talisker

You have to be careful talking about powder. Powder when you can still touch the base is feasible for a skier if it is his first time. Bottomless powder is totally different and requires totally different technique. A good piste skier will do ok in powder for the first time but he will be knackered at the end of the run. A good powder skier is effortless in powder and uses the powder rather than fighting it. I am sure the dude who picked it up quick is a great skier but i would like to see him in chest deep powder. Different kettle of fish.

went up this morning...thigh deep powder in the trees. Powder shots for brekkie followed by powder shots for brunch...tree runs in pow .... a real diet...

no th ehuman body isn't that different - it is just that men are braver than girls...

I can honestly say I have had 40 odd powder days this season. Coming down throught the trees with no one else around but you and a mate. No noise like the tinny lift music, no wailing sirens , no chatter - just the fall line, waist deep pow and grins from ear to ear. When you get older and you don't have rubber bones anymore you can still ski pow - freeride - that is what it is all about...

what about someone who is an advanced skier in powder, but only a beginner in the pipe but has never dropped a cliff but is actually advanced at fakie/switch who hasn't even seen a one make - hard to categorise or is categorising a complete waste of time and completely against the whole point - who gives a toss as long as you get down with a smile on your face? Just a thought....

It seems funny that everyone is getting embroiled in a debate about violence in sport, be it surfing or boarding, and getting very agitated about what you should do but what this boils down to , regardless of nationality or the country you are in is un provoked assault. Do that in my country and you get arrested. Simple as that . No amount of debate on this forum can change that simple fact.

a very slow, 360 mute grab with a lot of tweak...ala mike douglas

the go this year is three new bars all close to each other, new restaurants and a lot more happening. should be great in Niseko this year...at last!

Hanazono opens later because its lower. Hana 1 doesnt get enough snow. Gates open Saturday - gondola, kogen 1 and 6c oh yeah!

mogski - next hike will be in teneighty boot,,,not free ride XXX....Rossy bindings, XXX skis....oh yeah

Hey Higuma, Steep and deep two days ago - not many hiking so fresshies all the way down and nbody pullig passes...no passes to pull! Shopping in Sapporo on Wed, boots boots boots

This is all very interesting. In Niseko, they have a local rules system. You can read about it in one of the features. Essentially, a patroller tried to stop us from going under the ropes, but according to these local rules, they can't stop us. He accepted it and we went under the ropes. The flip side is that if anything happens they are not responsible - so basically you can get charged for a rescue. On another occasion myself and my friends were caught on the same run by the same patroller three times. We decided a fourth time would be pushing it. The patroller knows we are after p

is this even a debate!!! Starwars beats the lot hands down...ahem early star wars,,, the new one are crap. Han, Luke Leia, R2, Chewie....come on people...Dr Spock! Scottie!(American by the way) and Kirk...Starwars is a clear winner....

Kogen in Hirafu

hiked Kogen and nearly died...skied down in very deep powder...fluffy January stuff.....

assuming there are no delays which there often are up to twelve hours.....the trip sucks very boring but cheap

I always knew I ad a backflip mute grab in me!

i can think of good reason why a ski resort doesn't open with a metre of snow...it isn't enough...now theres a fresh thought.....

indeed mogski...i think Japanese tarmac doesnt like me....

before coming to Japan i had never had a serious accident.. since geting here i have cut myself 3 times for a total of 16 stitches all mountain bike accidents, had three motor cycle crashes, one car crash, ran through a window, broken nose, more road rash than I care to remember and one ambulance ride... Thats why I like powder,...no stitches...... Lama see you in the Fatmans bar...

frannyo big like....

mogski..we could but where is the fun in that... a good hike, sunshine, bald headed friend, you know who, puking... besides snowmobiles are for jumps!

check out any unparallelled movie....mad stuff...free heelers going off!

Geihoku Kokusai oens on Friday night and closes on Sunday night well it did two years ago when I lived there. They close parts of the runs for grooming but the lifts run all night for two nights. Good fun actually....

Manpower - no one wants to pay for manpower doing nothing...