I must say we’ve had a bad run of weather this last week. After tremendous skiing in Andorra, Michelle and I arrived in Brizvegas to find that Brissie was experiencing its worst ever summer snow season since temperature results started being recorded over 150 years ago.

I don’t know what to say really, but I am very disappointed that my fellow brisbanites have dropped the ball while we’ve been away. I mean, 2 years ago, I was carving up kilometers of fresh powder down Kelvin Grove road and now, nada.

I don’t want to hear excuses about the drought, or how the temperatures aren’t really conducive to snow fall. If you’re honest with yourself you know it’s because you’re all bloody ruining the environment, with your fancy cars, massive flat screen televisions, and multi-room household air-conditioning units.

Come on Brisbane! It’s time to pick up our socks.

Here’s some tips on how to get our wonderful city back to its previous winter wonderland goodness.

• Buy a low energy light bulb or two (only if you can get a buy one get one free deal)
• Save on water usage. Remember, “if it’s yellow let it mellow, if it’s brown then flush it down”
• Another trick to save on water usage, don’t brush your teeth and leave those over priced bottles of water on the shelf – drink Coke instead.
• Use a little positive thinking – Put it out there. Start wearing your polar fleece and ski boots when heading out of the house. Nothing says I’m an optimist like a ski patriot wearing their comfy ski boots on a night out on the town.
• Leave your fridge door open – at all times. This will help cool the city streets. Also, turn the oven on to cold when not cooking dinner.

If you all follow these simple suggestions, we’ll be throwing snow balls, and laughing away our summer sunshine blues in no time.

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie!

We’re back in the UK of K. After two weeks of wonderful sunshine, good friends, and awesome experiences, we arrived back to a gloriously sunny London yesterday.

Gerrod and Kristy got to spend one more afternoon with us and we introduced them to some Lebanese falafels of which they both approved.

Take that chipotle!

A massive team of 12 friends managed to organize a ski trip to Andorra this week. With such a large group, no one person was on their own, as there was a great mixture of beginners, intermediates and slow snow boarders.

Heading up bright and early the first day was extremely exciting for us all.

It’s been really cool this week with everyone improving upon their previous skill levels. Exploring European ski slopes for the first time, we’ve had lots of falls, greasy food, sunshine and plenty of slush, ice, grass and snow.

Waking up this morning however, we were greeted with the best sight ever, snow… and lots of it. It just won’t stop falling at the moment, which means the runs are going to be fantastic tomorrow. Can’t wait to carve up the snow and do some jumps.

While I’m away, gerrod.com is the definitive source for all goings on with the stickfly team.

So check their website out for all the latest.