In the first episode of the season the crew set out into the mountains surrounding Queenstown in pursuit of the goods early winter - and they scored!

They got copious amounts of powder at The Remarkables with Burton riders Ethan Cruise and Nick Brown. They then joined up with Winter Olympics Bronze medallist Zoi Sadowski-Synnott at Cardrona to see why she and her crew love early season in New Zealand so much.

Riders: Zoi Sadowski-Synnot, Nick Brown, Stef Zeestraten, Nick Hyne, Christy Prior, Ethan Cruise, Carlos Garcia Knight

Filming: Heath Patterson
Additional film: James Holman
Drone filming: Nick Hyne

Thumbnail Image: Vaughan Brookfield.
Edit: Heath Patterson

Locations: The Remarkables resort, Queenstown Winter Festival, Cardrona

Diaries Downunder is made possible by the epic folk at:

Burton Snowboards
Anon Optics
Torpedo 7
The Remarkables
Destination Queenstown
Coronet Peak
The World bar

Music 
Premium Beat
Artist: Tiny Music
Song: Your Dreams

Epidemic Sound
Artist: Jack Elphick
Song: Robots Attack 1