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Snowsavage – I have already been sharing your pics about. Haha.

As for a lifetimes worth of snowboarding adventures…Way too many. The hit list only seems to get bigger rather than smaller each year.

Absolutely awesome stuff Snow Savage. Cool to see you were checking some of the slightly more obscure spots for riding around NZ.
Always cool to see your country through someone else’s perspective. Great photos, especially of the Main Divide peaks and West Coast Neves from the West Coast.

Thanks guys. Was awesome getting out riding with you this season Kyle. Looking forward to the next one all ready!

Hope you get to score some turns soon Jimmy!

Awesome man! DIY boards are such a fun project and rich will definitely see ya right. Cool to see another splitboarder in Chch. Chuck a message up on the splitn2.co.nz forum if you’re looking for touring Buddies as there are a few of us about.

Look forward to the progress photos. Winter isn’t far away!

Rock skinning in the Arrowsmith’s NZ.

For what its worth Chris was on this trip testing his bindings and tech touring pieces with no issues skinning through rocky areas from what I witnessed.

Sorry to drift the thread…

Freaking epic! Man you have got some places this past year. Always great shots.

Just Epic! Well worth clicking the link.

Thanks for sharing Zach!

@petersami wrote:

how in the world did you fit size 11.5 boots into the medium bindings

I have a suspicion that the Afterburners I spent some time on were a prototype model, although I had no trouble fitting my boots into them. On closer inspection the bindings did appear to be on the larger than my medium Blazes.

In so saying, my Spark Blaze…[Read more]

A few more shots of the 2013 NZ Winter and Spring…

NZ Splitfest – The crew out touring. Firstlight visited and brought some friends

NZ Splitfest – Shredding some storm pow

Booting the Ridge to Mt Temple

Spring camp trip – Snow was starting to disappear. The warm temps made for pleasant camping though.

Skin track up and Snowboard track…[Read more]

Oh man I hope I haven’t put anyone off! There are heaps of zones you can access just from touring without the need for ice and crampons and terrain for all abilities. Sorry if I made it sound like something else.

There is definitely terrain for all abilities around Temple, but worth bringing the crampons and axe if you have room in your bag (and have the weight allowance if flying) just in case. Not a biggie if you don’t bring them. With a bit of luck it will be all pow and they can stay in the pack anyway!

Not sure what a rigger glove is, but have a look…[Read more]

Awesome. Looking forward to meeting all of you guys at Splitfest. I think I will be taking a couple of days off just prior to splitfest as well to do a bit of riding so be sure to hit me up.

Tarn Basin at Cheeseman is really good and so is Crystal Valley next to Porters. Probably a good chance to experience Crystal Valley before it gets dominated…[Read more]

Thanks Shesplits.

Just checked out your blog and looks like you guys scored some good stuff down in the Southern lakes recently. I assume your Draizuhs partner..??

Looking forward to meeting you guys up at splitfest. Looks like TB got a bit of snow over the last few days so hopefully it will be a bit more filled in by the time of splitfest!…[Read more]

Hey guys just found this thread. I’m based up in the Canterbury region but I have a couple of friends around Queenstown who get out in the backcountry around the Remarkables (Wye Creek and Doolans) on splits.
Whats more they even lurk around this site as well.

Send tr_nz or Draizuh a PM. I’m sure they will be more than happy to get out riding and…[Read more]

Oh man this is real tragic. Always so sad to hear about people taken by slides. Thoughts out for the friends and familys of the victims.

First up epic trip report Method. As hot and dry as Australia always seems to look from across the ditch, you guys have some cool terrain hidden up your sleeve! Great stuff.

Zenhugh if you are looking for some touring partners for when you are in the South Island of NZ send me a message as there is small but dedicated crew of splitters getting…[Read more]

PM ChrisNZ if you want more info. Thats his project. Also on Facebook.
https://www.facebook.com/RangerBindings?fref=ts

Some cool bindings made right here in NZ.

Haven’t checked out the Freebird but I have the Jones Solution. Really great board shape and design but like Barrows mentioned the build quality is pretty disappointing for the price. You should definitely get in touch with Richard Harcourt. His boards are super solid and have a good build quality. Made for NZ conditions and the price for them is…[Read more]

Personally don’t know much about snow fall averages in South America but the Franz Josef Glacier Neve in the Southern Alps of New Zealand receives on average something like 150m of snow per year.