The Life of Sloth

March 2006 - Posts

• Stand aside Mr Seeker, The Trigger wants a word

  Mr Seeker, I am truly sorry, but it has been such a long time since I last saw you, this was bound to happen. I have met a new one, he is the Trigger, and very helpful and well-stocked he is too. Over the past week we have spent considerable time together as he has been assisting me immensely with my choice of new boots and bindings (not forgetting of course Sarah-Jaye's bits). A couple of hours on Saturday left me with the boots they call Burton Hail, but upon reflection we found these would not be suitable for a Sloth. So instead he returned to another of The Trigger's branches (not too many leaves, summer is fading) and has gone back to the ThirtyTwo Lashed. Mr Jarmarl - it was all about keeping them on, warming them up and talking of powder days past - that made them fit the Sloth's paws like a glove. I would also like to extend my thanks, appreciation and schnitzel to the one they call "Monsieur Gasole", for he fed the Sloth with some sound advice. May he ride powder from dawn till dusk. And so, the Sloth slipped away into the trees, muttering to himself. In the distance there was a faint cry of "Help....Help...I've lost my mummy and my daddy and my boy." Amen Posted Mar 30 2006, 05:30 PM by le_sloth with 3 comment(s)

• New kit for Sloth and Sarah-Jaye!

  Sloth's Burton Cartel / Hail and SJ's Feather and Stillettos With the NZ season rapidly approaching, it was time for Sloth and Sarah-Jaye to get some new kit. So here we have it - and yes, we seem to have fully sold-out to Mr Burton this time round. Don't know quite how that happened - maybe the Burton rep in the shop was spraying something in the air? Well, after a couple of hours in there umming and ahhhing (most of which was me choosing my bits), decided on: 05 Feather with Stilletto bindings for Sarah-Jaye 06 Hail boots with some rather special Cartel Ltd bindings for the Sloth Ok, so it seems like I've gone over to the freestyle side of things, but these were easily the most comfortable I tried (wanted them there 32s lashed but they just don't like Sloth's feet). Bet the Anthem can't wait to get this lot on her! And Guinevere shall be the name of the feather! Posted Mar 27 2006, 11:55 PM by le_sloth with 2 comment(s)

• Gold and Silver for England in M2006 MTB!!!

  Just finished watching an excellent race in the men's MTB cross country event in the Commonwealth Games. Despite one of the Aussies leading for the first 6 (out of 8) laps, the English riders kept at it and took him out, to finish 1st and 2nd!!! Gold - Liam Killeen Silver - Oli Beckinsale Bronze - Seamus McGrath Oh, and Amy Hunt finished 4th in the women's race - she's only 19 and gonna go a long way. Well done! More details here So, how gutted is this Sloth that he didn't get tickets for it now? They were free as well! p.s. nothing quite like an aussie MTB race - a huge roo jumped across in front of the leader of the women's race! Posted Mar 23 2006, 03:20 PM by le_sloth with no comments Filed under: MTB

• The Dolls of FEAR

  IMG_0806 Originally uploaded by FLAMEJOB. Look into the eyes, right into the eyes, but which one? Fear blatantly on show in all 3 here. Not good. Run for it. Get out of here. Posted Mar 22 2006, 05:18 PM by le_sloth with 1 comment(s)

• Curly-Top's coming to Queenstown

  Just got the call this morning - none other than The Curly Top himself is flying all the way from Perth to Queenstown in July to farm out some of the powder (hopefully!) and film a new Fancy That Production. Got 2 days riding to get him better than Mumhead Love your work Posted Mar 15 2006, 10:19 AM by le_sloth with no comments Filed under: Snowboarding, Fancy That Productions

• Got our Season Passes!!

  Now we're farming, farming out the Kiwi neige! No going back on it now - Sloth and Sarah- Jaye have just purchased a couple of Queenstown area season passes, so we can ride Coronet Peak, The Remarkables and Ohau all season long . Also gives us discounts at Treble Cone, Porter Heights (wherever that is?) and Mt Hutt, so plenty of areas to take the tractor out in. Only thing is, we also got a call from Qantas yesterday to tell us that our flight to NZ has been removed from their timetable, so at the moment we're not actually getting there . Trying to get them to pay for a night's accom in Auckland so we can sort it...we shall see. Keep it up and back to you Posted Mar 03 2006, 08:45 AM by le_sloth with no comments

• Separated at Birth?

  With all this news of Oscar The Dog, it came to mind that I had in fact thought this some months ago. Oscar The Dog Posted Mar 02 2006, 08:05 AM by le_sloth with no comments

• Flickr: Tips on setting up and using your account

  Just wrote some notes on how to set up and use your Flickr account. This page covers the basics, next week we'll get more cleverererr. Any problems, lettuce snow Sloth x Posted Mar 01 2006, 08:54 AM by le_sloth with no comments

• Last pint of the season?

  Last pint of the season, originally uploaded by The1King. Just been flick(r)ing through The King's latest batch of photos from the Morzine and came across "The Last pint of the season". Surely not - you've got another 2 months left - get yourselves back out there! Farm it right out. Farm it. P.S. Tell me Jarmarl hasn't got Tim Warwood's address - poor lad. Posted Mar 01 2006, 07:05 AM by le_sloth with no comments