Happy Australia Day to all from down under
Have a good one and stay safe on your way home
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Surviving an Avalanche by Jimmy Chin
QuoteSurviving an Avalanche - ‘There is Clarity I Need to Remember…’ The following is an entry taken directly from my journal. It is rough. It is raw. It is a personal recounting of the avalanche on...
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Muikamachi Ski Resort (Minamiuonuma, Niigata) - 27th January 2014
Just a few hours at the local skijo today. And local in every way. It was actually quite busy, but almost everyone there was a local school student taking ski lessons. Though somehow the pics make it...
View ArticleMissiles at resorts
This past weekend I was over at Happo on Saturday. I don't usually like going to busy places but we were in Hakuba and needed to get up high because of the rising temps. Anyway, on two separate...
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Snow Dude's 2013-14 ski thread (Sun Meadows, Kiyosato, Yamanashi)
I thought it would be nice to make a ski thread as I will be visiting my local resort a lot this year and document the weather/ snow conditions, etc each time I go as a reference for others and as a...
View ArticleNiseko or Hakuba?
Those are the two that we keep on hearing about. Which do you prefer and why?
View ArticleWinter Olympics
Have we got any favourites, relatives, people we once bumped on the slopes that we should be rooting for? Not sure of too many people in Australian team Hope Chumpy can bring home the Gold and Of...
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Cheeseman's "Cheese at Resorts" Gallery
This year I thought I would create a special "Cheese at Resorts" Gallery.At the moment, myself along with Cheesewoman, Cheesegirl and Cheeseboy are at Nozawa Onsen in Nagano. Lovely place, but no good...
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Photos of Japanese ski resorts... taken from other skijo
As I was at Iwappara and Yuzawa Kogen today, I realised just how many skijo you can see in the area. Thought it might be a good idea for a thread - photos of skijo taken from other skijo. Well I find...
View ArticleHalf Pipes?
Did a search but couldn't find any recent info so starting a new thread, I hope you don't mind Just wondering if anyone can help me work out where there are half pipes in Tohoku. I've never tried one...
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Kagura (Yuzawa, Niigata) - 28th January 2014
Early on this morning I thought I might regret not taking a trip to one of my targets that are a bit further away, such were the clear blue skies. But now at 3pm it's pretty grey and dull here in...
View Articlemonth long passes?
Hi I am new to forum. Arriving in Japan this week for 12 days of riding. I have been researching but it is almost overwhelming the amount of resorts (so cool). My question is i like the month lift pass...
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Maiko Snow Resort (Minamiuonuma, Niigata) - 10th January 2014
We got about 30cm of snow overnight and today was due to be snow all day so I wasn't expecting to ski. But as it was getting near lunchtime, the sun was shining through the window and golly gosh, blue...
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Snowboard Boots- Stiffness Preference
So I apparently broke a strap on the cheap snowboard boots I bought when I ate it hard and broke my snowboard (Shamless plug, check my blog!). While it is possible to resew it, my friend who would make...
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Zao Onsen (Yamatata) 2013-2014
Some pics from Zao this season, will do my best! Last few days the snow has arrived.
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Tanigawadake Tenjindaira (Minakami, Gunma) - 24th January 2014
I have had my eye on today since earlier this week as it was always looking like it would clear up and be fab weather. The question was.... where to go. I found myself on the Kanetsu this morning going...
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Japan's most famous snow icon - the Emergency Telephone Box 13/14 (Yuzawa,...
We missed the snowfall the other day but there's still a bit hanging around the base of the famous telephone box. A rainy day here today, but I noticed that last year's thread was also started on 15th...
View Article'Straya Day!
It looks like some people decided to celebrate Australia Day this year by scrawling graffiti all over a Bob Marley mural at the Master Braster bar in Hakuba. Not cool.
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SR : HokkaidOH! 2013/14
SR : HokkaidOH! 2013/14 DAY 1 : THURSDAY 28 NOVEMBER 2013 21 cm in the past 24hrs at MQ (Mike's Quarters, in Higashiyama) It's that time of the year again. Local photographer Glen Claydon and Sam Kerr...
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Giveaways feedback
Hey SJ, I thought this was better in it's own thread rather than in one of the Giveaways posts but...... how's feedback on the Giveaways? Winners posting reports and photos yet? I have yet to win.
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