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I don't want to travel! I'm spoilt living (fairly) close to some decent places. Problem is, they have 0cm of snow. It's in the paper today lots of them are not realistically expecting to open before New year and it's going to have a big impact on them (of course).

It's just a bit silly isn't it? Silly costumes, bowing and preening in front of a crowd. And don't get me started on the ladies events being more than a little, er, distasteful with the blatant showing of body, "hey look here" poses. Had to be said.

Figure skating http://www.snowjapanforums.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php/topic/8/6357.html

Great pics, looks an awesome area.

Still no news at all? Surely that means no action this year. Shame that.

Karuizawa ain't a mess. Pity about the snowboarding though

I'm planning on hitting that area as well this season. Pity Arai isn't around..

Cool. How long will they be with you soubriquet?

18 weeks?! That is a long wait. I will be out there as soon as the real snow arrives and places open up properly.

Would be interesting to know what % of those little eggs end up getting to become an adult froggy. I bet it's a small number.

Was there as well. The runs are not much to shout about (understatement!!) but like joshnii had a fun time. Warm up there it was, got a real tan today.

Not to lose out to the early skis thread take a look at this I'd be interested to know who here has any really old first generation snowboards. I only got into it fairly recently (well, not at the beginning anyway) and would love to try out some really old gear to see how it feels.

I was lucky to have 2 full weeks the first time I went, and I was with a really good teacher for most of the time. We had a lot of fun and I learnt so much. I reckon after that I quickly became a decent rider and have just gone out to enjoy myself without worrying about lessons or technique since.

What I don't get is that with all the mild weather we seem to have got since pretty much the beginning of February how much there is still hanging on. Pretty insane amounts must have fallen in those few weeks in Jan.

Most of my cash goes on travel and some stay overs. I am dreaming of living near the snow before December comes round.

Sad news. One of guys I looked up to a lot when I was younger.

They're so strict about drink/driving here and so they should be. I was talking to a friends father back home last summer and he was going on about how "in his days" (he's 65 now) people used to drive pissed all the time and not think anything of it - everyone did it. There were no laws back them apparently or ones that they enforced anyway.

I've owned 2 Burtons before now and not had any particular problems with them. When I'm up for new gear I'll take a look at everything out there. (Well, maybe not Kissmark )

Mine finished in late February when I broke my ankle. I wasn't actually snowboarding at the time.

I'm in Kyushu at the moment. .. sure felt that one.

Breaking your skis is a good excuse to start boarding

I never use cork, as Eroizu said above. I'm pretty lazy as well, I get my sports shop friend to get it done for me

I agree, get the knee fixed up proper.

Hmmmmmm. Snowboard.

The Bruichladdich distillery in Scotland is reviving an ancient tradition of quadruple distilled single malt - it will be 92 per cent! It says here that long ago people drank it as a cure for colic, smallpox and other diseases. But anything more than 2 spoonfuls could prove fatal. 40% is strong for me, I wonder what that thing tastes like. At that strength, will there be a taste!