Location: Remarkables ski field on the island country of New Zealand.

Skiers: 666, NZPhotoslave, Woody, and Campbell.

Synopsis: Travel for 23 hours, get picked up by old mates, and drive up to the ski field to downhill ski.

Music: Cut Copy – "Future"

Middle Earth comes into view….Mt Cook didn’t want to be left behind.

Woody does his pre-skiing warm up with my new skis….

This guy checks my "lift ticket," at least, I hope that’s what he was looking for…

Woody makes his first EPIC turn down mid-winter-packed-powd3r….

…and then carves up Thanksgivings leftovers. Do they celebrate Thanksgiving here? In any case, he loves white meat.

Campbell, more of a water/paraglide sportsman, finds a pocket of fresh…

Quad-latte de losers….

666 schmears his way back into winter…

Then traverses over above Pipeline in the Alta Chutes…

NZphotoslave gets hella insane…

To which, 666 gets all ‘Pink Panther’ on his ass…

A we bit of a hike above Shadow Basin grants disgusting views….

This pic is so gross is should be labeled as NSFW…

Photoslavetothesystem finds a nice open field to make minimal turns…

A hike to the Alta Chutes gives you Southern Aspect Kiwi Powder…and chutes.

A shirtless guy decides to make a horrible turn….oh well, he had good intentions, I guess.

Poster-child Woody, makes a beautiful ‘pre-carve’…

NZphotoslave earns winter exposed turns…

Woody on the Diagonalator hip….

This boarder probably had a little scare….

666 airs…for chips.

Mmmmm….EXTREME TERRAIN! Just like Australia mate!

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NZphotoslave is a slave for skiing…

But he’s actually a decent ski model….

On the way back down the mountain, a certain magazine caught the driver’s eye….

A typical kiwi family on a ski vacation…

To watch Campbell fly over the lake…

Kiwi-food…

Fun with pink….Remarkables in the background.

Yeay! My bed was waiting for me….

Checked out the venue for the qualifiers for the "big mountain" comp on tuesday. It may be a better use of my short trip to venture up to Canterbury for a few days and ski the country…