Closing weekend - born to ride!

Well, it was the last weekend of the ski season here in Queenstown and we decided we would make the most of it. On Saturday morning the skies were a little grey and the winds were fairly gusty so we waited until the afternoon and headed up to battle with the afternoon slush. The snow was very slow, but still fun to play in. I was on my snowboard and Greg was on his skis. I definitely had more fun than Greg - wet heavy snow isn't much fun on skis apparently!


(Photo of Greg on his Skis on Sunday morning)

We headed up again bright and early on Sunday morning for the last day of the season. The snow conditions couldn't have been more different from the day before - the temperatures had dropped overnight and the slush had frozen into sheet ice. Fun stuff!! Greg and Max (a friend) were both on skis and had far more fun than I had on a board, but still had fun (ice is VERY fast!). We headed down the mountain at about 12.30pm, dropped Max home and then headed home to put the boat in the water! The lake was relatively flat, but a little bumpy as far as other boat wash was concerned. Max and Fin (his wife) and Morgan (their 3 1/2 month old son) met us on the beach and the three of us had a wakeboard. Hopefully we will get Fin wakeboarding by the end of the summer too! All said and done, a great weekend. Born to Ride indeed! Paying the price this morning though - the first wakeboarding trip of the season always reminds me of the muscles I don't use snowboarding. My legs are relatively fine but my shoulders and arms are complaining a bit. Still, gotta be good for us!