The 2015 Southern Hemisphere season started with a trip to Australia. It was the Australian Splitfest time and Adam West was interested in if I wanted to put together a course. I decided on doing a “How to set up a base camp safely and explore bigger lines while taking in conditions”. It would be a brief trip but as always I was looking forward to it.
Australia
OZ Splitfest with Firstlight Snowboards and Adam West
We were in a two week dry spell when I left New Zealand for Australia which was off to a solid season with a deep snowpack and awesome corn snow to be had not to mention it was great to see Adam West.
I landed in Sydney and Lee was kind enough to pick me up. Within 30 minutes of landing we were off to Jindyebyne, the Wanaka of Australia.
I was lucky enough to join forces with John Blankenstein and he took me to the secret steeps on OZ.
OZ Splitfest 2013
I’m a tad bit behind in trip reports soo I thought I would start off by talking about my Southern Hemisphere spring trip. My 5 month journey started off with 15 hours of flights to a place that was not exactly the ski capital of the world but some may say it is the surfing capital. I set my trip so it coincided with the Australian Splitfest which is put together by Adam West who owns a sight called FirstLight Snowboards. he was kind enough to pick me up at the airport, take me to his hometown to meet his amazing family then we were off on the road to the Great Snowy Mountains, with Meat Pie in hand.
OZ Splitfest by Firstlight Snowboards and Adam West
We were in a two week dry spell when I left New Zealand for Australia. Strange enough they were having a solid season with a deep snowpack and awesome corn snow. Adam West was kind enough to invite me to put on a snowboard clinic as well as put on a slide show for the OZ Splitfest. This would be my third time to Australia and I was excited to see some good friends and hopefully ride some steeper lines this time around.