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A local daredevil is capturing the action this morning, as he makes his way down the perilous Australian slopes.
Filming his daring display of athletic abilities in 4K HD as he french fries down a blue run, local finance manager Austin Simpson is believed to be pretty keen to show off his footage to his colleagues back in the office.
“Phwoar, did you see that run I did near the chairlift”, huffed Austin, as he adjusted his new polarised Oakley goggles.
“I was really opening it down there, pretty keen to get back to the lodge and edit it in Quicktime!”
A yearly pilgrim to Jindabyne, where he stays at a lodge owned by his brother’s girlfriend’s parents, Austin is one of the few well-connected Australians that can afford a trip to the world’s most expensive snow field.
After coughing up $200 a day to ski on the dwindling layers of thin ice found in Kosciuszko National Park, Austin told The Advocate there’s nothing like a bluebird day on the slopes.
“I’ve taken a few days off work so that I can skip the weekend crowd and avoid all those novices that don’t know what they’re doing,” Austin told our reporter.
“Trying to ski here during the school holidays is such a nightmare, nothing worse than when the mountain is covered in pretentious brats!”
After getting a taste of Australia’s unique brand of Après-ski at Banjos in Jindabyne, as well as sampling the culinary delights of a $23 hotdog and chips from the Perisher cafeteria, Austin has told our reporter that he’s thinking of ramping up his commitment to extreme snowsports.
“I’ve been thinking about buying my own skis, and maybe kitting out the Golf with some roof racks so I can transport them around.”
“Do you know if I buy skis for the snow, if I can use them for water skiing too?”
“It would be cool to buy a pair that does both!”
