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no football culture ? duh - if you don't know about it, you didn't look. more people play soccer in the US, than any other sport. it is also the fastest growing sport. it is just not compatable with the american television market (commercials every 10 min) because there are no pauses, so the tv networks keep it down.

best feature ever - I liked the down-to-earthiness of it all.

ski equipment is way more expensive - period i would say shopping for a comparable skill level, you will pay an additional 50% for the ski gear - skis, bindings, and boots.

best movie i saw last year.

i liked the aliens.

As for modern music, Dancehall Reggae is good, as long as it doesn't get too cheesy. Metal is good - Metallica, Ozzy, Sabbath. Hip-Hop is great - Tribe Called Quest is #1, Dre and Snoop are good. Rock and roll has seen better days, although there are a few good bands still keepin' it real - the Strokes for one. Punk rock rules - Rancid, No Means No, OpIvy, Misfits, NoFX, (old) Bad Religion, Fugazi, Minor Threat, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, I could go on. 99% of Electronic music is tedious beyond tedious. brain-dead music for brain-dead

I'm gettin' a new skateboard, and A square grind rail, and once I'm done skating on it, I'm going to stand it up against my picnic table, and the other end on a smaller table. and jump off the big table to get the hang of 270's to backside railslide 270 off, and probably break my teeth in the process.

Y'all ever try famunda cheese ? mmm. . . famunda cheese. .

single Canadian guy living in the States, moving to Japan in Setptember. Can't wait to meet all the fine ladies . . .

most cheese, save low-fat varieties, is 80% fat. nutritious, pah ! I live in Wisconsin, and although I love the Packers and the Cheeseheads, the Cheese, Bratwurst, and Beer are the reasons that nearly everyone is bloated and unhealthy. Dairy products are unnatural, humans are the only animals that drink milk past infancy, and are the only animals that drink the milk of other animals, save the odd monkey raised by wolves or whatever. Even cats get ill when they get off milk for a while and try to get back on the wagon. lactose intolerance brutha ! down with che

ha ha ha shut it down shut it down. lives are at fricken stake. mmmm . . . steak.

. . . board boarD boaRD boARD bOARD BOARD BOARd BOArd BOard Board board . . .

I guess it took him like 100 tries to get it right - ouch ! ! I am coming to Japan September 5th. Can't fricken' wait. Madison, Wisconsin is soooo 1995.

http://www.staticproject.com/clips3.html I found this jib on the TWSNOW forum. I think it's funny. More of a stunt than a trick, but who is counting

water jumps ? ? ? can boarders use the water jumps ? if so . . . does anyone know how to get there ?

great, Thanks all, And what company is your policy through, Ocean 11?

does anyone have one ? my employer in Japan doesn't offer one, but I'll need one, oh yes, I'll need one.

is it a good EVENT ? I mean I know they are the best soccer (i mean football for all you people from . . . well just about everywhere) players in the world, but is the event itself good ? not over-hyped, over-commercialized, etc ?

I like their slogan "Ride me. Ride me, now."

. . . lousy snowlerbladers . . .

thanks all. and to cal, no i've never been to japan, but i am moving to japan in september with snowboarding as the main focus. that's why i follow this board so heavily. i think it's lame to go anywhere with tons of pre- conceived ideas of what it's going to be like, but i want to learn as much as i can about the riding options. don't want to show up without a clue on where to go, etc.

does anyone here skateboard ? is it worth bringing a skateboard to japan ? is there good terrain and good skateparks ? what about longboarding ? thanks

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since i can't code my way out of a torn paper bag, i'll just wait for SJG to get this up and running, but how does that go ? OPEN BRACKET then URL then /CLOSE BRACKET ? ?

Does anyone here have one ? I think it might be funny to put some faces to the names on this board. Or if anyone knows how to attach picture's of onesself to a post like this, let me know and i'll post one of my own.