Just back from a great weekend down in Perisher. The first boarding weekend of the year and what a good one it was. Friday was OK. It was good just to be on the slopes but the visibility was terrible. I managed to fall into a dip while traversing Mt. Perisher and twisted my knee a little. It was pretty sore at the time, but after 10mins or so all was well again and I could get back on the board. That was just as well, since Saturday was perfect. Clear blue skies and lots of powder made for a brilliant day. It was easily the best conditions I’ve boarded on, though that only covers the last two years ;-) Flying around the slopes in knee deep powder with the tunes blaring on the iPod makes for happy days. Sunday was also good, though there was no snow overnight. Tom managed to get himself rescued by ski patrol, which evened up the score between himself and Kevin. Thankfully it seems to be nothing serious, just a bad case of “dead leg”. I accompanied him back to Front Valley in the big Snow Cat which was fun. After a couple of more hours all over the resort it was time to call an end to the weekend and hit the road back to Sydney. All in all, a great weekend. Hopefully there’ll be plenty more this season.