A record of thirty three competitors, eleven women and twenty men, lined up for the first day of the Primo Peak to Porridge, a combined snow and surf event. Organiser Evan Bloomfield was totally happy to see such a good contingent of female entrants and suspects his "equal opportunity" status might have helped.

"The sun was out, the snow was good and the porridge pit was brimming. A special feature of the boardercross was a pool of porridge.!."

The sun was out, the snow was good and the porridge pit was brimming. A special feature of the boardercross was a pool of porridge. "Most of the competitors managed to avoid this "natural water hazard" says Evan " but a few just miss-timed their jumps and ended up I am afraid to say immersed."

In the Women's competition the top two placings were identical to last year with Queenstown rider Jana Gibson taking first and Regi Starinskas from Victoria second. Masayo Ohgiya from Japan was the "dark horse" of the event and rode solidly to take third.

The Men's was keenly contested but some suspect the rules of Boardercross - Jostling is OK. No Grabbing. No Pushing. - might have been stretched. Last minute entrant and nzski.com Terrain Park Ranger Simon Pepping stayed out of trouble and by taking the lead from the beginning pulled off a stunning win.

Mid afternoon saw the competition all done and many of the competitors heading off to Riverton to sneak in a practice surf before the second leg of the competition, surfing on Saturday at Porridge . A warm glow on the face after a good day in the hills and the chance to top it off with a surf in the South Seas. Now ain't that a treat.

— Chris V, BoarderZone.com Staff |HAVE YOUR SAY|