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welcome back oo...
skiing rocks!
love it
danz
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tadaima...
good to be back...hope everyone is well...
just curious...what is the best way
to get to cortina from tokyo...do they
have red-eye buses? any help...
an another skiing note...got to spend 4-days
skiing at Jackson Hole, WY...there is nothing
in japan that even comes close to that...
over 1200 vert meters , all of it STEEP...no
long run-offs...no closed trails...a fine mtn...and even had a 10inch pow pow day to boot...
peace,
danz
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cool...
i can get the guy to land on his head...
i cant read swedish...or whatever language that is...
how do you play the damn thing...
seems like another great site for my
"work-related research..."
danz
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ocean11...
does that mean you qualify??
that would utterly shatter my
image of you...
danz
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c'mon ladies...
don't be shy...
theres got to be more of you out there...
skiers invited too
danz
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mogski...
have i ever told you how wise you are?
well said...
Ignorance is bliss...
powder is even better...
danz
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ameboll
i'm just curious...
have you ever skied in canada or
western US...places like whistler blackcomb,
jackson hole, aspen highlands, tahoe....
the stuff i'm talking about is modeled after
how these resorts do stuff...and it works!
i don't care how "trendy" things are in japan...basically, i am talking about diversifying the resorts here in japan...
danz
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are you kidding...
if more terrain was open with appropriate
warnings, a la "EXPERT ONLY", it would not
become crowded...japanese are , not meant
to stereotype, but in general are very
"safe"...or rather overprecautious...
i.e. snow tires/chains are "required" if
you drive to the mountain...
you "must" go to the hospital if you have
a stomach ache
its too dangerous to set your binding dins
past 6...
the list goes on...
the "fashionability" of skiing/boarding is
limited to the curry rice lines, and the
long flat gelandes...
i say cut the ropes and become responsible
ski resorts...
my .02
danz
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New England Patriots
NFL Football Team (American
football that is)...
SUPER BOWL CHAMPS...
New England consists of Massachussets
Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island,
Conneticut, and even parts of New York...
that's it for todays lesson
danz
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i think one of the points here is to make
these ropped off areas accessible...that
means safe...that means having ski patrol
doing the necessary maintanance (avalanche
control etc...)...of course weather or not they are even competent to do that is an entirely seperate thread....
yes, of course if its ropped that means more
powder for you...but what about the one time
you duck a rope and get injured...that is where the problem starts...
man, resorts out in canada and US have huge
bowl/gladed ski terrain that is well maintained...it doesn't get tracked as fast as you think because its SO FRICKIN' HUGE...
if resorts here thought the same way, it would be much better...
peace,
danz
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that japanese mogul skier is a cutie...
especially in her rad skiing outfit...
i am definetly tuning in...
danz
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cool...
I live near a Quasi-national Park...
yes!
danz
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They are the Brand Spankin' New
SUPER BOWL CHAMPS!!!
ending New England's eternal drought of
any type of sports championship...
I don't expect any of you to understand...
but today is a great day
danz
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had to be said
danz
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yo hutch...
thanks for the powder offer...i might
hold you to that...
i'm heading back to the states for most
of feb.. (going to ski Jackson Hole for
3days...yeee haw...ridem cowboy...)
so won't know my march plans till i'm back
cheers...
danz
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mogski is a very wise man...
Ask me if I believe in god...and
I will respond "I believe in Powder"
it is truly a life-changing/enhancing
experience...
any non-believers need only see the light
once, and their lives will be changed forever
danz
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they are really good at
digging in waist deep powder
under lifts to recover some idiots
glove...
I actually felt sorry for a japanese
ski patroller once...US ski patrolers
would probably slap you in the face if
you asked them to retrieve your stupidity...
danz
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my fellow comrades in powder...
i would love to take some action...
anyone in here proficient enough
in japanese to put together sometype
of generic letter to send to the resort
of our choice??
I'll give it a shot, but it will take me a
while...and i don't think i can do it during
work (i have to spend my time reading this board instead...
)danz
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well...this is turning into an interesting
discussion indeed...
as much as I may not understand what goes
into to running a resort...I am not blind...
clearly, there is no money put into upgrading
all those slow double/single lifts to high
speed quads...clearly there is no money going
into maintainance (i.e. unropping runnable trails)...clearly there is no money into training lifties (lift lines here is more like sheep hearding)...clearly there is no money going into making any facilities modern...
i've been to 10 different resorts here, and i really feel like i'm skiing in the 80's (fashion aside)...given the proximity of some of these resorts to one of the worlds largest metropilisis, it doesn't add up (at least in my brain)...
I haven't done my research, but I am willing to bet that many resorts in japan get much more volume than many US resorts in the rockies...and there is no comparison as to which resorts are better...
my 2 cents
danz
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my understanding is like this...
off-piste means not a marked trail...
but in the context of most of the threads
here, it also means accessible by lifts,
therefore within the bounds of the resort...
backcountry is where you head out on your
on...bc gear and knowledge should be a
prerequisite...
danz
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hutch...
you've done a damn good job of promoting
hakouda...and i am damn near decided to
make a trek out there, but it won't be
until march...
what's the skinny on hakouda in march...
and are you a guide out there?? or could
you recommend any good ones...
thanks...
danz
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you are out of control smiley...
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woh...psychedillic smilley...
is it 420 yet?
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Lets Mobilize!
but we need a better slogan name....
Ocean11, badmigrane,mogski...get your creative juices flowing...
danz
Do snowboarders like moguls?
in Snow talk, trip reports, Japan avalanche & backcountry
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actually... i think
slalom skiis are actually shorter than
mogul skiis this years...slalom are around
155-165cm these days (no joke...)
my guess is todays mogul ski is about the
same or a bit longer...
if there are any 200+ skiis out there anymore, its only for downhill, and ski jumping...
or for nostalgic purposes...
danz