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Boardworld Shred 2013 - The Official Thread

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YOLO!

 
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LowGuido - 17 September 2013 04:57 PM

YOLO!

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Let me guess Dyldo filmed that?  Serial offender with the portrait shooting style.  One of my pet hates!

 
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K2 - That was Awesome!!!  rocker

 
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Alright, I really dont have many decent pictures to post of the snow or lack of. (most in my phone seem to be flashing lights in the village or my ass).

But I did this little thank you gesture for Boardworld, the Shred Crew, members who helped put things together, and the Sponsors who gave us product to use/consume and the resort who hosted us.


Bit of a write up to sum up my Shred:

Due to the landside on the Alpine road, Trentradpants and myself had to go the looong way to Thredbo. We didnt take Azz’s short cuts as we didnt wanna get stuck on a 4x4 track or hit animals in the night.
We still almost had collisions with a bunch of animals, and random ones at that. First we nearly hit a GIANT wombat. I mean his head was above my bonnet. Looking back i almost feel like it was a giant stuffed toy as it didnt even flinch and didnt look 100% like a wombat. Next we came round a corner and there was a bloody sheep munchin on something on the middle of the road. We couldnt help but laugh when after several more regular wombats we came around a corner and there was a friggin COW on the road!

Eventually we made it to Thredbo and caught up with a very drunk BW crew at the “Shred Palace”. Had a few beers and meet n greets with new Shredders.

Next day was first day riding. We just cut laps of the park, which was small, but still we had a shit ton of fun on it.
Beers began early in the day and so did riding on everything but snow. Grass, rocks, gravel anything.
There was also sprays being done on anyone sitting on the slope evil

Here a few photos

My Shart board and Trents Get Your Cray On Busé boards.

The package my lift ticket was in

hittin some Tbars to mix it up. probably pre race

to quote Finney, when there is more beer than snow you know your at The Shred

Someone went to town on the spare pillows at our accom

Cruiser laps, still some snow on the Friday

Dont know whats happening here with Warren Chapstick. must be a NSW thing

Found Jeremy’s old iceskates

Protect yoru head, wear a stackhat. Protect your steeze, wear Fyve gear

The trivia night was awesome fun. I hung with the Ullr boys and we started off in the village at the Efterski festival, which was mental, then headed to the Shred Palace for trivia. Was heaps of fun and thanks for organising that TJ and Ozgirl.

Race day was crazy as hell. Basically we rode from top of basin, and then down all the way to village, even though there was only really snow on the toop 1/4 of the mountain. I rode over rocks, ice, mud, grass, hoses, mats, all sorts of shit, to get myself to the bottom first. I also had about a 500m sprint on grass in my snow gear to get to the finish first. I was so fucking exhausted I couldnt drink my beer to finish. Eventually got it down and won!

Here is the board that took me to for the ride!

and here is an example of what I rode down. I was skimming along each grass patch to get to the next stash of snow. I rode every little last bit of snow to get down

Again a big thank you to all for another memorable shred. My whole body aches. Especially my face from smiling and abs from laughing.

See you next year! shred if you can catch me cool


Update:
Forgot to ad this which Dylan already posted. I dont know what went through my mind, but on the friday apres at River Inn I decided it was a good idea to snowboard down the stairs. Was pretty fun haha

Mizu Kuma - 17 September 2013 03:04 PM
DylanV - 17 September 2013 12:14 PM

And here we have some of k2’s river inn antics as promised :skaka:

*there is some colourful language*

LOL You Idiot!!!!!

 
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Awesome write-up k2! The video has left me somewhat speechless, that is quite a tribute!!


In the spirit of thank-you’s and now that I have had a good night sleep and can think straight again, I just wanted to say a HUGE thank you to every one for being so welcoming and making me feel so at home. Never would have thought I could go away with a bunch of strangers and have such an amazing time!! You guys really do rock <3

Seriously feel like my snowboarding progressed more in the 3 1/2 days i was on the slopes with you guys than it did in the 6 days i was in NZ. It was great to be around people who really supported and challenged me and encouraged me to do things i would have never thought i could do! Super super stoked that I can happily say I did my first black run at the shred! Even achieved a lot of things i hadn’t even planned like following Billy, Azz and Snowdragon under ropes on shred Thursday, trekking off the groomed runs with some of the boys and dodging through trees on shred Saturday and snowboarding over grass, bushes and puddles! And a special thank you to Tambo for waiting for me at the bottom of the run all the times that I stacked it or was being mega slow! Really appreciate all the patience, tips and support from you all!

Lastly BIG thankyou to Ozgirl for talking me into coming along, hooking me up with a place to stay and cooking amazing breakfasts and dinners every day. Much appreciated.

Cant wait to see more photos and the video from the race!!

 
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Great TR’s k2 and air180 thanks for making the trek from Victoria it’s always great to catch up with the Mexicans.

I still think there’s something very wrong with shoeys but top effort chugging it down Brad and congrats on the win! shaka

 
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Giant Wombat!!!!! You were on the Hooch again!!!!! LOL

And I can vouch for the pics of his arse, as I think he sent me copies of every one of them!!!!! sick

 
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Looks like good fun. Bummer I had to miss it this year.

Nice write ups and vids, especially K2, that’s some funny sh*t! I can’t believe how little snow there is! More time for beers at least! Is the shred still going on?

 
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Yep. dunno how much boarding though. Pretty sure the past two days they just been drinking. Last night they had a party with Chimp Clothing at their log cabin.

Jeremy passed out on the couch, and Dylan spewed everywhere from what I have been informed LOL

 
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Looks like someone struggles last night at the ChimpxBW party

 
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Dan83 - 18 September 2013 09:21 AM

Looks like good fun. Bummer I had to miss it this year.

Nice write ups and vids, especially K2, that’s some funny sh*t! I can’t believe how little snow there is! More time for beers at least! Is the shred still going on?

No-one should ever put K2 and Bummer in the same sentence. What were you thinking!!!  LOL

 
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LOL

 
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Hey crew, Glad I got to see most of you guys a few times and finally got a little shred in with ya today. I’ve been stupidly busy this season trying to save for Canada (still am). But it was good to catch up and I’ll be here until closing day if you anyone comes back for a weekend or whatever.  ollie

 
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Bummed I missed you Andy, we did catch up over opening weekend though.

What dates are you going to be in Vancouver? or you going straight to Whis? If it’s the end of October, let me know and we can grab a beer smile