[How does 47 manage to stay open until May?]

Ah, snow machines.

[great forum dudes]

One of the busiest and more interesting forums I use (well, mosly read admittedly) on the web if you ask me.

[Advice solicited]

Don't risk it dude, you might have to sacrifice some REAL good snow later on.

[Hakuba 47 to open for 3 day holiday?]

Fantastic. This seaosn will start early then>

[Worst thing about winter]

I hate cold mornings. Once up, ok, and better than the sweaty summers. But winter rocks.

[Snow = when?]

Hey when it start snowing? Turn your back for a week or two and look what happens...:

[NEW SITE - "Comments about the site" thread]

Looks fantastic. Thanks for the work.

[Poll - Where are you (country)?]

Hokkaido

[Poll - best region to snowboard]

Hokkaido1

[Sky Perfect - English Channels]

You can quickly find your bill going up and up as you add more channels.

[All Playstation2's created equal ?]

The PS2 has an "open price" I believe - but they are selling so many of them anyway thats about the price you'll pay

[Yes, all of us here love skiing/snowboarding or both, but...]

Curious topic, but cheeseman - do you like Japanese cheese "foodstuffs"?

 

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[Japan hot in summer and autumn?]

May-October = hot, sweaty and uncomfortable to varying degrees

 

November-March = cold

 

April is kinda wierd

[SNOWBOARDING - Fade in or out?]

No way man, its the 2 plankers that are gonna fade out

[Which company's gear you use?]

board: burton

binding: burton

goggle: oakley

boots: northwave

[How can them there 1 lift places stay open?]

I think lots of them are either town-owned or just owned by farmers of families and don't need to be hugely profitable to continue.

[Nozawa, Yuzawa, Shiga or Hakuba?]

Why don't you read the site? - that's what it is there for.