klubhead

this is my first season to drive up to the mountains ( used to go by train ) and just bought a 4wd isuzu. Should i go for snow tires or just pull over and put on chains? which give better grip on icy roads?? chains will cost 20,000 for a set whereas tires will cost 80, 000. do they merit the cost??what do you use?? which are better??

bought a quicksilver pants jacket set 2 years ago. awesome!! warm. baggy enough not to look like a skiier and lots of pockets!! also like to wear jack wolfskin, colunbia and patagonia, their stuff is built to last.

always make it a point to point it straight and go!! technically, going straight on a board is really going down the slope in a very wide radius curve but does the trick. never have problems with backside turns, skiers probably have a similar problem with ' tunnel vision '?

no more niseko for me! after 5 years boarding there, the place is getting too crowded, especially with tourists from abroad. The magic has gone, just another resort now!

no, not at all peaker. I board with friends and we carry beacons, shovels and probes. AND we could rescue someone better than 99% of ski patrols can. The point is just because someone says ' you can't do that' doesn't make it legally binding, plain and simple!! there is unfortunately a tendency for people to accept what people in positions of authority say. 2 years ago an aussie boarder was detained in the ski patrol office in hakuba for 45 minutes against his wil. have you ever heard of unlawful imprisonment? My point is don't follow rules JUST BECAUSE they are written on some quasi- officia

a lot of ski resort area land lies on national park territory so technically you can' t tresspass ( if the resort does lie on national park territory they cannot stop you from going out of bounds). they can stop you from riding the lift but they cannot physically restrain you or try to take away your lift pass. such action can be interpreted as assault. So if they do try to pull such a stunt, tell them YOU will call the police if they touch you!!

got my i pod filled with 4000 toons chris fortier, john digweed, danny howells, deep dish, pqm, seb fontaine, nick warren, sander kleinenberg, satoshi tomie, ko kimura, disco science, sasha, fabio and grooverider, francois k, quiver, ltj bukem, the list goes on................................

what makes it a ski hill?? well, when you see millions of moguls all over the place combined with big sections often closed off for some ski teams to practise on, you can understand why i call it a ski hill

definetely earlier says this 6 year japan snow vet!

oceans, do you know if they're planning to open next weekend??

called hakuba this morning to see if they are gonna open tomorrow ( tuesday ). they said they hadn't decided yet. if it's open tomorrow, I'll be there!!!!!

definetely a ski hill!!

apologies!!! I when I clicked on the link I got a message saying it was invalid ( 404 ). cheers for putting them up!! DO recommend yeti to get your legs back, if you board well there you can board anywhere!

watch out for the ski patrol!! they don't like people going off course ( they will pull your ticket, they did this to me so i just bought another one!!)

went to charmonix last year, boarded at les grand montes, les houches, le brevent, le tour, etc...... BUT easily prefer boarding in japan, infrastructure is light years ahead here ( and we get more consistent snow ). However, charmonix night life kicks ass!!! drum'n' bass, deep house, breaks, all there!!!

went there last wednesday. snow condition was good BUT it was crowded so i wouldn't dream of going there on a weekend. It isn't big enough for the large number of people who would go there on a holiday. i sent some photos to this site but they haven't been put on the site. didn't see any kickers on wednesday. klubhead

niseko, no question, forget happo, TOTALLY over-rated!!

well deebee, maybe your girlfriend isn't attracted to tw's,why would i get laughed out of the room?? maybe you both prefer andrea dworkin and 2cv's? each to their own.

anybody been to yamanashii to board/ski??? kiyosato/ kobuchizawa ??? any other places??? cheers klubhead

oceans!! your mad aussie joy machine!?? what's that?? some aussie bird you pulled??? klubhead

hey Oceans!!! check out ' how does it feel to feel ' by the creation to hear how guitar should be played!!!!! if you had a tw200 fully customised ( like mine ) would would be doing some thing else on th e beach with a hot surf or sno bunny ( these tw's are babe magnets ) klubhead

hey oceans!! you calling me a nerd??? the guitar is THE most overused instrument, especially in japan. you don't have to be a nerd to realise this. With macs, samplers, etc we are making music free from that formulaic rubbish, every roxy music, dire straits etc.. song sounds the same. klubhead ( the nerd with the sweetest tw200 custom and who goes heliboarding all over the world )

you lot ain't got a clue about british bands!!!!! check out this lot the Creation, the small faces, john's children, the action, the eyes, the quick, davy jones and the lower third, the t bones, zoot money, cyril davies, john mayall and of course the high Numbers ( later The Who) and I also love progressive house, tribal house, breaks, drum'N'bass etc... blur, oasis etc just copy some ( Or more ) of some of the bands I mentioned above. Try looking to the past for inspiration but don't copy!!!!! guitars are dead! long live the sampler klubhead

oasis, blur blah blah blah. Waste of time. guitars died years ago. look to the future not to the past. tribal house, progrresive house, break beats................FUTURE MUSIC klubhead

i have a burton fish but cannot spell!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!