Well we kinda knew Night Fury was going to be a mission but we didn't quite realise how much of a mission it would be. We got into a routine for 3 weeks where all we did was wake up(11am), go to the deli for lunch(12pm) eat lasagne or panini or both, go to 7/11 to get food supplies(2pm) then head in the mountains to lug around lights, light stands and a generator in the snow for 8 hours, snowboard(11or12pm), pack up lights etc(1-2am), drive to 7/11 buy food again(3am), go to bed(4am),sleep (11am) repeat. It was a gruelling schedule but we saw a funny side to how hard it was. We turned into night people, it was real cool being up in the mountains at night. There was never anyone else around and it was fun just to snowboard with mates and have everything to ourselves. We would spend hours in the van driving, exploring, looking for stuff to ride, everyone was getting van fever. The visits to 7/11 were not really enjoyed yet frequent and I'd laugh every time we pulled up there for there was really no other options. We would walk around for 15 or 20 minutes trying to decide what food out of all the food you are sick of eating you want to eat the most. It was awesome to be hanging with buddies, snowboarding and working on our project although I doubt any of us will be shooting Night Fury 2 any time soon.
Riding at night was so cool, we needed a lot of light for the cameras to pick us up but just to snowboard you didn't need much. This run through the trees was super fun!
Run in is a bit dark
A view from the top of some pillows
Its midnight and these guys look stoked to hit this jump
Jake trying to say his 711 nuts are better than my jerky. Heath telling him they're not.
Ready to go!
Heath was the phantom and had to dress in all green so he could be edited out of the phantom shots. We called him the goblin. It was funny walking into 7/11 at 4am with him wearing green outerwear with a green morf suit underneath. It was the same casher every time and he looked like a Japanese Harry Potter, he never batted an eyelid.
Trying to get out of the blizzard for a bit
By far the worst weather I have ever hit a jump in, Connor sends a BS5
The van loaded with snow one night
Relax time after building the Jump. Soon after this Connor ragged into a tree and our team was down to two
Essentials
The Goblin
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