Nike ACG Team Blog : News from the snowbard team

Although the conditions have not been perfect this week, it’s given everyone who isn’t quite so used to life on a shoot the opportunity to see exactly what it takes to pull a Sweetspot together. Being at the mercy of the weather is a real factor that some of us hadn’t appreciated fully before and we’re getting more of an appreciation of the efforts that need to go into creating one of these. It certainly gives us the chance to chill out and scratch below the surface of this amazing place though.

It seemed only appropriate then that we got to grips with the local cuisine thanks to the extra time on our hands. Given the amount of appreciation for the Argentinean steak we’d heard from all kinds of people I almost felt that I was obliged to go in search of it with some of the gang. We didn’t take long finding a restaurant- mainly because for several of the group this would be the third trip to sample this delicacy in as many days. I will certainly be voting for much of the same when we hit Buenos Aires in a couple of day’s time.

As we ate almost at once the rain slowly turned to a soft trickle of snowflakes and then into a full-on whiteout. The sun slowly set beyond the red horizon and as we sat sampling the great steak, not being able to ski didn’t seem all that bad… we’re just looking forward to tomorrow.