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Is anyone actually filming in 4k? (Note, my primary TV is a 64cm boxy CRT)

Quality socks are a must. Boots and socks are the two most important things you can't skimp on. Get some liners for your gloves/mittens.

All the complaints sound like they are taken strait from "an idiot abroad".

I've got two pairs of Oakley crowbars, a low light hi-yellow pair and a dark mirrored pair for sunny days. Picked them up on an end of year sale online from the US. Have only had one pair fog up in 3 years and that was when it dumped 30mm of rain during the day. I don't think there would be many goggles out there that would stop fogging at that point. Dried them out overnight and have been fog free since then. As everyone else has stated try them on instore to find the best fit with and without your helmet. Has anyone tried out the new Oakley interchangeable lenses, or the new gogg

No I haven't spent that much time in Japan (total 6 weeks), but of the time I've been there 75% of my time has been spent elsewhere.

Niseko, the only place in Japan where you will see a fight outside of a sumo ring.

What is "JALT"? And what is "SIG's"? Acronyms are the bane of my existence.

Last season was bang on with cold temps overnight. It really helped get the season going early on. Then in August Mother Nature kicked in to get a base big enough to run through and past the end of the season.

At the start of the season they use the snow guns all the time to try and build a base. Towards the end of the season they tend to let Mother Nature dictate what's going on. This season was warm which didn't allow snow making, and then before each snow event they had large rain events which tended to wash away any base they had.

"The last 12 months have been the warmest on record, according to the weather bureau, and most states recorded their warmest winter since records began." From the Australian abc web site....

It was hot up on the mountain this weekend. I'm guessing 2 more weeks before its all gone with these temps.

Most new "smart" TVs can do this without the Apple TV now.

Anyone got some good recommendations for gloves/mits? Just wore a hole through my leather/gortex dakine ones. I want some that will be warm for Hokkaido pow, last time my fingers froze...

It's like it's the end of September here at hotham temp wise. Going to ski in shorts tomorrow when the rain dies down.

Supposed to be the warmest start on record for spring here in oz over the next 2 weeks. On mountain temps of 10 degrees average!!! (Could be a freak year)

2.2lbs to the kg.

It's been snowing non stop for the past week and a bit, nearly up to 150cm base at some resorts. It's been ok the last week but still nothing on last season.

Pretty sure the marketing peeps have pumped up the tires of this storm, piss all snow actually hitting the ground.

Haha! That's awesome re the kangaroos! What were they trying to lick? Ie what causes a kangaroo to lick anything?

Dumping snow at falls and hotham. Seems like there is always rain before snow this season.

Just cruising the interweaves and came across some similar sites across the world... The Nara dreamland looks spooky.

Accidentally taken. Then returned to a totally different store to where the person who took the skis got their hire gear from. Such a weird occurance. The girl who's skis were taken spent a fair bit of Saturday and Sunday crying. It was her first pair of skis and she had already planned for trips to Japan and other snow related places. To add injury to insult (whilst skiing on hire gear), she was taken out by a rogue teenager on the Sunday and hurt her back. Main thing is that she got her skis back.

Crows stole their food? Sounds like something from game of thrones... Got up to falls creek again. Notes; - 10cms of fresh dry pow on Saturday morning! :-) - Saturday afternoon, rotten driving rain which froze to you like sheets of ice... Horrible afternoon, possibly the worst arvo I've had after a great morning... - Saturday afternoon après drinks were fun at stingrays, on a sour note, spent the late afternoon/ early evening at the resort management and police. Some fine soul took a brand new set of skis (3rd day of use). Really was the worst Saturday afternoon... - Sunday morning

I have had two weekends of 60cm pow dumps. Would take that every season! That said, there has been one weekend where there wasn't enough snow to get down a run... Mixed bag so far this season, expecially coming off last seasons quality and quantity of snow.

Plenty of precipitation this year, just too warm... Bring on the Antarctic blast for August! (Ps had a run around at falls on the weekend good conditions in the morning, spring in the afternoon...)