A Grand Day Out....

...was had by all. The XBox Big Day Out(tm) circus has just left town leaving behind hangovers and memories.

They built a custom park at the base of the face run then shoved loads of skiers and riders down it for the entertainment of the masses. The skiers undoubtedly had the edge on tech tricks with one guy landing a 1260 but the snowboarders held their own with some nice stylish 5's, 7's and 9's plus some front flips from the brightly clad Tyler Choltern.

Some of the hits off the hip at the base of the course were HUGE. This blurry photo doesn't do justice to the size of this guys jump...



The blurry lines in the background are the lift cables from the chair that runs up the side of the face. THat should give you an idea of the size. The hip was eventually closed by the pisteurs who were getting a bit jumpy about the possibilty of someone overjunping and hurting themselves or landing in the crowd.

So in true safety fashion the wall was set on fire and riders given a E50 incentive for hitting it.





Burn Skier, Burn!

Yesterday we said goodbye to Amelia who is off home to Oz after braking her ankle in a crash a week or so ago. Also going home is Rosie who managed to break her kneecap in two (wtf?!) on thursday. These two bring the total of season killer injuries to 6 out of some 40 odd who started (about 15%) plus all the other more minor injuries such as mere broken wrists, fingers and cracked ribs. Dangerous game this.

So to take our minds off the danger here's a nice piccy of Val at night