BJ

Cool. They sound interesting, although I'm not up to the level where I can make use of all that.

Is this a Japanese phenom? I know there's only a handful that are skier-only, but are there any overseas at all??

Snowboarding, 2 seasons ge-tto

I've boarded for 2 seasons now - not particularly good but I can hold my own and enjoy sliding down the slopes. I suppose I'm above "beginner", not yet intermediate. Whatever they are. 1 thing I haven't done though is go off-course into deep powder. Mainly because I've not had much of a chance when I've been out there, with a bit of lack of confidence sprinkled in there as well. So I've been keeping to the groomed runs up until now..... and really enjoying it, don't get me wrong. But I'm curious about taking the step into deeper territories! There is so much talk and love of pow