Ski Beaver

Another day, another foot of fresh, during the day it was snowing at over 15 cm per hour - amazing day today. More snow forecast for tomorrow too. Ski Beaver And again: Ev, coming in hot. Two mates went down yesterday, one ruptured medial ligament (drinking accident) and the other possible fractured wrist (skiing accident).

Some more pics, going well this trip and should be puking for next 4 days. Me, back in the white room: And again: Mike Dechell, finally out from behind the lens: Ev, first day out on the snow after a week of drinking with the locals: Matt, last day, enjoy the sunshine back in Sydney champ! It's still puking more pics tomorrow night

Janus, the fitness regime going well?

Over here in Hokkaido for the next couple of weeks. Here are some pics from yesterday. Hopefully more to come.

I'm biased but the Gotama gets my pick for the best grpahics.

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Fattwins how many are you expecting to catch this season? Everytime you throw a line out these days you seem to catch another one. As you know I'm heading back to Niseko next year - because it's so flat and I'm sick of Whistler, Kicking Horse, Fernie, Banff Resorts and Europe etc.

Haven't posted in this thread yet. Best snow ever - Niseko. Best fresh snow and terrain - Fernie Best Terrain - tie between Whistler Blackcomb and Kicking Horse

Nope not Niseko. Steepest stuff I've skied is in Kicking Horse - similar steepness to above pic, your elbow and shoulder can be used to slow you down if needed.

Steepness is hard to define, when something is steep it just means that it is steeper than the other stuff you were skiing.

Nope it can't get better. 80% of the days we skied there every single run was illegal - ie we did not ski one groomed run nor did we ski any of the designated off piste areas. We had our own areas that we found early on in the trip, we had names for the runs, the diferent chutes and we knew most of the features in this area very well. We were also radioed up so that we could keep each other alert for the patrollers. Without the secret runs we were doing our holiday to Niseko would not have been as memorable - untouched, waist deep, steep runs 3 days after the last storm - that is w

Quote: Originally posted by Toque: Ski Beaver - Sure there is lots of powder but did you find the terrain challenged you? At no time was I challenged by the terrain, however i was continually amazed at how much snow fell from the sky, first 9 days it stopped snowing for only a couple of hours on one afternoon - the rest was just dumping. I got my powder fix, should last me a while, I am still dreaming of the steeps I had at Kicking Horse, Fernie, Whislter, Banff resorts, the stuff that makes your mind sharpen up and concentrate, and gives you that rush after skiing down. Hence the J

I had a great time - as the photos show! the snow was so deep, so consistent and a great town too with awesome people and food. As to whether i will be back next year, I doubt it. I have other places to go first starting with Jackson Hole / Utah trip in Feb 06, then an assault on Europes finest, then maybe settle back into Japan. It's not that I wouldn't be satisfied going back there year after year, it's just that there are other places on this planet that I would like to ski.

Didn't see any sign of yobboish behaviour at all. Did see some snobs , but that's a different story. The Asahi Shimbun SAPPORO-It started with a smattering of ``G'days'' and a trickle of discarded Vegemite jars in the early 1990s Then came the occasional English-language billboard Soon the number of Australian faces in and around Hokkaido's Niseko ski resort had snowballed from several to scores to thousands Now, tourists and investors from Down Under are gradually making some of Japan's most popular ski hills their own Hard on the heels of skiers, Australian businesses a

oh damn, never before has a tougher question been asked of me! Can I have two runs, please. Seriously difficult question. probably 3 turns, to straight.

More pics from the last few days. It is still going off here and I am continuously amazed at the amount of snow that we have been getting. Some more pics: Ski Beaver Taking in the air LH going well on the board.

More pow, than you can shake a XXX at: Ash on the board

Some more pics, these are of some mates in Japow!

A-Rod T-Bone:

A-Rod LH:

Daggett:

Ski Beaver:

Quote: Originally posted by Toque: Is Matt the snowboarder also known as Fatty? Looks like the same red jacket, blue goggles and helmet combo. Nice looking pics. Looks really deep. Yep, that`s Fatty Matt, we rode with him a couple of days this week, the guy is a speed machine.