
what do you base that on blunt?
Originally posted by: JudeOriginally posted by: brighton_pumpsOriginally posted by: Bluntwhat board would u reccomend for riding ruapehu?Originally posted by: brighton_pumps
yeah im going to have to check out this amazing place i think. Ne3ver closed, better pow than north america, never crowded. Sounds like a magic spot
Would love to see you at Rua. Truly.
a board that has roundy top and bottom and with something to attach your boots to it with
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bok your ticket BP, then we'll talk
what do you base that on blunt?The blurb on the MtRuapehu website haha!
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If you don't like my fire don't come around.
Go on BP :P Head on up, I'll give you the guided tour. We'll even stop off at Colin's for a beer
Originally posted by: brighton_pumps
what board would u reccomend for riding ruapehu?
Have no idea - you're the expert on all that
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reine de l'hiver
a board good for riding endless natural halfpipes and bowls
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BP - where do you ski most then? SI obviously. Canty? I'd like to do a road trip to all the club fields but not this year as I won't finish work at Rua till end Oct and they'll all be closed by then???
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reine de l'hiver
Originally posted by: brighton_pumps
what board would u reccomend for riding ruapehu?
Eveyone rides these at Rua BP...(@ 1:03) [vodpod.com]
will there be some sort of downhill racecourse available for training while im there?
Hell yeah. Come on up on Christiana Derby w/end. The Valley will be full of 'em
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Wait For The Ricochet
Go on BP, come on up. There's a heap of crew here to show you around.
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I've already got the hose pipe running to give you a good base down Knoll Ridge.
If your lucky I'll let you borrow my second hand skiis I got of some old accountant at a pre season sale when I was down Chc - 8/8/8 @ 130mm but they might have a bit to much rocker on them for you
i only like riding crud and the occasional groomer KC
OS its tempting but im concerned about colin/gavspad stalking me
^^^he only rides whaka
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When no one else is around
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what about that buffking character?
Originally posted by: brighton_pumps
what about that buffking character?
What about him - you keen?
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reine de l'hiver
not as keen as you love
Originally posted by: brighton_pumps
not as keen as you love
Nah, it's you I want to meet
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reine de l'hiver
Originally posted by: brighton_pumps
what do you base that on blunt?
If you know where to go there is some awesome terrain but you have to go right after the storm or late in the day or it is ice.
If you like big gullies and natural half pipes and cliffs ruapehu is loaded with them. I'm sure canty has stuff as good but ruapehu has better terrain than the southern lakes.
Originally posted by: Freshie
a board good for riding endless natural halfpipes and bowls
yeah I love those, they were so much fun I went way way to far out a couple of season back and ended up having a 40 min walk back. One thing that makes ruapehu awesome on a good day is the endless back country and a huge amount of it is lift accessed.
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*edited 21 May 2010 15:13
Originally posted by: JudeOriginally posted by: brighton_pumps
not as keen as you love
Nah, it's you I want to meet
It looks like your NI misson is all sorted BP...
'hard pack' groomers...
$250/wk rooms...
stalkers...
wax'd chests...
some rough sex...
...and when Edgehi's finished with you Jude will make you feel better!
Oh, btw you know Judes the one on the left eh?
Originally posted by: kcskier
*...and when Edgehi's finished with you Jude will make you feel better
HaHaHaHaHaHa. Thats gold KC.
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Originally posted by: impreza50
yeah I love those, they were so much fun I went way way to far out a couple of season back and ended up having a 40 min walk back. One thing that makes ruapehu awesome on a good day is the endless back country and a huge amount of it is lift accessed.
Have been seduced by the gullies below the national chair a few times. Luckily was able to cut back in at the bottom of the loop road when we realised the snow was going to run out. Involved heck of a climb over a ridge on a hot spring day though. When there has been snow have skiied those gullies to the Whakapapaiti carpark (a mate picked us up and we did it 3 more times that day
. We did check a map - lots of cliff bands to get stuck on.
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sounds like fun Jude
Originally posted by: CCS
sounds like fun Jude
Whakapaiti or sorting giving BP some relief after his NI mission
Seriously the Whakapapaiti runs were awesome.
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Originally posted by: kcskier
It looks like your NI misson is all sorted BP...
'hard pack' groomers...
$250/wk rooms...
stalkers...
wax'd chests...
some rough sex...
...and when Edgehi's finished with you Jude will make you feel better!
Oh, btw you know Judes the one on the left eh?
Edgehi likes sheep, wookies and yetis. Which one of those are you BP
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reine de l'hiver
I've heard BP is a bit more of a Giraffe kinda guy
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If you don't like my fire don't come around.
*edited 21 May 2010 16:40
Originally posted by: Jude
Edgehi likes sheep, wookies and yetis. Which one of those are you BP
Well, I've been told that Edgehi actually used to run the Turoa rentals until, well...
All I can say is kids ski school, butter chicken pies, Yeti mascot.
Messy, messy, messy...
Originally posted by: JudeOriginally posted by: brighton_pumps
not as keen as you love
Nah, it's you I want to meet
arent you friends with my mum?
^and your point is?
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Hi Just wondered what your opinion is on snow.co.nz, snowforecast.com and of course the metservice forecasts.
Seems there is sometimes a big variation in there forecasts for ruapehu.
Id be interested which you guys value or is there others.
Role on the snow
a bit more snow up top of Ruapehu, and finally, some sign of snow on Ngauruhoe
turoa got a pretty nice dusting. upper mountain not looking to bad.
http://mtruapehu.com/winter/ral-detail/index.cfm/articleId/1995/ [mtruapehu.com]
check out the latest video report.
I also like skin tight flouro and 'Blue Blocker' sunnies
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One good turn deserves another...
Hope you guys will be able to handle BPs complaints when he gets there as I bet he will not get back without
picking something to complain about.!!
*edited 22 May 2010 20:55
I take it we arent in danger of seeing you at the canterbury meet then expert groomer?
Originally posted by: cassina
Hope you guys will be able to handle BPs complaints when he gets there as I bet he will not get back without
picking something to complain about.!!
we will just put him in the yetis cave if he does
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Originally posted by: rozboon
Gaper, generally named after the GAPing GAP between their helmet and goggles. At least that's how I understand it.
Usually the kind of people that do things like carve down the park, jump the little up-ramps for rails (teehee so guilty of this... I fail @ rails), ski in jeans, tuck pants into boots, don't wear gloves, snowblade, don't do up the booster strap on their boots, comment loudly about the high quality of this powder while skiing a wind-stripped groomer, ski off the end of the loading platform on the High Noon Express, fall over getting off the express then sit there laughing, tuck while pizzaing, lose snowboards that then hoot off down the hill, or ask me if my skis are trick skis for doing tricks on.
These are all examples from roughly 2 hours skiing at Turoa
Have you been stalking me Rozboon?
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Originally posted by: rozboon
*edited 04 May 2010 16:28
*edited 04 May 2010 16:28
Confessional time is it people? Haha...
Add to the list if you like.
Hmm what else is there, stereotypical gaper-tastic things... (all things I've seen at Turoa... gaper central? Happy Valley and Alpine Meadow are exempt, noobs will be noobs.)
-Knocking over every. single. pair. of skis/boards on a rack
-Taking out an instructor (heh, my friend did that back when we were gaper-tacular)
-Furiously trying to stomp your foot back into a binding with the heel-piece raised, and then succeeding
-Waddling across the paving stones at the base area, with skis on
-Wearing a bum-bag/fanny-pack
-Losing a pole because you're not using your pole straps (exemptions for if you're doing something insane)
-Dropping a pole from the lift
-Losing a SKI from the lift
-Falling over when you turn around to see why the patroller is shouting at you (because you're skiing through the park)
-Crashing into a banana boat (aka sled) - bonus points if it has someone injured in it
-Lining up for the Express with 8 people
-Getting cleaned out by the barrier arms on the Giant (guilty as charged, your honor)
-Trying to ski over a queue rope, catching it instead which then tips over the rubbish bin it's tied to
-Getting hit in the head by the Movenpick because you bent over to do up your binding, right in front of the chair.
-Colliding with a trail-safety guy
-Crashing into a SLOW sign, because you were going to fast. (Bonus irony points)
-Wearing non-waterproof outwear
-Skiing without ANY eyewear
-Breaking your wrist the first time you go snowboarding, because you were too cool for wrist-guards
-Getting banana-boated for a hideously insignificant injury
I'm sure there's heaps more...
EDIT:
Gaper... I choose you!
This year I plan to practise more so I can complete the rest of this list.
(Being a gaper is a good thing right?)
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Well I have been rather absent of late but hey there was no snow!
So not too much has changed, BP is still one eyed and thinks all the New Zealand snow falls on the south island fields.
People still need accomodation in Ohakune and we all want the mountains to be open right now.
I'm having a thought and it could be dangerous if it works out!
*edited 23 May 2010 23:50
whakapapa gets the deepest pow in NZ. that clown BP will never learn. I bet we get better conditions than that tahoe place hes always raving about
Originally posted by: Ethel
Have you been stalking me Rozboon?
I dunno... I guess I have slept in your back yard once or twice
Originally posted by: Skidom
Hi Just wondered what your opinion is on snow.co.nz, snowforecast.com and of course the metservice forecasts.
Seems there is sometimes a big variation in there forecasts for ruapehu.
Id be interested which you guys value or is there others.
Role on the snow
I take Metservice Tongariro, Metservice Rural Taihape or Waiouru (I guess they're less likely to lie to farmers? Haha...), throw in a handful of mtruapehu.com, MetVUW, snow.co.nz and even a dash of snow-forecast.com. Average it all out, weighting the opinion of each forecaster by their perceived historical accuracy... then ignore it all and go anyway
Looks like 'serious' snow is on it's way? Yay! Gotta build that base.
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Winter is now settling in
Originally posted by: gavspad
Winter is now settling in
its official if gav calls it
Originally posted by: brighton_pumpsOriginally posted by: gavspad
Winter is now settling in
its official if gav calls it
His weather rock is never wrong!
Originally posted by: rozboonOriginally posted by: Skidom
Hi Just wondered what your opinion is on snow.co.nz, snowforecast.com and of course the metservice forecasts.
Seems there is sometimes a big variation in there forecasts for ruapehu.
Id be interested which you guys value or is there others.
Role on the snow
I take Metservice Tongariro, Metservice Rural Taihape or Waiouru (I guess they're less likely to lie to farmers? Haha...), throw in a handful of mtruapehu.com, MetVUW, snow.co.nz and even a dash of snow-forecast.com. Average it all out, weighting the opinion of each forecaster by their perceived historical accuracy... then ignore it all and go anyway
Hi rozboon
Pretty much same as except will not ignore and go anyway lol. I tend to like to see where the xxxx im going these days.
Originally posted by: Skidom
Originally posted by: rozboonOriginally posted by: Skidom
Hi Just wondered what your opinion is on snow.co.nz, snowforecast.com and of course the metservice forecasts.
Seems there is sometimes a big variation in there forecasts for ruapehu.
Id be interested which you guys value or is there others.
Role on the snow
I take Metservice Tongariro, Metservice Rural Taihape or Waiouru (I guess they're less likely to lie to farmers? Haha...), throw in a handful of mtruapehu.com, MetVUW, snow.co.nz and even a dash of snow-forecast.com. Average it all out, weighting the opinion of each forecaster by their perceived historical accuracy... then ignore it all and go anyway
Hi rozboon
Pretty much same as except will not ignore and go anyway lol. I tend to like to see where the xxxx im going these days.
I'm glad to see I'm not the only one too scared to ski Ruapehu in poor visibility.
I'll save that sort of stuff for fields like Ohau where you are in a valley with nothing to fall off!
Originally posted by: graemeh
I'm glad to see I'm not the only one too scared to ski Ruapehu in poor visibility.
I'll save that sort of stuff for fields like Ohau where you are in a valley with nothing to fall off!
Heh... how many times have I heard the line "now where the **** was that cornice?!?" or words to that effect.
The thing I really pay attention to is the wind. That's what closes lifts. These days they generally open unless the vis is truly horrific.
Originally posted by: rozboonOriginally posted by: graemeh
I'm glad to see I'm not the only one too scared to ski Ruapehu in poor visibility.
I'll save that sort of stuff for fields like Ohau where you are in a valley with nothing to fall off!
Heh... how many times have I heard the line "now where the **** was that cornice?!?" or words to that effect.
The thing I really pay attention to is the wind. That's what closes lifts. These days they generally open unless the vis is truly horrific.
I'm too busy shi**ng myself to say anything. Trying to go as slow as possible and just get down alive.
Jude
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Posted: 24 May 2010 7:29 quote
Looks like 'serious' snow is on it's way? Yay! Gotta build that base.
Gotta build a cafe also......
It's not that far off the outside looks done.
Originally posted by: Friday
Jude
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Posted: 24 May 2010 7:29 quote
Looks like 'serious' snow is on it's way? Yay! Gotta build that base.
Gotta build a cafe also......
Wasn't me. I got disorientated in night time fog on the rock garden earlier this year (yeah, I'm a gaper).
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