Steak, Sport and the Slopes

Had an excellent weekend. It started out quietly with a few drinks on Friday evening with a couple of mates from work.


On Saturday a group of us went to a show called Soap in the afternoon. An impressive range of acrobatics that was a bit like a scaled down version of Cirque du Soleil. At points it was a bit silly and they could have ditched the singer, but overall it was a good show.


After the show we went for a few drinks and some food. I went for a nice big hot stone steak -

Yum!

Helen, Harry and I then went to watch the All Blacks beat the Springboks 40 - 07 in the Tri-Nations. The stadium was nearly full and there was a good atmosphere. 

The Haka - really impressive live

Corey Jane starts his try-scoring break

The springboks looking worried in the first half

Richie Mccaw signing autographs after the match

 As if that wasn't enough excitement for one weekend, on Sunday I went snowboarding with my flatmate Matt and his mates. It was a hideous 5:30am start to drive up from Wellington to Mt Ruapehu. This is the main ski resort in the North Island and sits on the slopes of a giant volcano. Because it's a single peak sticking up from the land it looks totally different to the European resorts I'm used to.


The weather was beautiful and sunny and the snow was good. With the weather and being the last day of school holidays it was busy on the slopes. Still managed to get a good day of 'boarding. Suitably knackered and bruised we loaded back into the car just before 5pm for the journey back to Wellington. 


All in, the day trip was about 16 hours. Totally worth it, but I'm looking forward to making it up for a whole weekend.

Looking down on the North Island from the slopes

Mark launching off a serious kicker