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Originally Posted By: ausi ski bum Next for me, learning Japanese which is difficult as there are no lessons in my area but I will give it a go. Get some Pimsluer CD's and practice in the car.

Originally Posted By: Mantas Originally Posted By: ger What about a decent shuttle bus, surely they could do better than the Go Genki set up. Niseko gets swept every 20min with a free service that does the whole village. Punter- Seems to have a different meaning down here. Punter just means regular guy. If someone called me a punter I'd take no offence Yeah... Didn't know punter was a derogatory term either.

Originally Posted By: Kumapix When I'm checking resorts in other countries for holidays I would choose the guaranteed easy powder over a more dangerous 'extreme' location (for which local knowledge is indispensable) That is an excellent point Kuma!

Sapporo Kokusai is one place you could visit and I also hear good things about Teine Highland but I have been told it has to fill in a bit for the main action to get good so you may be a wee bit early. Both of those places are weekday only trips. If its a fine day with little wind and you are up for a hike try Rankoshi-Cho Chisenupuri. For a bit of a laugh you could go to Niseko Weiss and try the cat skiing but I have to warn you it is flat as and not much fun if there is a lot of fresh. Kiroro's promo video actually turned me off visiting the place! All it showed was guys bombing down the

Quote: Originally posted by Mantas: What a tosser, what a waste of a car, what a huge smoke pollution plume he made............why, to 'express' his distaste for something. Yeah..... I don't think Clarkson would be carbon neutral!

Awesome... He was hookin by the end!

I was listening to Goldie Lookin Chains' "Half Man Half Machine" when I registered.

Mmmmmm around 1,000,000. I live too far from the snow!

I agree with Mantis. It CAN be great, we have just had two really bad seasons with last year being the worst on record so we here are all a little down on it. Here is a pic of the NSW main range behind thredbo! If the snow was good?????

longboardsk8man, Is this a compulsory medical check?

Thredbo and Hotham are my picks for OZ resorts. I have never clicked with perisher.....I just don't dig the place.

Yep.....what Mantas said.

Data Rock now but its about to change to Goldie Lookin Chain.

I thought that was a typo at first then I saw it again!

Looks pretty much like a bad Aussie season.

Quote: Originally posted by clr: and yet, what was the aussie group doing out in such sh*t conditions. let's not burn the japanese alone. the seppo wannabes shouldn't have been out there either, right. takes all kinds of idiots from all countries and nationalities to make this world FUBAR. being a seppo, i know. best bet is to follow the simplest of all BC rules, if it's puking, don't go. too easy. if you spent a vast sum of money for a dream vacation, control the urge to become a another avy stat and live to play another day. I don't get 'seppo wannabes'. What are you talking about

Maybe because of more freeze thaw cycles. I know the roads were lethal in Hokkaido this January. I nearly became a statistic myself!

I read a report that said the % of tourists to Hokkaido that are Australian were in the minority of nationalities, however Australians topped the chart in visitor nights.

4 Weeks off is hard to take but $2K for a renewal blows!

He was makin us Aussies look bad!

Quote: Originally posted by Creek Boy: sure a thread 'll be started bout this but thought I'd say: Patrol are a pain in the ass I dont get it.... Please share CB.

Oh!.... There is also this torrent site.

If you are willing to pay and have a fast net connection you can watch the games through willow.tv. Good game last night!

Surely you jest! You have never seen powder before? You are going on what sounds like a mainly Backcountry trip? Seriously you will probably have alot more fun if you stick to the resorts and ride the edges of the runs ducking in and out of the trees to get a feel for it. How did you research and plan this trip?