Cardrona has been completely closed for the past two days now due to some maintenance issues. However yesterday we heard some whispers on the streets of Wanaka that some kiwi's had a private traning session in the Cardrona pipe and they might be doing the same today. So our coach made some calls to see if it was on for today, and to get us in on the action...
We were pretty lucky to ride the pipe today. As I mentioned the Cardies was closed to the public and The mountain was pretty much desserted. The only other people we were sharing the pipe with were: a small group of Kiwis; Byron Wells + Simon Dumont; and some North Face skiers + snowboarder [Kaitlyn Farrington] doing a photo shoot. We had to wait for a little while before getting into the pipe because The North Face crew were shooting with a heli, but it was'nt all that bad just kicking back and watching the chopper.
It was a fun day. The sun was shining, there was a good vibe and the pipe was still in pretty good knick when despite the fact that it had'nt been cut and there were some pretty cool tricks being thrown down by all.
Check out Sam's post on today by clicking here.
JW