Magic of Methven and 30 years of Brett

Brett of Weta Animation turned 30. When a man turns 30, you got to plan the weekend of their life. We didn't plan much other than a day of boarding on the mountain, but turns out we all had the weekend of our lives. In a town that has a total population of 439. here is the tail of some of the magic we experienced in Methven and how it made Brett's 30th MY favorite birthday to date.

One of my favorite things in life is Oktoberfest. It might be because i feel like a real man when i wear Lederhose or it might be that my heart sings when i hear polka; whatever it is, lil' Methven made my Lederhose into Liederhose(song pants).
Birthday boy brett goin' kraut to the tune of chicken dance courtesy of Oooompah band.
I met the guy that took Katie and I 4wheelin' when we were in Christchurch 6months ago.

The next morning we headed up to Mt Hutt, one of the most beautiful drives and ecological changing drives ever. what does that even mean? It means we went from driving along a river surrounded by flat, green pastures to a dense evergreen forest to being inside a dense white cloud to being in at the top of a mountain range - all in 30 min; on a dirt road. After we cleared the cloud cover-
Brett boarded with a cape. He was saluted by many and luckily he survived the dangers of the chairlift cranks every time.
I played baseball while we got organized to set a world record. I hate organization when it takes away from my time on an open mountain.
We set a world record (that's my 2nd).
The first was for balancing eggs on the equinox, this was for having 207 board riders in a single race. I am the dude in the back attached to the tallest black flag.
At one point we hiked to the very top of the mtn, got lost in a cloud, blindly snowboarded down in whitewash, over a frozen lake and then out into the clear blue skies of Mt Hutt. using sonar we were able to stick together. Simo and I trekking along the top ridge.
That night they had fireworks and motorcross jumpers and board and ski freestyle jumping competition. Only 2 people ended up being flown out to the nearest hospital in Christchurch. They sure know how to entertain, broken collarbones on failed bacflips, arms in slings and helicopters landing in nearby fields.
Next day Brett and a few others got in a 1/2 day while i chilled and read 5000 year leap at the lodge. This was Brett before he launched intothe backcountry and was never heard from for 3 hours.
The magic of methven didn't stop even on the way out of town. A 1000 sheep surrounded our car on the highway; they were being herded by a farmer in his truck and a collie.