Summersix

SO this weekend has been quite an eventful one, and i therefore feel we have to start at the beginning.. That is on Friday morning.

I woke up early on Friday morning to go for a morning paddle with Jason the fantastic paddler and Joe the wicked paddler. I met up with them at the campground early in the morning, they had met up with some other guys in the campground that also wanted to go paddling, among them Frank the Frenchman. (i know, strange name for a frenchman). I feel like Frank the Frenchman needs an introduction. He is first of all french, hardly speaks any english and will start speaking french if he can't make himself clear, (as if we all know french). He still makes himself understood by his body language and is a very likable guy, does not have any plans and has been traveling for the last years, and changes his mind very often!
Anyway, back to the story, so me, Cam, Sam, Vaughn, Frank the Frenchman and Jason went paddling (yes thats right Joe is not mentioned because he didn't go reason being a bad elbow) down the mangles. Which is a nice easy run with lots of play waves.It was here that Frank the frenchman decided it would be a good spot to go skinny dipping (he didn't though) and decided to make a new sport of naked-kayaking. Right.. It was a good start to the day and turning out to be a really nice day.
After our paddle we went and picked up the birthday girl (Danny) and her brother Tristan. We packed all our stuff in a hurry to make most of the day and as we were driving out i managed to drive in to Donna the wonderful tenant's porch stairs! They fell a part and did not look very good.. our car was fine though. We drove back into town and i went and talked to Donna, she just laughed and thought it was hilarious and told us to have a fun weekend in Nelson and to deal with it when we came back. You gotta love her!
So off we were to Nelson for the big weekend. We dropped Jason off at a friends house so he could get the ferry back north. Then we headed straight for the beach where we spent most of the afternoon. it was a bit windy and so by the time we were done at the beach I could blend in very well with the sand and i'm surprised people even saw me on the beach.
Byt that time it was around 7 pm and our little stomachs were growling so we went out to eat at a nice thai restaurant. We got such a good feed for very cheap and so it was the perfect birthday dinner (or tea as they call it here). Had a nice Gin and Tonic to cool me off after the hot day. Yummy.
We found a nice parking space for our car for the night and got dressed a little bit nicer before meeting up with Regen, Annabelle and Leone at the coolest club in Nelson, The Phat club. Its a known fact among all kiwis. The DJ Optimus Gryme was playing and it was an awesome night. Just drum and bass music, but real good! We danced the early night away before heading back to the car for a "good" nights sleep.

We woke up early on Saturday morning ready for a new day! Today was the day of the festival Summersix. On the band-list was Optimus Gryme, Nathan Hanes Live band, P-Money, The Black Seeds, Katchafire and Concord Dawn. It is defiantly worth catching up on the last 4 artist, cause they are very good! Especially The black seeds and Katchafire.
We did some window shopping in Nelson city before going to summersix. the festival opened at 12 pm and was at a sports field. We sat on our blanket in the middle of the field, close to the stage and watched Optimus Gryme and Nathan Hanes Live band do their thing. It was incredibly hot and sunny and such a beautiful day! 5800 people came, so it was quite full. For the rest of the time I was standing next to the stage. Leone and I danced to our little hearts content! It was an awesome day, on of the best days I've had in a while.
The day was over around 8 pm and after I drove home, seeing as I had to be at work at 7.30 in the morning. But summersix is from my rating getting a 5 out of 6. Such a goood day!!