The riders charged all day long, the 1.30pm finish extended to 4pm…. [with snowparks JEFF regularly tweaking the pipe up with the groomer or by hand with his crew] as hoots, laughter, smiles & good music rocked on.

Visiting USA pro's BRYAN IGUCHI, TRAVIS RICE & a few more registered in and jamed all day too with the 60 plus entrants & around 200 people hanging out, filming, etc. "I don't think I've seen so many cameras & filmers even at a nationals!" was the call. QUENTIN ROBBINS, DYLAN BUTT, AARON JAMIESON, WILL JACKWAYS, DENI BEVAN, ANTS LEFFLAR, JAKE KOIA, LEON ERU, TY, JAKE BARROWS,ANDY MAC, NICK McBRIDE, ROLAND M.B.,JOEL WEB, SAM DEAVOL, SAMMY BRITTEN, SHARON PARKER,PAULA MITCHELL, DEB O'HAGAN, ABBY LOCKHART, JANA GIBSON, HANA SULLIVAN…etc etc the list goes on & on -

everyone deserves a mention and a pat on the back just for riding that monster, even a few freestyle skiiers registered and threw down with everyone else, the great thing was it did'nt matter if you were a seasoned pro or a home grown jibber it was'nt about that - it was all about the day, fun, having a crack with likeminded friends & a wicked atmosphere.

NARLS ran the decks & rhymed like a legend pumping out the tunes & getting everyone up for a scratch off & rhyme off. AJ[AARON JAMIESON] mixed and scratched a up a storm inbetween riding & the two jamed a lot of the day away, DENI BEVAN was up there with his records as was SERINA ENGLAND on the scratch, JAKE KOIA, SAM, ANTS LEFLAR & many more some for the first time in public busting out the rhymes etc - it was so good to see the riders up there getting right into it - and they were bloody good!!

It seemed that simultaneously around 5 DIFFERENT AREAS all in close proximity had crews amping whether it was on the different rails, the snowskate park, the DJ BOX [2 storeyed] or the ¼ pipe & all set just below the two massive superpipes almost ready to be cranked up.

SUB20's LUCA SOULOS mc'd the whole event getting a few hits in the ¼ late in the piece while the other half of STS: DEB O'HAGAN threw down cripplers on the great wall & shot out prizes & cash making up instant catagories in the spirit of it all.
" this is what it's all about, we're so stoked to see everyone up here riding together, amping, hanging out & having a ball, even some of the photographers have put their camereas down to slide the rails or hit the pipe and join in - they've even scored some prizes! Niether of us can get the grin off our faces & that's because everyone else is smiling & stoked as well, SAM LEE, DENI & the snowpark crew have been amazing - this place is incredible!!! - we've got plenty more good times to follow this day; that's for sure!!!! say's Luca.

All in all if you were there this was one of the great days, if not ,to know that it went down the way it did should make you feel proud of NZ snowboarding.