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Cool, see you there @ 3.

Wandered into an Irish pub in Niseko and the match was on. Never seen so many people cheering for a tennis match. It was sardines in there.

Hi Martin, Just saw our message right now, around 7pm on Monday. Tried to PM you but it looks like it's not enabled for you yet. Let's try and meet up tomorrow how about? Thermometer @ 3 sounds good. I'm tall, white, w/ a beard. Oh yeah, my name is James I'll check SJ before heading out tomorrow to confirm.

Hi Martin, I'll be arriving in Niseko tonight and an intermediate level snow boarder. Not sure how well we'll match up on the hill, but I'm down to give it a try. Cheers, James

SJ4 sent you a PM with the info. Thanks a ton

Originally Posted By: SJForums Give us an address where you are staying perhaps, SantaCruz, and we will send you a few. Many thanks SJF. Not sure how to work that out. I'm in Japan at the moment and as such I don't really have an address til I'm back in states.

I'd gladly rock an SJ sticker if I someone sent one my way

Less than a week til I get there! Checkin on the 31st. Look for a tall white guy with a couple of green Evo stickers on his helmet. Cheers

Originally Posted By: Mamabear In 3 weeks there will be Tubby and Snowhuntress and my boy Reaper - and who knows who else! Will certainly raise the tone! I'll be there too. I'll balance out the poshness with my scrubbiness

Originally Posted By: Go Native JMA are forecasting below average temperatures for Northern Japan and Hokkaido at least for the first couple of weeks of Feb. For the rest of Japan they are forecasting average temps. Good timing for my trip. Now just hoping that the precipitation comes in as well

Originally Posted By: Jynxx I can't understand this getting off your butt business RE: with boarders. Unless you want to sit on ya ass and rest. Less than 30 sec. (more like 15) even if you sit on ya butt to bang your heel in to get snow off. If you have problem with the straps and rachet, then either the hardware is too small or the gloves too meaty. Maybe wearing mittens? If you're going with a group then typically waiting for everyone to be strapped in, which means whoever is the slowest. I've got Flows on my old board so I was always strapped in fast...so I can wait around for th

Originally Posted By: Tubby Beaver Originally Posted By: snowhuntress . We arrive on 10th Feb. I'm gonna be up in Niseko for a few days from the 11th.....see you there!! I'll be there til the 15th.

Whistler is supposed to get a lot this weekend.

Thanks MB, appreciate it

Originally Posted By: Mamabear Interesting indeed. Was impressed with my Japanese snowboard instructor here this week - she taught me a few times 2 years ago - and we went back as a group of 3 for some form improvements yesterday. She had our level pegged just from watching us do the short few turns from the Ace Family lift to the Ace Quad lift, and formatted the lesson accordingly. I also noticed that she took us through drill after drill ensuring we were all in control of our boards using a variety of riding styles and techniques (tweaking as she went). The satisfied we were up to it - o

Originally Posted By: MitchPee Originally Posted By: gareth_oau supposedly drinking American beer is like making love in a canoe its f^^king close to water Bah, Budweiser is trash. Good microbreweries are where it's at. If you haven't had a Long Trail IPA, Redhook Blond, or a Moose Drool I pity you. Joke is funny because it definitely applies to the major producers of beer in America. Mitch, since you've been in Portland a few times I'm sure you know how good of a beer scene it is. It's ab it better compared to Seattle even. After being spoiled by Portland and

I've never had mine freeze. The bladder stays warm since it's inside the backpack. On mine the tube also has some insulate around it. Occasionally it will freeze a little bit around the bite valve, but it's never prevented me from getting water. If it's super cold I think the secret is to blow the water back into the bladder leaving none in the tube. Then it should be 0 problems. But I've never been in weather that cold yet.

Originally Posted By: Black Mountain it costs exactly 47,000Â¥ (1000Â¥ is a deposit you get back) I've been boarding almost everyday for 2 weeks now and still have about 15 hours left. Nice that seems to be the way to go

BM, give a ballpark for how many days a 50 hour pass will last?

I always ride with a backpack/camelbak combo. It holds 2 liters of water (or your liquid of choice) and is easily accessible. Typically I'll go through the whole reservoir in a day. I'm also a big fan of having the back pack to hold my crap such as extra layers, glove liners, beanie, etc. Works out well and it's not to heavy.

Santa Cruz. Solid

3 weeks til I leave for Japan!

SH - I do love that about Japan. Adding those extra 0's on the end makes ya feel rich To bad the zero's don't follow us back home huh?

I fly in Sat night and fly back on the 2nd. Ping one of the admins on here to get your PMs working and I'll send you my email addy. Hope you have a good Christmas!

Thanks JA. I'll probably bring enough cash to cover lodging + some extra. And then I'll use my credit card in Hirafu whenever I can.