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Hey Jared, Im NZSIA aswell, The SAJ have moved towards a Canadian/Austrian approach going on the theory that a ski doesnt need the turning or rotary movement anymore as sidecut does that for you. Remember in the old NZSIA manual about the Edge Pressure Turning thing? Well the guys have just knocked out the T part. This guy that I work for has moved off in his own direction. The fact that he cant physically steer a ski like we can due to the fact that he's wickedly bow legged and skiis on his outside edges, has developed a style on his own. You gotta see it man, its a laugh! cheers

Hi enderzero, nice to meet you. The Patroller at Goryu is a close friend of mine and I think because her english is good she is told to monitor the snow forums. She told me what happened on H47 with Barok or their version, difficult issue that one, I believe that in the situation the patrol would of overreacted and done what he said they had done. Cheers Ads EDITED

Hey guys a quick one to ask anyones opinion on Snow schools in Jp. I used to work at an SAJ school in Kurohime, got spoilt actually, was tricked into thinking all schools in jp were great, that school rocked and still does, unfortunately the school im at at the moment is no so great. Ski school director has due to poor leg angles ie +8 degrees on both legs has developed his own technique and is teaching it to everyone. Thats cool but now he's making me teach it. You wouldnt believe this style, u have to see it with your own eyes, it is in my experience the most ****ed up style I have ev

HI guys, yeah I agree about the evac skills and av skills, maybe they dont need to be the strongest. The funny thing about evac procedures in japan as far as chairlifts are concerned, its not the patrols responsibility in the event of a breakdown they hand that over to the ojiichans cooking nabe in the drive/return stations! I got rescued once from a chairlift breakdown at kurohime, an old boy with a ladder got to me and my homestay mother close to 45 minutes after the chairlift had stopped! Bad conidtions could have been a much more severe situation. As for Sugi Ocean11 your mates are

Hey guys, nice to meet you all, I work at Suginohara ski school right now and have been for the last couple of years, prior to that I worked at Kurohime ski school and patrol, also gokurakuzaka in Toyama and Takamagahara at shiga only part time at shiga though. I agree when you say about having high expectations of patrollers, they should be the strongest riders on the hill, but sometimes it boils down to an economic issue, pay peanuts and you get monkeys which sometimes I feel is the case here. A friend of mine is a avalache freak who runs courses on awareness here in jp and he was offe

Hey guys, Lets get one thing right, I read about Barok and his situation at Hakuba 47... Thats bullshit about what happened there. I dont know the guy but the patrol have no right whatsoever to touch him. Sad thing about it is thst whether we like it or not the legal system in Japan is not geared up in our defence. I have worked in Japanese ski schools and patrols for the last 8 years. I have to say some patrollers I have worked with have been some of the biggest cocksuckers you will ever meet especially the heads, they get this mind set that being strict means being safe, the total of