DAY 5. Moa Testicle Facility!
Frothin!
ready to hit the facility again and it can't come soon enough! Ive been
doing RND on some new thane and I'm eager to get out and make the
comparisons on yesterdays thane sessions! Gabe and Chad had a vid to
shoot today and with the ol 'spy' apparently being out and about from
lunch, they too were keen to get a start.
Met
by the local dawgs, we head through the gate! Similar conditions from
yesterday except the wind be blowin down the hill stronger today. With
the first runs under the belts peeps started doin wat they do. The boys
hit the corners with they're vid and the rest of us just hit runs. With
countless runs under the belt Speedy called it and we bounced to get
lunch and gas.
A
little trip into Matakana for supplies gave us time to discuss what we
were gonna do through the day. Bondy had heard off a few guys in his
local sk8 shop of a new bowl out at Mangawhai. A little check on the
good 'ol g-maps and its only an hour away. full of grub and stoked to
sk8 the bowl we set out for an arvy (afternoon) of tasty bowl treats.
Mungawhai
bowl! Been there for about 18 months and it still looks new as the day
it was finished. Perfection! Gold. The small bowl was a 3 stage bowl
with stairs in the shallow end. It was 4,5 and 6 ft to vert and the
best pool coping! the big bowl was massive. At 7 in the shallow with a
waterfall to the deep at 11 ft all vert with pool coping, its right up
Matt k's alley. Shoes off and he's in. Shreddin around the tiles. Its
such a nice noise. The tiles are all long rectangular so wen ya get the
99a thane rollin across its feels and sounds like ya gettin er done
right! Bondy , Api, Matt k and myself are all getting in the deep end,
flowin hard. On leaving, i went to say thanks to the crew there building
the park and a mate from back on the GC call's out to me. Small world
man. Eethy rips big ramps and it's his homies behind this little gold
mine. Yeah boys!
Back
to the facility and its just a few of the crew. Others be spent after
some serious action the last 5 days. Api was back at it, destroyin
thane. I've never seen anyone go through wheels like the 'mean' man from
kuzzi bro land. Yeah bra! He bails us tomorrow back in Auckland on our
way through to the Corromandel Peninsular and 'Pukpkin Pit',
'Underground Chicken' and various other delights! Api has an operation
to prepare for. Good luck man!
With the arvy done it was a fitting 'hoo roo' to the Testicle Facility.
Err body got down safe. A lil rash but generally pretty clean. All
STOKE. thanks, YEWWWW!
DAY 6. South to Auckland then off to Coromandel Peninsular.
Its
gonna be a long day of drivin. Up early and back to Auckland to get Api
there for his flight home. Again, how can u really complain about
spending time in a van trekking across this beautiful part of the world.
Its all farmland, forest and winding roads.
Getting
into Auckland we stopped at Speedy's house to upload videos and all
that inter webs sorta stuff. Its crazy how much we all depend on
technology for uploads and information? Bailed from speedy's and hit up a
local little bowl he had in the neibourhood. It was fun but he had an
ace up his sleeve,. There was a bigger, better bowl around half hour
away. Got to the spot and this park was off the hook. A clover bowl and
a nice big crail in the other bowl. Matt k got busy as to did bondy.
Most the others went and chased grub! I think at this stage the boys
just wanna bomb hills!!
Dropped
Api at the Airport and the silly fukker forgot his wallet. He's been
leaving his wallet on seats in the bus the whole week? Bra, Ur gonna
pay. Shot with the airsoft, a full round! Yeah bra, good luck with the
operation.
So
we finally arrive at Whangamata. Its such a rad little surf town. The
culture here is all about the sea. Fish and chips and surfboard shops
fill the sidewalks. Id love to get a wave on the tour. After trekking
round town for a little while we found the backpackers. Rad posse, right
up near the beach. I bounced and went for a swim to freshen up and get
the daily hit of saltwater.
With the rooms sorted we head off to 'Underground Chicken'. Forgot how
demanding this one was. It wasn't that fast but the constant change from
right to left with mondo tucks in between to hold ya speed made for
some uber jelly legs early in. i guess it was the first hill for the
day. With stoke at a massive high, we bounced and head for home.
Tomorrow
we’re off to 'Pumkin Pit'. This one is sik, can't wait. Maybe at some
stage of the arvy, me and Bondy can hire a few boards. There is a hell lil
swell!
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