I'm going skiing tomorrow for a long weekend... weathers looking perfect, can't wait!

has anyone been to japan boarding im thinking of going next year but not to sure where to go etc. if anyone has any ideas of good places to stay and to board could ya pm me or something. cheers

Every Aussie seems to head to Niseko on Hokkaido (the north island). Rusutsu is a day trip from there and looks sweet. Not very steep, but massive Pow! Or you can head to Hakuba in the Nagano ('98 winter olympics)area which is a few hours from Tokyo. Alot steeper than Niseko, but not as much Pow, still plenty by aus/nz standards tho Guarantee either will rock your socks off, and you wont have too much difficulty with language barriers, but if you head to some of the other 1000 resorts around english might become a problem Just stay in hostels unless your goin with your mrs? Im pretty keen to get over next Feb, hoping to budget 6k for a 14 day trip Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

yeah i have 2 weeks off in july so might have to go to NZ again next year then organise holis for 2011 japan trip.

A mate of mine skiied at Hakuba last year and the pics he showed me of the groomies were amazing! Don't go there if you want deep pow pow though

I'm off to Niseko for 2 weeks in Feb. Hanging to try this Japow that everyone raves about. Quote: Originally Posted by Jeffo_vlt Im pretty keen to get over next Feb, hoping to budget 6k for a 14 day trip 12 days on snow in Niseko including flights/14 nights accomodation/lift passes was $3300. Pretty cheap when compared to the fact i paid $1000 for accomodation and $450 for lift passes at Perisher this year, and that was for 5 days

thats pretty good price man.

Gonna start hunting around for new snow gear in April... Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Did you lose all your gear Kane?? or just board?

everything BUT my board

Quote: Originally Posted by Epitaph everything BUT my board OUCH! Well, one way of looking at it is you'll have fresh gear this season Seriously, that's **** me to tears. I love my gear, and its worth way to much for some other ****er to have.

yeh analog cash camo boundary pants, dakine brown leather gloves, smith moneyman goggles and ride ZY boots... about 1200 bucks worth

Time to search out any sales that are happening! or save the money first Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

wont be until April at least, got heaps of **** to pay for, and we're saving for the wedding, so i might have to give this season a miss i really hope not cos i missed most of last season too cos the stuff was stolen in like august.. ill prob just ebay everything i'd say Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Hire gear maybe? You cant miss a whole season! My missus and I are negotiating over the next snow season. She want's to go to Paris in october, which means saving money, but i aint missing the season completely, no way!

tell her to make paris late nov/december and ski europe Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Quote: Originally Posted by Epitaph tell her to make paris late nov/december and ski europe I tried to sell her on that, but she hates the cold... Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

anyone been boarding or anything lately im pumped for my next NZ trip in july got my new board and bindings yesterday. vvvvv 2010 Burton joystick and 2010 burton cartel bindings Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

im just buying my new gear, got some burton comic pants, spy goggles, gonna get some thirty two lash boots next month yeh! pumped as, thinking of changing boards to the GNU Carbon Credit board... anyone heard much about them?

Yeah, got back from 2 weeks in Japan about 3 weeks ago. We were in Niseko, absolute Pow city over there. Was places that were thigh deep within the resort boundaries, waist deep out in the back country. Nice board, how much that set you back? Kane, you convinced the Mrs to let you get new gear for the season???