On the Bottom Half

You're only about 20 feet (or less) from the ice and you can hear everything going on. The penalty box is a two-seater wooden bench that takes up the first couple of spots along the bleachers and there's nothing but goodwill separating the penalty-boxed players from pounding each other. Also, because it's such a marginalised sport in this part of the world, they have some unexpected sponsors...

It's a good thing they have them as sponsors too because one fella got his noggin cranked into the ice then into the boards and play was stopped for 30 minutes while they mopped him up, called the 'ambos' and took him off the ice in a stretcher. Fun fun! It kept the figure skaters waiting and bumped everybody who was waiting to use the ice after the game by 30 minutes.

Went flying on Saturday again, which was awesome as always. The flying operation is borrowing another person's Texan while waiting for their new one to arrive from NZ. Apparently it's in the crate and waiting for the ship to take it across the Tasman. I'll be sure to post some pictures when I get some.