New Zealand

After kinda 40 hours of traveling,we arrived in New Zealand and after 5 more hours of driving we finally reached our house in Wanaka.It has been a pretty long travel to get there but it's definitely worth it.The first two days we've been to the snowpark.We had two beautiful days up there on the mountain with good weather and an amazing park setup.Even if we were all kinda broken from the jetleg we did a really good skiing.It's also pretty funny to meet a lot of friends here in New Zealand,-it feels like you're just skiing at your homeresort.

On our third day here in Wanaka the weather has been pretty bad so we decided to go for a little shopping in Wanaka town,-small but pretty sweet.As the weather forecast for the next day also predicted bad weather we planned to drive to Queenstown.It's been a quite good day down there in Queenstown,-we went for a little shopping and of course we visited the one and only fergburger restaurant,-the place to eat when you're in Queenstown.We definitely had a great and funny day.

After two days off from skiing we enjoyed the following days up on the mountain,-bluebird,sunny weather and a bunch of fun.

After a few days of skiing we've made again a day off and travelled to the West Coast and to the Bluepools,-it has seriously been one of the best places I've ever seen.

So the first two weeks were over and we've already seen a bunch of different beautiful places in New Zealand.We also had a lot days of skiing at the jibline and could make a little edit,which you can see below:

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Then finally the big jumps opened for us as the snowboard competition has finished.It's been a kickerline with 3 jumps and I guess the last jump was the biggest one I've ever hit.We had a few days on the big jumps,which made me feel good again in the air,-it's been a lot of fun.

Then,as the time went by so fast,the training for the New Zealand Freeski Open started slowly.The course was really huge also because the girls had to ride the same course as the men,which was a big challenge for me.The Training went alright but I often haven't been sure about the competition so I always played with the thoughts not to do it but on the other hand I just wanted to get some more experiences with that.A few days before the competition our friend Trine had a crash and torn her ACL,which brought us all to think once again,how quickly such season ender actually can happen.It was such a bummer day.
So two days later the Freeski Open ran down.I actually definitively decided in the morning that I'm gonna take part.Training went well but I was really excited.Unfortunately I felt in both runs,which disappointed me a little bit but it was a great experience anyway.

Thanks for the Shots Nick Johnson!:-)

So the week after the competition was filled in with skiing and also with some partying.We had a smashing last week in New Zealand and it was horrible to leave this beautiful place and those great people.

Thanks to Andreas aka. Faw aka. Mister Helicopter for the pictures!:)

Check out his homepage : http://lovestormphotography.com/

A day before our flight went off we've been to Christchurch.We went to the ocean and visited the city,which looks terrible because of all the damages due to the earthquakes one year ago.

Well,finally after around 40 hours of flying,waiting,eating and sleeping we actually arrived in Munich.

I'm still really happy about every experience I had in New Zealand,it was an amazing time.

Now I'm back home and go back to school soon and already wait to start our winter season here in Europe ;-)