I am once again becoming quite excited, I have been window shopping on the web for Skis and have found some siickkk equipment on 2 sites, tomorrow (tuesday the 30th) I am ordering twin tip skis, freestyle ski bindings, ski poles and a carry bag to hold them in, they are going to cost me $640US all up and shipping is $127US so that is $767US or $842AUS which is ridiculously good considering the skis alone would cost around $1200AUS if i bought them in Australia. That site gaurantees shipping in 1 week which is also very good coming from the US.
Then next week I will be ordering Freestyle ski boots that are $600US on sale for $200US because the season has just finished so they are considered "old stock" :D, as well as a sick helmet with built in headphones, my mate Tom Howard is getting one as well. and that package comes with a free DVD!
All up the lot is costing me about 1300 for 6 pretty big items and their shipping around the globe...not bad, this is the first pair of skis I will of bought so i am very excited.
I won't put any photos on this post but when they arrive there will be stokage and photos x100000000000.
If you are addicted to skiing or snowboarding like me and want to see what I'm getting, here is the list:
Skis: Armada El Rey 2010 Skis
Bindings: Marker 12.0 TC Freeski Bindings (black)
Boots: Rossignol SAS F2 freestyle boots (brown)
Poles: Scott Triton ski poles (silver)
Helmet: Pro-tec Freecarve AF Audio Snow Helmet 2009 (black)
Bag: Dakine Concours single ski bag -185cm.
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Changes of Plan
Ok, basically at the end of the year I had a grand plan to deffer uni for a year, go up north and work in the mines to earn bulk cash, go skiing in Thredbo in July, buy a car then go travelling to Europe and Vancouver.
Since then a lot of realisations have come about and my plans have significantly changed...several times, so for those who care or are interested, read on.
The first thing that happened was that i decided NOT to get a job up north, I got an interview with a director of a recruitment agency who was a bit of a douche and basically said i need a shitload of basic qualifications to get any sort of job up north, the problem with that is that they cost a lot of money and take a long time to book and complete, as well as that he said the price of living was really high up there you had to work extremely hard and for up to 70 hours a week and its a very hot and lonley place. Therefore i thought stuff that i will get a job here in Perth.
I started looking around for jobs in perth that pay well but couldnt really find anything and time was ticking on, thankfully my boss at Eziway supermarket Swanbourne has given me 5, 6 hour shifts a week so i am clearing 440 a week now, stoked.
While i was realising i couldnt work up north i started investigating the possibility of going to Thredbo in July, i went to a travel agent in freo and they made up a ridiculously good package that for 2600 includes: return flights to canberra, return coach transfers from the airport to the slopes, 7 nights accomodation in a 4 star hotel with breakfast every morning, 6.5 days lift pass, 6.5 days ski hire and we get a bar tab of $100 between us, which will buy one drink each ahah.
That has been booked and the deposit has been payed, so me and 5 of my friends are going which i am sooo excited about.
Next i started working full time and then looking into the possibility of living and working at whistler in Vancouver for 2 or 3 months with my mate Julian after travelling around europe, he said europe was out of reach for him and i realised the same due to my current income. I found out that if you want to work there they only take you on if you are going to work a minimum of 6 months, i cant do that so i was devostated, then i talked to a few friends who had been volunteering over there and said if u volunteer one day a week u get to go in staff accomodation for 10 bucks a night and get a free season lift pass worth $1200 so another friend Tom was keen to come along to.
With that in mind it looked like the trip was going to cost us $6000 all up to be in canada for just over a month, now after talking to people a bit more i realised u dont get a free lift pass and if u want to volunteer u have to be in Vancouver in early November for an interview , which Tom can't do so that rules that out.
That was devostating because there isnt a cheap alternative in terms of accomodation in Whistler I thought i was not going to go to Canada after taking this whole year off and it would of been a waste. But when i thought about it and did some research i found accomodation for about 90 bucks a night in whistler, we could go for maybe 2 weeks and have the trip still cost the same all up.
As well as that my family are planning on going to Japan in early January for 2 weeks, one of those weeks is to see japan and the other is to ski some deeeeeppp pow.
So now i am saving up my moneys to pay off the trip i have booked, buy some skis and also for Vancouver (fingers crossed) so thats what ive been up to, I havent been too much of a bum...if you needed or wanted to know. hopefully pictures and thangs coming soon, peace
Since then a lot of realisations have come about and my plans have significantly changed...several times, so for those who care or are interested, read on.
The first thing that happened was that i decided NOT to get a job up north, I got an interview with a director of a recruitment agency who was a bit of a douche and basically said i need a shitload of basic qualifications to get any sort of job up north, the problem with that is that they cost a lot of money and take a long time to book and complete, as well as that he said the price of living was really high up there you had to work extremely hard and for up to 70 hours a week and its a very hot and lonley place. Therefore i thought stuff that i will get a job here in Perth.
I started looking around for jobs in perth that pay well but couldnt really find anything and time was ticking on, thankfully my boss at Eziway supermarket Swanbourne has given me 5, 6 hour shifts a week so i am clearing 440 a week now, stoked.
While i was realising i couldnt work up north i started investigating the possibility of going to Thredbo in July, i went to a travel agent in freo and they made up a ridiculously good package that for 2600 includes: return flights to canberra, return coach transfers from the airport to the slopes, 7 nights accomodation in a 4 star hotel with breakfast every morning, 6.5 days lift pass, 6.5 days ski hire and we get a bar tab of $100 between us, which will buy one drink each ahah.
That has been booked and the deposit has been payed, so me and 5 of my friends are going which i am sooo excited about.
Next i started working full time and then looking into the possibility of living and working at whistler in Vancouver for 2 or 3 months with my mate Julian after travelling around europe, he said europe was out of reach for him and i realised the same due to my current income. I found out that if you want to work there they only take you on if you are going to work a minimum of 6 months, i cant do that so i was devostated, then i talked to a few friends who had been volunteering over there and said if u volunteer one day a week u get to go in staff accomodation for 10 bucks a night and get a free season lift pass worth $1200 so another friend Tom was keen to come along to.
With that in mind it looked like the trip was going to cost us $6000 all up to be in canada for just over a month, now after talking to people a bit more i realised u dont get a free lift pass and if u want to volunteer u have to be in Vancouver in early November for an interview , which Tom can't do so that rules that out.
That was devostating because there isnt a cheap alternative in terms of accomodation in Whistler I thought i was not going to go to Canada after taking this whole year off and it would of been a waste. But when i thought about it and did some research i found accomodation for about 90 bucks a night in whistler, we could go for maybe 2 weeks and have the trip still cost the same all up.
As well as that my family are planning on going to Japan in early January for 2 weeks, one of those weeks is to see japan and the other is to ski some deeeeeppp pow.
So now i am saving up my moneys to pay off the trip i have booked, buy some skis and also for Vancouver (fingers crossed) so thats what ive been up to, I havent been too much of a bum...if you needed or wanted to know. hopefully pictures and thangs coming soon, peace
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