[Best ski town job in Japan]

Used to be the English teacher in Kutchan-Niseko@s bustling metropolis - but "used to be`s dont count anymore, they just stay on the floor til someone takes them away....." Also used swing punters around on the back of a snowmobile at the base of Higashiyama ... great job ...morning out rooping it up breaking trail in waist deep pow pow... couldnt hack the owner though....

[What do you listen to while riding???]

To all of those present past and beyond,specially those that werent with us to long -life is the most precious thing that you can lose/when you were here the fun was never ending /laugh a minute was only the beginning/****** this ones for YOUUUUU! -PEnnyWise- gets you amping every damn time

[Nighta]

have to say the nighter(Canadian translation) is THE reason to stay in niseko- Tetsu`s\Roy`s rope under a Tahitian moon with a pipe or two on the gondy up- as fun as it gets

[The case against Niseko]

couldnt agree more- So where is good in Nagano?

[Niseko v Whistler]

Someone asked me about this so here goes-

Snow quality- for consistent pow pow - Niseko is in a class by itself, though last season was no great shakes- it still produced epic days and one memorable run with snow up past my armpits- whistler gets it good too but not as much and sometimes rainy

The Mountain- Whsitler is wide open bowls thigh burning steeps and looooooooooooooong runs- Niseko is creamy rolls and mellow slopes and after two and a half years there you get to know every bump and mushroom in the place

The park and pipe- Whistlers make your corleones shoot up to your throat- Niseko cuts their half pipe with a back hoe once every two weeks- nuff said

Apres- In Whistler its twenty four seven party and my buddy once told Prince Charles " hoi big nuts, move it" in the parking lot- Niseko is trips to the Co-op for beers and 1 night club that keeps getting shut by the yakuza who owns the building next door(thank god for Tony Hawk 2)

[riding close to yokohama]

I have just move to yokohama after 3 years in sapporo and Niseko and am looking for anything near hear that is good - love pipe, park and anything steep and deep enough to burn- before japan I was a Whistler loc and after a few season of creamy cruising in Niseko- it would be nice to ride real mountains- any suggestions and I apologize for the ignorance