Last winter when I picked ours up from the factory was told they were good to go.

At Alpine Meadows the next morning - my daughter and I both found that the wax they used felt really sticky in the...

Yeah - nah - signing in used to give me access to the padded but they never showed in new posts for me - they do now

can polyass be set up so it only shows if you're subscribed to it ?

and...

June is early - Hutt and Coronet try to open early - they have major snowmaking
most hills tend to be open by the end of the month but the snowpack needs a bit of time to build - Best snowpack is...

Load times are a bit slow

Padded Room is showing up in the new posts which is bloody good - I've had to go specifically to it for the last 2 or 3 years which has been a pain

and speaking of...

You are flying with a Lifejacket/PFD (Personal Flotation Device) that in emergency floats you in cold powdery H2O. uses the same cylinders as marine systems.

The International Aviation Regulations...

get a 'micro' size racing bmx - 20" with a small frame for a 5 t0 7 yr old next size up is 'mini'

it will be really light prob around 7kg/15lb rather than a normal bmx or mtb which will be twice...

The hostel at the village

Evaporative cooling of a wet wetsuit is real - it's especially noticable when scuba diving in temperate waters and you sit around on the boat after a dive. The easiest way to solve it is to put a...

Thanks - I've been enjoying lots of scandi indy/pop recently

check out Labrador records freebie some pretty chilled and fun sounds (422meg download from Labrador Records www.labrador.se) and yes...

and Larry rips the cup from Bertarellis claws - I'm not sure if I should be happy at one egotistical billionaire megalomaniac beating another but I am.

Although it will be interesting whether the...

The Race Committee has advised the teams that Sunday's race will not start before noon CET (06:00 EST, 03:00 PST).

I feel really neglected down here in New Zealand - we're obviously not worth
covert spraying - the authorities just come up with some excuse and send the planes out :rolleyes:
...

thanks for the update, cold turkey has been difficult

Bosch

they even work down under where the water rotates the other way

severely jealous - but not of the scrub bashing thru the alders, that looks foul

another vote for Arabba - although when we were there (9 years ago) everyone was raving about how it was the best coverage in 11 seasons and I thought it was pretty sketchy in places.

The Sella...

A burr grinder has a pair of ribbed/serrated plates that are adjustable in closeness - good quality ones give a really consistent grind where all the grains are the same size (really important for...

snow.co.nz is prob the most active forum in NZ

but an email to Dave Crow (eo at nzmga.org.nz) the training officer for NZ Mountain Guides Assoc might be an idea - they are running 2 ski guide...

You didn't need to partition your drive, although I do run 1 partition for time machine backups.
you can just drag files between drives in finder - to move several at once press command(apple key)...

Bwahahahahahaha

Stay in Queenstown and take them to the Remarkables, plenty of beginner stuff with a short hike to access some good terrain and you won't be too far away from your friend - they'll be able to look up...

you could try something along the lines of the jesus lizards Goat album cover:



"Its cover art at first glance resembles a flame, but is actually a topless woman with a close-up image of nails...

shove it in a plastic bag - heavy duty clear

a couple of times in the hundred odd flights i've done with a full size pack we've been given a heavy duty plastic bag by the checkin staff. every...

yeah, apple blocks that part of the store down here, although you can get the podcast clips

That was so cruel with the vid cutting - and then waiting for . . . .

and then the photo from below - bloody hell - that is impressive

well done

sweet vid but why the hell are they promoing the event with a 25 year old soundtrack?
surely they could find something a bit more current

Hey thanks for the heads up on open registrations - I can't believe the difference it's made on torrent speed.
Anyway, free registration is still open so jump on while you can.

Every time I read a 666 TR I think they can't get better - until the next one launches

Bloody awesome photos

I'm in

and I'll even pay for delivery if you give them to me

Emirates - friends who travel a lot between NZ/Aus and the middle east always try to go with them

South Island fields tend to close early October and turoa/whakapapa in the North Island usually close Labour weekend which is the end of October. of course totally dependent on snow base - the North...

The Milford Track won't be any more crowded than in 98 - its a "Great Walk" so the number of walkers is restricted to the number
of beds available in the huts so 80 people per day - not very...

Whakapapa and Turoa skifields will still be open then - spring corn - usually the best time for North Island skiing
in great years they can open through January
some of the south island fields may...

I spent a couple of weeks in August/September there about 7 years ago, so info is a bit dated.
Alot depends on your budget - accommodation and food can be hellishly pricy but there are cheaper...

the eruptions on ruapehu in new zealand 10 years ago had massive amounts of lightning around the summit and ash cloud - i think it's a fairly normal occurrence (for a volcano) - but that is a damn...

eucalyptus oil - should be able to get a small bottle from the drug store
just put some on some cotton wool or a cloth and wipe the sticky leftover stuff off.
doesn't normally affect paint but...

sequence works for me. I quite often just pull the block out and use that and its easy to throw in another bag or pack.

I mainly use firefox these days mainly because of adblock - but its a real memory hog, especially if you've had multiple tabs open all day or overnight, so i'm using opera quite a lot these days -...

it's always a worry when you're spending so much on freight, but I have had some quality issues with a couple of shipments - one shop was straight up and sent a full replacement and apologised...

rules about lithium batteries on flights are changing although more relevant for photographers etc rather than beacons. i normally remove batts from my cameras and flashes but looks like they will be...

The Donnie Darko soundtrack blew me away and reminded me how good some of that eighties stuff was (just some of it though)

and another vote for Quadrophenia
what about stop making sense

probably a skink - they do move pretty snake like

B&H have a good reputation but they dicked me around bigtime on one large order, previous stuff was good.

Adorama is good - never had a problem with them
- but both are closed till the 11th

photorescue costs $29 and works - will be a hell of a lot easier than sending it off to someone
get it from http://www.datarescue.com/
reviews about it at:...

the first image is the flowmeter in the whangaehu river in normal summer conditions
followed by todays lahar and then what it looks like now.

if I'm reading the flowmeter results properly, it...

just reported that the lahar is travelling down the Whangaehu River and the front of it has passed the tangiwai bridges without damage - high river levels carrying lots of debris picked up fom the...

Lahar heading down Mt Ruapehu
Posted at 1:45pm on 18 Mar 2007
The Regional Council has confirmed that Mount Ruapehu's crater lake has burst, sending a lahar, or mudflow, down the western side of...