Not my best best season yet with injury, travel, and bad weather getting in the way, but still a good one!

Check out the first four episodes of Season 2, shot in New Zealand, as well as the Sub Par Skier YouTube channel.

Welcome to Season 2 of the Sub-Par skier!
Pre-season episode Re-capping some season’s past and getting excited for winter 2014!!

Music: Shihad – Home Again

 

First 2 days on snow for 2014!

After a pre-season filled with rain, we finally got a massive dump of snow! This allowed us to finally get up for a few days. Day 1 was bluebird with good coverage, but not much open, meaning we hiked up to get the best snow. Which was a good choice! Day 2 was high winds, creating some pockets of fun snow, with variable conditions, which forced an early closing that day. It ended up being a great way to start the season! Here’s looking forward to the rest!

Skiers: Jason Beacham Chris Dews
Snowboarders: Clinton Gray Dean Hishon

Music: Tapes n’ Tapes Freak out
Shot by Jason Beacham, Clinton Gray, Dean Hishon
Edit by Jason Beacham 208 Media

 

Interesting few days on the mountain….

Started with a good day skiing with my wife and daughter, then had a “skiing by braille” experience, then had a super fun day that ended with one of the biggest crashes I’ve had in the past 10 or so years. It was still good times! What can I say? I LOVE SKIING!!

Music: Poison Nothin’ But A Good Time

 

Finally got to tick off another bucket list item. Chris Dews and I hiked and skied Mt. Ngauruhoe and Tongariro, completing my mission to ski all of the 4 major volcanoes in the North Island. After a cold night sleeping in the van, I awoke to a perfect day for a hike. The snow had melted quite a bit in the past week, but it meant for great corn skiing! 5 hours to the summit, and 8 hours return to the carpark. Great day and good company!

Skiers: Jason Beacham Chris Dews

Music: Peking Duk – “High”