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Actually we have had a few people mail us about that. It seems that the link is causing a few browsers to explode. Anyway, boardbaka - and everyone else - we'd appreciate it if you could please refrain from just posting a new thread with just a link and no indication of what is on the other end of that link in the thread. Sent you a PM boardbaka. Thanks.

You are kidding, right? (It should have been 2 new Smith goggles)

Sorry it couldn't be more exciting - the lift tickets and things that we have arranged for the season couldn't really be donated to the party. (Next season hopefully get something set up for that). Feel free to use as you wish.

>> ENTER HERE This week we have a 2 night stay at the Okushiga Kogen Hotel in Shiga Kogen, Nagano Prefecture lined up for the winner. There will be one winner, who will be able to take their friend and stay 2 nights at the Okushiga Kogen Hotel. Also included is breakfast and lift tickets. WHAT ARE THE PRIZES? 1 winner, who will be able to take a friend and stay for 2 nights at Okushiga Kogen Hotel. Breakfast and lift tickets also included. The prize are NONTRANSFERABLE (ie. only the winner can use them).

>> ENTER HERE This week we have a 2 night stay at the Okushiga Kogen Hotel in Shiga Kogen, Nagano Prefecture lined up for the winner. There will be one winner, who will be able to take their friend and stay 2 nights at the Okushiga Kogen Hotel. Also included is breakfast and lift tickets. WHAT ARE THE PRIZES? 1 winner, who will be able to take a friend and stay for 2 nights at Okushiga Kogen Hotel. Breakfast and lift tickets also included. The prize are NONTRANSFERABLE (ie. only the winner can use them).

This Giveaway is now closed. Winners will be notified by the end of today, so check your mail if you entered! Thank you.

The winners of this draw will be notified by email this evening, when the new giveaway will also be put online. Thanks for entering!

>> ENTER HERE This week was have 10 one-day lift tickets for the Nozawa Onsen resort in Nagano Prefecture. There will be 10 winners. Each will receive a one-day lift ticket voucher. The tickets are valid for any day this season. WHAT ARE THE PRIZES? 10 lift tickets - 10 winners, each getting one ticket. The tickets are NONTRANSFERABLE (ie. only the winner can use them). GIVEAWAY PERIOD? Friday 29th December - Thursday 4th January 2007

The winner will be notified by email by the end of today. Thank you!

>> ENTER HERE This week was have 10 one-day lift tickets for the Nozawa Onsen resort in Nagano Prefecture. There will be 10 winners. Each will receive a one-day lift ticket voucher. The tickets are valid for any day this season. WHAT ARE THE PRIZES? 10 lift tickets - 10 winners, each getting one ticket. The tickets are NONTRANSFERABLE (ie. only the winner can use them). GIVEAWAY PERIOD? Friday 29th December - Thursday 4th January 2007

You're right, very sorry about that mistake - we will be more careful about that from now on just to be sure. Thanks for pointing it out... we might let you enter twice in that next one. All the giveaway from now on are weekly - so it's will be (mostly) Friday to Thursday, then a new one coming online on Friday, etc. We'll be choosing winners later today and mailing them. There will be another Hakuba one coming in the near future.

It surely goes without saying that a) this has got absolutely nothing to do with Snow Japan and any member details that we have including email addresses do not - under any circumstances whatsoever - get in anyone elses hands apart from our own. It is extremely likely that our domain name has just been inserted in this junk purely at random. We have today got about 20 of these, each one with a different domain name plugged in there. If you were posting this for us to repond to, then sending it to us by email is better than posting on the Forums.

Good timing, we've just put a new article online: http://www.snowjapanforums.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php/topic/1/7102.html

A new feature, "Green Snow - How winter sports affect the environment", has been put online. http://www.snowjapan.com/e/features/green-snow-factoids.html "Global warming is an increase in the temperature of the Earth's atmosphere caused by the so-called "greenhouse" effect. Most scientists believe the warming is caused by human activity, especially the burning of fossil fuels, such as oil, coal and natural gas. Earth's average temperature rose at least 1 degree in the 20th century, according to the World Meteorological Organization. But the rise ha

All of the Now reports will be updated more regularly as the season approaches and be kicking into daily mode as the snow arrives and the season starts. Hopefully soon!

Quote: Why would they dump it there so early, unless it was to support a one-off little run along a path of ice surrounded by grass. That's exactly what it is for, db. It will become a 900 meter run that they open in just over 2 weeks that's about 20 meters (?) wide (and surrounded by grass). It sure isn't natural snow, it comes from those machines they have dotted along the run. The mounds are getting bigger as the days go by.

Some photos taken this morning of the "snow" being made at Naeba: http://www.snowjapan.com/e/daily/naeba-now.php

If you can't PM and you have posted more than a few on the Forums, then please let us know about it by sending us an email at editor@snowjapan.com and we will make sure it is turned on for your username. If you don't let us know about a problem, there's nothing we can do about it - we are just an email away. Unfortunately, this policy (of PMs not being available immediately) is the only way to get around the problem we were experiencing of an increasing number people/machines registering and then instantly beginning to spam other members through PMs.

Welcome to Snow Japan 06/07! This season sees by far the biggest update to the Snow Japan website ever. A few completely new sections, a completely revamped section, more daily reports, RSS feeds, mobile site. There's a lot of new stuff to play with. Site traffic for September 06 was 260% what it was in the same period last year, and with all of the new fun content we are expecting it to be an extremely busy season. Before we go into details, we'd just like to say a sincere thank you to the people who helped us out with ideas, suggestions and testing, particularly over the last 4 o

Update: We have adjusted the RECENTLY UPLOADED PHOTOS and RECENT RESORT PHOTOS listings on the main Photos page so that, for example, if a person uploads 10 photos then the table is not filled up with just that person listed.... basically the most recent 10 different users and resorts will appear in the list. http://www.snowjapan.com/e/insider/photo_gallery.php

A new feature has been put online. This time we had a talk with popular Forum member Fattwins about his skiing, what brought him to Japan and more... http://www.snowjapan.com/e/features/interviews-fattwins.html "I was raised in Mississauga Ontario. My dad loved hockey, so started to skate at the age of three. I think most of my ski balance, comes from being on skates at such an early age. My parents both love and play sports so it was perfect for me. I started to ski at the ripe old age of 18. My friends were all skiing. I really wanted to join them, but

People mailing us and presuming we are based in Australia is quite amusing.

A short while back, we had a bit of a problem that meant we had to shut the Forums down for a short while. In the process of doing that, it seems that a small number of posts may have gone missing and a new member has reported a problem with their account which has since been fixed. Things should be back to normal now, but please let us know if you encounter any strangeness and we'll look into it! (Send us a mail at editor@snowjapan.com). Sorry for the disruption and thanks for your understanding.

Just replied Fattwins. Thanks to all the people who mailed us offering to help, we really appreciate it.

.....then please let us know! We're looking for some people who are really interested in ski/snowboard gear and would also be interested in helping SJ a bit for 15 minutes or so. If this interests you, please mail us at editor@snowjapan.com and we'll tell you more. Many thanks. SJ