I've been looking forward to this post, mostly because New Zealand has been my favourite place to travel in the summer for the last 6 years. Mind you I haven't gone to too many places. The entire country of New Zealand has mountains, on the North Island and the South Island including the famous Snow Park where the likes of Shaun White and Travis Rice go to ride and film. I've been three times for the purpose of summer boarding and contests, the Burton New Zealand Open in particular. Other contests include but are not limited to the Billabong SnowStock and Winter Games NZ. One of the great things about NZ is it's landscape. Everyone knows The Lord Of The Rings series was filmed there, but so was King Kong, because NZ seems to have every landscape imaginable (I've even seen sand dunes). Not only is it a good place to snowboard, but the surf is amazing along with skate parks and other activities like bungee jumping, sky diving and boating. Needless to say, I love New Zealand!
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| Spencer O'Brien and Darrah Reid McLean on the backside of Snow Park |
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| Me, riding at Snow Park |
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| Regular traffic jam |
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| Haast Beach on the east coast of South Island. North Is. west coast if where you can find the surfing |
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| This is around where they filmed King Kong |
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| Road to The Remarkables, kinda sketchy |
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| MUST TRY: Curry In A Hurry, Wanaka alleyway, you probably imagine the lamb curry is pretty good |
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| Me on a tree. The only tree on this mountain |
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| Jordie Karlinski lookin at stuff |
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| Jamie Anderson, wins the Burton NZ Open 2009 |
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| Mark Sollars, starfish |
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| So insignificant, Simon and Nick |
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| Lake Wanaka |
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| Bunch of chicks winning a bunch of money: Possum Torr, Jamie Anderson, Charlotte Van Gils |
- The Remarkables
- Wanaka Winter Resort
Broken River
Cardrona Alpine Resort
Coronet Peak
Craigieburn Valley Ski Area
Fox Peak
Hammer Springs Ski Area
Manganui Ski Area
Methven - Mt Hutt South Island
Mount Cheeseman
Mount Dobson
Mt Hutt
Mt Olympus
Mt Ruapehu
Mt. Lyford
Rainbow Ski Area
Roundhill Ski Area
Snow Park NZ
Temple Basin
Treble Cone
Tukino
Waiorau Snow Farm
The White Album: Shaun White at Snow Park, NZ
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