Summertime - Time to Grill (Ski Related)

[Lane Meyer]

Summer is here in New Zealand, so I figure I might as well stop looking wistfully at my skis stacked sadly in the garage, dreaming of all the pow they're not about to ski back in Tahoe (until February).

Last weekend, Paul and I headed up to Craigieburn for a last-ditch effort at skiing for 2005, and we were richly rewarded with some killer corn skiing.


Skea457 (Paul) getting after some tasty corn


Our damage at Craigieburn

Yes, winter is gone. Time to dust off the boardshorts, wax up the boards, and take advantage of the sunshine, warm breezes, and uh, "warmer" water.


Magnet Bay, Banks Peninsula


Surfer, Magnet Bay


Locals hunting Paua


Surfer, Magnet Bay


Surfers, South Brighton across the street form my flat


Beach scenery


Last wave of the day

And summer means grilling. All the best grilling I've ever done at home on Lana`i occurs on old 55 gallon oil drums left behind from the good old days of pineapple plantation earthraping at the hands of Dole, making them easy to find in landfills. Other smaller options are old hot water heater cylinders, and of course, everybody's favorite, the empty beer keg.


(easy boys, that's my cousin)


Dad and my braddah Matt by the grill Dad made.


Spoils of diving on Lana`i. Mmmm, kole and kala.....


This weekend was a beauty here in Christchurch. I tried my hardest to get into the warm weather and not to think about the dumpage at Baker/Crystal and the Winter Storm Warning for Tahoe that would have had me bouncing around the room in eager anticipation of the season's first storm. Feeling nostalgic for home, I decided it was time to build myself a grill.

Several backyards later, I found my prey. Once drained of Steinlager, she was ready to be split and divulge her inner secrets in order that I might kill and grill some sweet, sweet animal flesh.

No pics of the first part, but three metal cutting wheels and two $13 angle grinders (really, they're NZ$13 at The Warehouse) later, she was in half. Stole some hinges off an unused door in the flat, threw some tek screws in there, and polished up the edges with the grinder, and it was time to brainstorm the stand.

Luckily, I had the foresight earlier on at the beginning of the season at Temple Basin to score some of their throwaway skis form their dumpster. I used to make adirondack chairs out of old skis back in the day, so I've got some experience using them a building material, so I figured why the hell not?


Flatmae Sam hard at work drilling holes.


What to use as a base?


Contemplating how to make a stand.


Getting there....


And there she is.


We though small shelves on each side would be beneficial for placing the meat about to go on the grill on one side, and for the dish of sweet cooked meat on the other. And what better to make a shelf from than the end of an old snowboard?

Viola. A grill made out of skis and a keg and a snowboard. Gonna make the actual "grill" tonight after a quick stop at the sheet metal shop on the way home from work, and then I'm going to grill the shit out of some steaks.

[Tippster]

Heh. Nice work, G!

[Trackhead]

Very nice! Creative too.

[Max Gosey]

You are my kitchen hero. Even though it's not a kitchen, it's a beach...



Nice damage, too.

[gravitylover]

Sweet! Gonna make me one to put next to my park bench made from skis sitting on my patio.

Umm, looks to me like there may be some more corn to be harvested before you call it a season

[gonzo]

that grill is totally fucking sickbird.

[ridefree]

I think I see a huge market potential for Keg/ Ski grills. Are you taking orders?

[biggins]

That TR was a nice little trip into the freaky, best-case scenario thinking of a ski bro if I ever saw one.

Hot shittin' damn!

[Lane Meyer]

Thanks for the props peeps. I'll post more pics when I finish her up and get to the good part, or- to quote Chris O'Connell, when I fucking slaughter it.

[aspenskibum]

you so have to find a way to get that grill up a lift so you can go down the groomers on the last day of the season (whatever hemisphere) grilling. drinking beer too.

[snowsprite]

Hey, what a coincidence! It's summer here too in the U.S.!

That grill (or rather, its contents) looks yummy.

Sprite

[bcrider]

Always enjoy your pictures Lane!

Nice looking corn and the BBQ is cool too.

[lemon boy]

(easy boys, that's my cousin)

So? Otherwise way to get after it, did you guys have a key to craigie's gate or just park at the gate?

Okay Lane - You are now exactly 3 small ingredients away from complete and utter South Island outdoor cooking domination.

Those ingredients are:
1. Firebox (mounted on the side of the current model with a controllable damper)
2. Smoke Stack (doesn't need a cap other than to keep rain out)
3. Wood (apple, peach, oak, hickory etc...)

You've shown admirable pluck and gumption getting this far, don't puss out on me now, serious dude. Step up to the smoker plate and show em that us Seppos can do somethings really right.

[Lane Meyer]

Maybe if you tell me what a Seppo is.................

[cj001f]

Maybe if you tell me what a Seppo is.................

JAFFA's gone wild?

[Tippster]

Maybe if you tell me what a Seppo is.................

"Seppo / Septic tank - an American (rhyming slang for yank)." -- now get on it.

[mr_gyptian]

Getting there....


And there she is.


We though small shelves on each side would be beneficial for placing the meat about to go on the grill on one side, and for the dish of sweet cooked meat on the other. And what better to make a shelf from than the end of an old snowboard?

Viola. A grill made out of skis and a keg and a snowboard. Gonna make the actual "grill" tonight after a quick stop at the sheet metal shop on the way home from work, and then I'm going to grill the shit out of some steaks.

I don't know your exact day job. But is there a male under the age of 30 that could resist purchasing one of those? that's how weber grill started up, in fact you can go to the first place they sold a Weber grill on Armitage in chicago.

so fuckin' money.

[Wysplit_ride]

sweet write-up Lane! Good pics and grill stoke!