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posted on May 9th, 2006 at 06:16 PM |
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snowsports anyone?
anyone out there in avd land get into playing in the snow(skiing or boarding)? just wondered. rob. |
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posted on May 9th, 2006 at 06:27 PM |
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I love skiing!!!!!
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posted on May 9th, 2006 at 06:34 PM |
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where do you go mt buller and do you take pbb? |
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posted on May 9th, 2006 at 07:01 PM |
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I usually go to Falls Creek, and have been to Thredbo once too... Thredbo was awesome!
When skiing, I hate using stocks... I'd rather just face the right way and hoon all the way to the bottom, can never go fast enough on skiis! :P Am
yet to try snowboarding...
... and no, I don't take PBB. She'd get too cold!
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posted on May 9th, 2006 at 07:10 PM |
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Yep! Roll on winter...!
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posted on May 9th, 2006 at 07:16 PM |
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pbb-yeh falls creek is my resort of choice(mostly cause its so close). now now, beetles have the best heaters ever strapped to an automobile.
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posted on May 9th, 2006 at 07:30 PM |
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perisher! board skis and trick skis... august again this year, but maybe not valla as well! clash of schedule...
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posted on May 9th, 2006 at 07:56 PM |
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...Went to New Zealand once.......attempted Snowboarding |
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posted on May 9th, 2006 at 08:13 PM |
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Yup, boarding and drinking.
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posted on May 9th, 2006 at 08:27 PM |
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Quote: | Originally
posted by twoguns
perisher! board skis and trick skis... august again this year, but maybe not valla as well! clash of schedule...
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I'll be at Mt Selwyn (with the wife and child who have never skied before) for 3 1/2 days 31st July to 3rd August.
Back to Wollongong Thursday arvo, unpack 1 suitcase, load up another, head to Valla early Friday morning.
I like the snow, have been maybe 6 times. I can get down a mountain, but probably not well enough to be called a skier.
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posted on May 9th, 2006 at 08:29 PM |
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How much harder is snowboarding to skiing? Thinking as I have 2 absolute beginner skiers with me I might as well be an absolute beginner too. I've
never ridden a surf or skateboard so I'm guessing it will be a little tough.
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posted on May 9th, 2006 at 08:33 PM |
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I doubt I'll be going this year ... my money's going
elsewhere! :P
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posted on May 9th, 2006 at 08:36 PM |
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ive been a skiiker since i was 4, did the snowboarding thing and it sucked arse. i prefer to go hard, fast, and pull bigger air.
im not good at many things, but skiing is one of them, and i'm damn proud of it! i'll find some pics to post soon
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posted on May 9th, 2006 at 08:43 PM |
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I used to be a skier, but as my fitness went I got into boarding. I'd give the boarding a go Chris, just have to get past the first day of a lot of
arse bashing.......did that sound right?
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posted on May 9th, 2006 at 10:05 PM |
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i used to do X-Country skiing every weekend at Lake Mountain... did it cos i wanted to ski and it was cheap...
was fun but not as fun as screaming headlong down a huge hill
actually i havent been for a few years.. not enough $$$ ... maybe i should grab some skis and sneak up the hill on foot MWAHAHAHAA
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posted on May 9th, 2006 at 10:09 PM |
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anyone ever travelling to falls creek drop me a u2u in advance and we be able to hook up. rob. |
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posted on May 9th, 2006 at 10:15 PM |
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I can't believe that it has been 20 years since I skiied last and my kids have never seen snow!!
Next year we're going..that's it!!
(this year we're off to the gold coast for 3 weeks
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posted on May 9th, 2006 at 10:28 PM |
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Perisher is my usual spot - love it. Can't wait
I used to drive my hottie Beetle down there with the skis strapped to the rear bumper and a single roofrack mounted across the decklid. Might do it
again instead of a RR or Pajero or whatever this year - just for fun!
EDIT: Might re-fit the heater boxes, too!
[ Edited on 9-5-2006 by VWCOOL ]
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posted on May 9th, 2006 at 10:48 PM |
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Yeah Perisher is the place for me. Skied non stop for 10 years, then missed 10 years. Took my little girl for her first ski a couple of year ago. It
was the best weekend ever - watching her learn, teaching her, then by the end of the weekend telling me to wait down the bottom for her.
Got a pic somewhere of my Notch covered with a foot in Jindabyne in the mid 80's. Also took my KG down one year - without heaters! Left Sydney at
8pm. By the time I hit Goulburn, I was wearing my ski jacket, balaclava, gloves, and had wrapped myself in my sleeping bag for the rest of the drive.
Arrived at about 2am - surprisingly warm LOL.
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posted on May 9th, 2006 at 10:50 PM |
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I hit Hotham whenever I can (when funds allow) to go boarding. I like the idea of my legs both going in the one direction... I wanna take my oval this
year if I go up twice. My gf will be going with me the first time and I don't think she'd appreciate being cooped up in a beetle for the 330minute
trip up to Harrietville, let alone up the mountain itself! Anyone else besides VWCOOL hit the slopes in thier old VW? How do the drum brakes hold
up?
[ Edited on 9-5-06 by oval TOFU ]
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posted on May 11th, 2006 at 05:45 AM |
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i had pondered the same question tofu. if i get game ill let you know how i went. i seem to remember that the road between harrietville and hotham is
a longer drive than mtbeauty to fallscreek. so falls might be manageable.rob. |
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posted on May 11th, 2006 at 10:09 AM |
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Yeh, that'll be great ifyou can let me know.. I've always been curious...
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posted on May 13th, 2006 at 10:48 PM |
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if you ski in oz cant beat thredbo i love it so much we bought a place there a few years ago now all my mates want to book with me 2 yrs in advance
we're finding it hard to fit everyone in :Pits good in summer too and picking up all the time ive got into downhill mountain biking which is a real
rush dont wait for winter the snows fantastic but its all good all year |
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posted on May 14th, 2006 at 11:46 AM |
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Quote: | Originally
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if you ski in oz cant beat thredbo i love it so much we bought a place there a few years ago now all my mates want to book with me 2 yrs in advance
we're finding it hard to fit everyone in :Pits good in summer too and picking up all the time ive got into downhill mountain biking which is a real
rush dont wait for winter the snows fantastic but its all good all year
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That'd be so ideal... snowbarding/skiing in the winter, then crash at your own place. Then in the summer, go downhilling and crash at your own
place.. nice work!
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posted on May 14th, 2006 at 12:02 PM |
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I've always want to do the mountain biking at Thredbo. I went up there in summer a few years ago, it was awesome!
I climbed Mt Kosciusko and the village was about 32 degrees C (was 40 degrees in Sydney) and at the top of the huge chairlift it was -3 degrees with a
-12 windchill factor Nice weather for a 12km walk! :P
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posted on May 14th, 2006 at 04:10 PM |
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Quote: | Originally
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Anyone else besides VWCOOL hit the slopes in thier old VW? How do the drum brakes hold up?
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I've taken the kombi up to the snow a few times... Handled it fine... But I guess i'm a little newer and a little higher out of the ice than you
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