Episode Stacking.

Diaries Down Under Episode 6 - Remarkables Slopestyle from Mountainwatch.com on Vimeo.

Diaries Down Under - Episode 5 from Mountainwatch.com on Vimeo.

Diaries Down Under - Episode 4 from Mountainwatch.com on Vimeo.

A few photos from September.

Easy there John mate.

Bugs getting in the way of my guns shot.

Coronet Peak Shaka. Filming courtesy of Wintech.

Thank you Stef!

Stef is well onto it with the blogs. His icecream photography is pretty sweet as well.

Check his blog here and this link to an article on Diaries Downunder. If the article inspires you so much that feel the need for another click of the mouse become a fan on Facebook here.

Winter Games Mate.

The Winter Games are here in New Zealand. The Slopestyle for snowboarding is tomorrow. Skiing is today. We went up for a play yesterday but due to flat light this iPhone footage was about as productive as the day got. Looking forward to it.

Winter Games Opening Ceremony.

Dutty and Browner. Sunglasses on in the spa.

Had to blog this!

Jed Anderson Madness.

August upon us - Cherry Blossoms too.

I have stolen this photo from my friend Stef's blog. The only appropriate caption here is FREEDOM.

The last few weeks have been rad! August has brought some sporadic weather to The Southern Lakes. The result has been snowy mornings and FUN afternoons! The New Zealand Open has just come to a close. I came 21st in the Slopestyle. The finals for both Slopestyle and Halfpipe saw snowboarding go to a new level. I won the Remarkables Slopestyle on Saturday. The park up there is a good time. Coronet Peak has also been good in recent weeks -see Diaries Downunder 3 below. We also went to a pilot for a new show called 'The Match'. We had fun with a taser.

Also, here are some photos that I have been meaning to put on here in the last few weeks.

The Remarkables.

Jordan smiles and poses nicely doesn't he.

The view from Cardrona after Semi Finals at the New Zealand Open.

Hiroki tumbled down the stairs at The Remarkables Slopestyle. He carried on riding, did his runs then got fixed up at the end of the day.

Skype has claimed another victim.

The audio man doing the hokey tokey as Possum goes in for a tickle.

The cameraman at 'The Match' pilot show.

Cherry blossoms in August.

Jeremy Thorns put some of his illest images onto canvas. He has some good shit!

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Diaries Downunder: Episode 3 from Mountainwatch.com on Vimeo.

Catching Air.

We went up to Coronet Peak today and caught some air filming for Episode 3 of Diaries Downunder.

Here are some photos I have taken in recent weeks.

Yuki after hurting his ankle.

A waterfall on the track towards Jack's Point.

I pulled out of the skatepark the other day and this caught my eye. I was lured to the Kingsgate Hotel to get this shot.

Browner and Dutty sparring.

We ate this in the spa the other day.

Papparazzi Shot.

Jack's Point walk looking back at Queenstown.

Pancakes are great.

Jake laid down this 100 buck chip on the Black Jack table a few times the other night.

Painting The Downstairs Region.

Kenny Powers.

Rich Bayley took this photo a few weeks before he got engaged.

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh.

JP pushing us up a landing super early season at The Remarkables.

After 50 bluebird days in a row the snow is once again falling here in New Zealand. The parks have been in good shape and with this top up of snow the backcountry should open up some good options too.

Diaries Downunder Episode 1 is history and the second episode is now up to view.

This inversion layer haunted Queenstown early season. We rose above it.

I painted the front door in June.

We get into The Stash in Episode 2. No jumping just playing on some of the dope features the park crew thought up.

Ride have put it up on their website in RCTV. Actually if you like to know what people have on their minds check it out on Twsnow.com. If the video doesn't entertain you at least the comment board will. Episode 2 is also viewable from this link at nzsnowboard.com.

I have been coaching my Wintech Japanese crew a bit in the past week and one of the students

has been sending shit beyond his years. He is 15 and has been keeping me on my toes. He launched one of the biggest hits I have ever seen at Coronet Peak yesterday and didn't flinch when he landed in the last metre of transition. It made me and the rest of the Japanese students do the classic 'eeeeeeeeeeeeeehh' with wide open mouth and eyes. Coronet Peak is ON at the moment. Coronet has possibly got the most fun lift-accessed terrain out of any resort I have been to and it is 20 minutes from Queenstown.

Tennis, painting, spaing, sparring, iPhoning, East Bound and Downing and champagne consuming have been a few other things going on lately. Will try to update this more often in the next few weeks. August should be a crazy one.

Towing the spa pool.

Oh yeah - 2 years ago a whole bunch of us did a trick tip each for DVD for NZsnowboarder. This was my views on Backside Lipslides 2 years ago.

Snowblading, more spas, Cardrona, Diaries Dowunder, Tennis.

Happy Birthday Blog!

One year ago.

Diaries Dowunder Episode One for 2009 is now up. Screenshot below is from Transfersnowboard.com. Also viewable on nzsnowboard.com and snowflick.co.nz.

Fires, spas, walks, booze, snowboarding.

Was meant to post this on Saturday.

Yup it is past the shortest day of the year in New Zealand now and that means that for the next 3 months the snow is in The Southern Lakes to slide. I had my sixteenth day of the season yesterday and then moved swiftly to the Quiksilver flagship store opening in Queenstown. On entry we were greeted by the friendly staff and they then gave brought us champagne and wristbands for the afterparty at Prime. From Prime we all watched the the opening of Winter Festival fireworks display with Pinot Noir in hand. We were claiming Dress Circle status. The bar tab didn't run out at all and a good crew showed up.

Foregone Conclusion.

Just got the internet hooked up. Has only taken 2 weeks. The amount of snow around the Southern Lakes is amazing at the moment. The three headlines on the cover of the Southland Times a few days ago were 'Coldest May in 50 years for Queenstown', '13 year old snowboarder in coma with alcohol poisoning' and something about 'Keen skiers camp overnight to get first chairlift at Coronet Peak'. A lot of tennis, painting, snowboarding and a garage sale has been going on in the last month also and hopefully a lot more to come.

４月１７日ー５月１１日。

A whole lot has happened since the sushi blog. A lot of lagging in the blog department

unfortunately but here are some photos from my time in the land that Maui caught.

My home mountain that has never (in my lifetime) had snow.

A fish. We caught a bigger one than this too..actually.

Dad and his OG Lo.wer hat.

A big boat and a rod.

A husky puppy.

Husky puppy drinking.

Ruby and Uncle Dutts.

A photo of Jake taking a photo of the fixies we rode to get a 10 buck curry.

The Y-tookery straight in all its early morning glory.

Dutty caught this kawhai and we smoked it for lunch.

The beautiful South Island.

Stef put us up and lead us to Fish and Chips in Kaikoura. A good shop this one. A shame about the spelling.

Lake Wakatipu.

A good looking May.

Newly married Jordan and Sasha Rehrer have their first dance.

Yuki dog knows how to relax.

Sushi.

All you can eat sushi. I ate all I could -then dessert.

Sushi Pier Reno. Tuna and Salmon slabs. It was their 9th anniversary today. They had a raffle and gave out free desserts and alcohol. The guy next to us won a lingerie voucher.

This one was called the 'Marilyn Monroll'.

This one was the 'How We Roll'.

I think this one was called the 'Vegetable Hand Roll' and is that Bill English on TV in the corner?

Sushi Train In Tokyo last year.

I couldn't talk about sushi without showing this too.