klubhead

hey snow friends just back from kagura! still lots and lots of snow at the top. early morning ( ie 7 am!! ) was really good, the snow was nice and fast. lots more skiiers than boarders resulting in building size moguls - what is it with skiiers and moguls?? however, was a wicked end to a brilliant season.

cheers sir!

i am one of the longest members of snow japan and have been boarding at kagura for years! this saturday its my birthday and i am having a huge party at a famous nightclub in central tokyo. if anyone wants to come, just give me a shout and i;ll put your name on the guest list. last year we had about 300 people show up!! thanx klubhead

'suppose they give a war and no-one comes' by the west coast pop art experimantal rock band ( that is their name!! )

i have a j license and an international license. i checked into it an it seems that the law banning foreigners from using international licenses is invalid. the japanese govt signed up to the 1949 geneva convention on motoring and have yet to withdraw from it. that means a citizen from any country that has signed up to the 1949 agreement can use an international driving permit ( it is a permit really, not a license ) to drive when abroad, regardless of how long they have been there as long as the permit is still valid. the japanese have a very bad tendency to forget that international law sup

au doeant work, except at the bottom of the lakeside lift ( me and a few others have code names for all of kagura !! )

ok folks anyone up for a tatteyama trip during golden week? i am coming up from tokyo, can fit 3 or 4 people in my 4wd......any takers?

thanx folks it is sunday nite, 12 20 am. I am in tokyo but just heard that there will be 20 cms of fresh at kagura so i'm off there NOW!!!

kagura this season should be good and tatteyama will be great ( speak to toque- he's the guru around there )

hey Toque u are big on tatteyama, arent you? am planning to hit it in may...any hints, pointers, advice?

why do u need to know what ' level' you are? as i see it there are 3 levels 1. no way, i aint doing that 2. oh yeah, shouldnt be too bad..aaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh 3. last one out gets the beers in. i am actually level 4

went to nz a few years ago to do heli boarding and had a great time. you can still probable find the article that i did on it in the features archives. the resorts were to be honest pretty bad...icy, useless lifts left behind by cavemen and access roads ( not roads, more 30 degree dirt tracks ) that are shut after 5 cms of snow. i would love to go again, the arrowsmith mountains near methven were the best but my advice..stay away from the resorts!

hey montoya might well have! been riding every monday and tuesday this season, will be going up again on sunday night, dunno how stable the pack will be though.

still a lot of boarding to do ( looks like a BIG cold front coming in this thursday!! ) but wondering if anyone has any info on doing tatteyama in may? also...any hints of places to hit in june ( not gassan, waste of time that place is! ) thanx klubhead

love the fotos !! i have been hiking the back country around kagura for about 6 years now. i have been to niseko many many times but kagura is way better!! there is a very worrying trend however. this season i have seen soo many ill - equiped and under experienced riders heading into the back country and out of bounds. How do i know they are under experienced? well, watching someone side slipping down under the lifts or heading into the mountains with no probe poles, shovels etc.. is a pretty good indicator. some of these folks are going to get into real trouble sooner than latter and then t

nice foto, more suited to early november though heard kagura have opened up some runs, man made stuff??

yeah, i know, got to sit tight but..................................................................................................................................aaaaahhhh, thats it, i'm going to try on my new boots just one more time.

if i dont get out there soon the men in the white coats while be here to take me away! hoping to go to niigata or nagano soon but the waiting....aaaaahhhhh!

look forward to it sir!

got my new burton fish, new flow bindings, new salomon boots.......... aint got any snow!!! anyone made first tracks yet?

no, not harsh, just honest, queenstown/wanaka have much better areas and around christchurch, the clubfields are way better and mogski i can probably ride better than you, i just don't like boarding on sheet ice mt hutt is totally over-rated, the only good boarding around there is by helicopter. save up your cash and go heliboarding, i'm planning to go again next year, straight to wanaka, no mt hutt

i went to mt hutt last summer complete waste of time!! when it does snow, the access road is closed and when you can get up there it's sheet ice. I did the biggest slide of my life on my backside there!!!

nice to see the thread i started still going strong i'm out on my 2 bikes nearly every day, keeps the snobo dreams at bay went to the buel showroom, definetely gonna buy one of those babies

is it ok to walk up around up there? the resort don't close it off or anything like that? can you drive up the access road that takes you to the bottom of the gondola station? how about MOTORBIKES on the courses? that would be fun!!

winter time so busy boarding working etc.. no time tto post anytthing! bit more time on my hands now reckon i can get a super customised crm for about 600,000 yen, found a good bbike shop that only does custom free-style off-roaders