Cactus Black rail jam winner Ben Willick signs for destynvia check out his rider page at destynvia.com

Great NEWS. Mt Hotham has just broken the all-time record for the coldest April day (Monday 28th April) ever in Victoria: the maximum being a balmy -3.3C!

The new record has also seen more than 25cm of snow fall at Victoria’s highest resort, with blizzard weather conditions normally associated with August. Most of the snowfall dumped down from about 5am to 1pm yesterday. With an additional 3cm overnight and more snow falling today, Hotham has been inundated with snow, with cars buried and chairlifts covered.

 The latest snowfalls combined with record cold temperatures will freeze the ground, the perfect ski field preparation for the season ahead. Pete “The Frog” Taylor’s  predicts this season to be the best since 2004 (when Hotham’s official snow depth peaked at 2.39m) and is expecting a maximum snow base of around 2m this year

The ski season officially opens on June 7, just 39 days away.

Cactus Black introduce two of our newest members to our fleet of young LOCAL skateboarders - Aaron Moston-Duggan and Dave Gerrish.  A couple of Lads with a crap load of enthusiasm for everything SKATE……

 

 

Dave Gerrish doing a gnarly kickflip at the big 3 regional college warragul

For all you Snow Freaks who just want to hype up on anything to do with SNOW, well here you go – Pete “The Frog” Taylor has released his first long range snow forecast for 2008………………………Check it out – IT’S ALL GOOD!!!

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A couple of you tube clips of the guys from the streetwise program that toured East Gippsland - good work guys

Local Bairnsdale skater Trav opened his pink mini for the afternoon

Ashley Snowden (Bairnsdale)

The Streetwise Skateboard development program saw over 100 participants across East Gippsland take advantage of the opportunity to get involved in freestyle sports with the assistance of professional coaches.

The Streetwise program visited the East Gippsland communities of Mallacoota, Orbost, Lakes Entrance and Bairnsdale during the school holiday period. The program consisted of sessions designed for beginners, intermediate and advanced skaters. GippSport Program Coordinator, Morgan Cameron was very pleased with the outcome of the events across East Gippsland stating that “it was a fantastic opportunity for GippSport to partner with Skateboarding Australia and establish a working relationship with a Peak body that is not seen as a mainstream sport”. (more…)