DAY 8. Whangamata south to Turangi.
There
it is. So sweet. Morning session up on 'Underground Chicken' on the way
south to Taupo Lake. Was a fresh morning with an even fresher westerly
which meant for some speedy runs down, with that crisp tailwind! The crew
were getting into it early. Close fast riding with a heap of bumping so
the boys at the back got to mix it up front in the pack. Jaco and Matt k
got down and captured all the ruckus! Saturday morning and the traffic
was typically busy. After a bunch of runs, and a heap of footage
captured, Matt k gave the steady cam a run. So much draft and some nice
tight chillin. Deep in one of the corners we passed an 18 wheeler and
decided to call it. Coromandel Peninsular done , its time to head into
the belly of the beast and all the volcanic gas action of Rotorua, Taupo
and Turangi.
On
the way to Rotorua to see me good mate Azza, we took a slight detour to
session one of the hills we didn't get to sk8 last year. Speedy's been
goin on about this one for ages! The top is a fresh water spring. One of
the local kuzzi's said it was the best water in NZ. Gabe got right in
on them treats. The hill was butter, long sweepers around 3 km in length
and pretty fast! 80 was around the top speed. We got in two runs before
the good ol po-dawg turned up. Same story as yesterday. Cant sk8 on a
Motorway? Shame it was a highway mate? These guys really seem to know
the laws here? Ah well, no more sk8in, eluding Speedy once more.
Azza.
Wat a legend. Greets us with a warm hug and a cold beer for all! Seeing
his family again and meeting his youngest daughter was something I've
been looking forward to since the tour last year! Spent the next hour
chattin about the new things happening in our lives. The girls have
stuck so many stickers on their doors, even a heap of the sk8 variety.
Azza’s a good bloke and back in the day was all bout comin home, looking
after his family and he's deffinately doin that. They are one happy
unit!
Head
into Taupo and got some grub on the way to Turangi. Was a short stop
cause the call was to stop on the way outta town and session the local
park. They had a killer little park here and it was full of the local
groms on scooters. Fwaghhh! the boys all rolled out with sk8's at the
ready and started to rail the lines through the park. there was a 7 ft
bowl at one end with a spine section to a smaller 4 ft bowl. The rest
was a series of transition quarters and humps and tucked way back on the
side was the mini bowl. Sweet little 2 ftr! Fun as.
Bounce
outta the park totally satisfied we'd hit some more coping here in NZ.
Dinner and the usual games of dice and i think it'll be an early nyt
for the most of us!
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