JuniorStubbs

Hestra army leather heli pro, i board and i have a pair - even though the not for boarders tag. warm, dry, changeable linings, glove/split finger or mitt, cuffs, durable. Not cheap but good quality. The gore tex ones might be even better. It gets seriously cold in Banff, -42 last season. ski lifts open down to -32 (from experience at norquay) as long as wind is low. Never need extra inners with these gloves - they are that good. Funny enough i got mine from backcountry or backcountry outlet last summer. Just received this winters catalogue in the post last week, some good looking new

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you gonna be in Niseko this season tsondaboy? I would give my right arm (and i'm right handed) to ride a swallow-tail prior again. I can get them heavily discounted through my CASI pro-deal, but they will only ship to canada, so i'm picking one up in May. Are you canadian? As prior aren't big anywhere i've seen other than western canada.

OT? Have to report in for work nov 27th. staff accom opens nov 24th, might role in to town a couple earlier than that and rent a room. Want to catch first day of the season. Nov 23rd last year (?) any ideas what day that will be this season? who else is gonna be in town?

I appreciate that, what i am suggesting is an option for anyone that does not posses a powder board, that wants to overcome leg burn.

I should further point out that the reasons i specified were for why i ride that set up on piste. Then the explanation i have just given should make more sense. any questions?

Riding with lots of forward lean means that you have very bent legs. When riding pow, and lean over your back leg, you bend you back leg more than your front. This mimics the postion of one's leg when you ride with lots of forward lean. This is to say that the same muscle groups are used, and thus these muscles are used to the sensation that is created riding in pow with the weight over your back foot. I don't wish to pantronise but does my explanation make more sense now? I thought i had implioed this last time, my apologies.

Burton T6 156 (05/06) and a Ride DH 151 (07/08) Will get a third board this season, maybe a salomon acid. Something really playful. Old boards: Ride DH 155 (06/07) knackered rock board when given to me, but some much fun. Salomon Substance 151 (old) my first board. How about yourself tsondaboy?

Cheers for the ideas folkes. Budget is important, but the the most important factor. If something is amazing but pricey i'll go catch a look. The boat over from the north of honshu to hakodate sounds like a good compromise of price and practicality. I'm leaning toward spending a few days in Tokyo, spending a few days in Sapporo, and spending the rest of the time getting fromm Tokyo to Sapporo. What you reckon peeps?

Dude, i bought a DH at the tail end of last season after borrowing a mates old one for a few weeks. Love it. Flex and poppy, super fun. If you push it you can still get some pretty good board performance out of it as well, during high speed carves and such. Cant speak of any others, as i have only ridden DH's and DH FC's. Hope this helps.

The nose and tail are not the same width the difference is 5mm. The board is also very directional - radial sidecut set to the back of the board - , and has alonger nose than tail. These things allied to the 22" stance width that i ride with the max poss nos and the min possible tail, make it a great board to ride piste, and then ride pow with no alterations. Anyone that suffers from serious leg burn in pow is probably not used to riding with large amounts of forward lean - as is my normal style of riding as it provides for fast edge to edge response, and equips the rider with significan

Maybe the bad guy and his dog steal them? I must say that i am quite intrigued by the prospect of fancy dress smurfs on the ski hill, reminds me of my university ski trips. Though we seemed for some reason to end up dressed as umpa lumpas more than could be considered healthy.

Originally Posted By: coldcat Ok means that you can ride powder reasonably well if you switch your bindings as far back as possible. You shouldn't get too much leg burn, unless you are very out of shape. I'd say if someone is planning on hiking almost everyday or very often to the back-country they'll do better with a powder board, but for the resort rider who sometimes adventures off-piste a normal all-mountain board with the proper binding set-up is more than enough. I'm 175cm, and I've ridden with a 155cm normal board the back-country in Hakkouda and Asahidake with no problems. I'

lol, thats gotta to be one of the funniest things i've read in a while. Smurfette always had a red hat as i recall (it was one of my favourite cartoons as a kid), do you posses a red hat? It's true she is the only female, what does that say about smurf culture?

would you be smurfette? or a male smurf, say the old beareded papa smurf?

Hey guys, I'm heading out to Tokyo on nov 15th and i have nine days to chillout look around and sight-see beofre i have to report in for work in niseko. so what hould i see/visit, where shouled i avoid etc. Whats the best way to get from tokyo to hokkaido, plane train ferry? Thoughts please, Junior.

Sorry, have just found that information for you. it's on this link. http://www.snowjapan.com/e/resorts/niseko-higashiyama-snow-school.html Junior.

I dont have that info, i was only told the pay structure, not the price structure. I am not even sure if they have finalised prices for this season yet. I only got confirmation about when i can move in to staff accom a week ago. Sorry i can't be more helpful. Would you like a link to the wwebsite or the email address for finding out? I'll have that somewhere. Junior.

Surfing the big white wave for me.

I own two boards, a park orientated - but descent all-mountain - Ride DH. And secondly a burton T6. The T6 has the binding holes drilled back of centre so the nose is longer even if the bindings aren't aligned to be purposefully back foot orientated. This means that if you really want to set the board up for pow it can easily be adjusted to have a massive noe and a tiny tail. Also the radial sidecut of the board is about 40% of the way forward from the back - makes switch trickier for intermediate riders but - this is great for pow contions, because when combined with its tapered shape

I'm gonna be working for Jeff Marks. My instructors and examiners out in Banff used to work for thim there the season before last when he was head of the ski big 3 ski school. Jeff is head of the Niseko Higashiyama Snow School - the one that started up last year. why you ask bro? you know anyone teaching there? Junior.

For me it will be that i'll get to show other people how to progress, so that they can improve, ride more of the mountain and have more fun. The massive bonus, is that i'll get to work, live, and play in the best environment on earth - the mountains.

Cheers peeps, it will be my first season instructing. Got my CASI 1 and 2 last season in Banff, and am itching to shred, and to spread my love of snowboarding. Could you have a better office than the white room?

Hey dude, I'm a Brit that speaks no Japanese, and i have got a job instructing in Niseko next season. So there must be other jobs available in Niseko that are available for non-japanese speakers. I have been trying to teach myself some Japanese over the past month or so, simply because i feel it might appear arrogant not to bother attempting try. Good luck bro.