End of NZ trip
Well it's my last day in NZ, I'm bizarrely looking forward to going home to the cold weather.
We managed to get in a bit of playboating in the North Island this last week. Full James was on a perfect level for a whole day,we spent a good couple of hours there, but unfortunately I was really unmotivated to be playboating - perhaps due to burnout at the worlds? Maybe it was because it's just not Hurley :)). So, we didn't get back on for an afternoon session. We thought about getting on for a quick one the next morning, but there seemed to be loads of people/vans/trucks/portaloos turning up - it turned out to be the filming of a scene for the new King Kong movie which was quite interesting to watch and gave me a valid excuse not to get on the water!
We headed up to Rotorua for a day on the Kaituna, 2 runs of the river and a quick play in the bottom hole satisfied our final day of NZ boating.
Before heading back up to Auckland for Cam to catch his plane, we spent an awesome afternoon on the Rotorua Luges. Go down a concrete course at high speeds on a plastic tray with a couple of wheels and primitive breaks - excellent! I nearly came a cropper on one corner though - picked up a bit too much speed, went up on one wheel and stuck my leg out of the luge (a reaction thing), almost snapped it backwards against the side wall, luckily steered away quick enough and just got a few scratches! Dangerous games!
Today was a day on the beach with a spot of windsurfing - a nice way to finish the holiday.
Flea
We managed to get in a bit of playboating in the North Island this last week. Full James was on a perfect level for a whole day,we spent a good couple of hours there, but unfortunately I was really unmotivated to be playboating - perhaps due to burnout at the worlds? Maybe it was because it's just not Hurley :)). So, we didn't get back on for an afternoon session. We thought about getting on for a quick one the next morning, but there seemed to be loads of people/vans/trucks/portaloos turning up - it turned out to be the filming of a scene for the new King Kong movie which was quite interesting to watch and gave me a valid excuse not to get on the water!
We headed up to Rotorua for a day on the Kaituna, 2 runs of the river and a quick play in the bottom hole satisfied our final day of NZ boating.
Before heading back up to Auckland for Cam to catch his plane, we spent an awesome afternoon on the Rotorua Luges. Go down a concrete course at high speeds on a plastic tray with a couple of wheels and primitive breaks - excellent! I nearly came a cropper on one corner though - picked up a bit too much speed, went up on one wheel and stuck my leg out of the luge (a reaction thing), almost snapped it backwards against the side wall, luckily steered away quick enough and just got a few scratches! Dangerous games!
Today was a day on the beach with a spot of windsurfing - a nice way to finish the holiday.
Flea
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