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have you told you parents about your 'experimenting'?

unions are well made and responsive

halfpipe is gonna be crazy. Shaun White upped the gnar bar this year by debuting a new trick, a double cork in a NZ comp, and eveyone has been running around to catch up, as its probably gonna be a deciding factor in winning. Pro rider Kevin Pearce seriously messed himself up a couple of weeks ago trying them in practice. He recieved very serious head trauma, and that was with wearing a helmet. Mammoth Mountain just held a halfpipe contest that secures the US team positions, and danny davis gave us a hint of what we'll be seeing in the Olympics Ladies and gentlemen, the grarlie

Originally Posted By: Black Mountain Who would want to get high at a resort anyway? Whatever you do in your own home (or accommodation) is your own business. the dudes who hotbox the gondolas, apparently. I've ridden behind guys who put the windshields down on the quads, and in a couple of minutes it looks like its one fire with smoke coming out. Its been a while since i've caugh the whiff of a jay while riding the lift

its the same way they approach English, learn the 'grammar', but ignore the tools that actually allow one to use it freely, in real-life circumstances. But like i said, they are only trained to ride in a very narrow set of conditions, ie: perfectly groomed runs with an aggressive stance and board. Change any one of those things (as in, ride in actual conditions) and its useless. For example, they way they are taught to carve is pretty much an alpine way, lots of rotation in the knees and a very forward-facing stance. Fine if you are on an alpine board, but not suitable at all for the

SKIS?!? Be off, young whelp!

Originally Posted By: tripler interesting what you say, Jynxx. I sometimes ponder what the perfect job for a chronic snow addict is. I'd say barman because they don't have to start work till after the lifts close, leaving them all day to do their own skiing. But in Japan if your Japanese isn't good you're probably more sure to gain employment as an instructor. Downside - you have to nursemaid crying kids all day and maybe not get to do any of your own skiing. Upside - you're a cool ski instructor who all the girls want to sleep with. It's a tough one... Snowboard instructor isn't bad a

thought this might be interesting to students and instructors alike. i've worked at Japanese resorts as an instructor now for 4 seasons, going on 5. In that time, i have seen many, many odd things done by Japanese instructors that don't jive with what i was taught in Canada by the instructor courses there. Akward teaching strategies, over-complicated explanation, 2-hour long meeting talking about technical points, and an obsession on carving. All of those things were given a new perspective two days ago when i learned a very interesting and bizarre fact the Japan Snowboard Inst

i tried skiing for the first time in about 17 years a few seasons ago, and couldn't get into the poles thing either. It was more fun to ride without them. However, after 4 runs, i couldn't get back into the skiing thing, either.

Forget Tokyo, that stuff is picked over and almost impossible to find anything. The gems are in the smaller cities/towms within an hour of the hills. I've seen amazingly cheap stuff and rare boards (in great condition) in Tochigi and Nagano prefectures. My girlfriend got a pretty much brand-new Santa Cruz board, boots and bindings for 3000 yen, and sold the boots and bindings for 2000 on yahoo. I've found an Option kevin sansalone in mint condition for (w bindings) for 7000 yen, and a classic Burton 7 (handpainted by Jason Brown, with bindings) for 5000.

My girlfriend was telling me about this a while ago. The old saying was 'carnivorous guys' (è‚‰é£Ÿç”·å­ or something like that to explain 'macho', but now the 'herbvacious' term has come to explain guys that aren't really interested in girls or other 'manly' aspects of trad. japanese culture. It was kind of a joke, because when my friend first introduced me to my girlfriend, she said 'Oyuki is a 'è‰é£Ÿç”·å­ ' (a joke because i'm vegetarian) but loves sex."

may i humbly suggest the next time you visit a crowded resort playing J-shlop and blatant food propaganda, you invest in an ipod and have Ludacris' song "Get out the way" on repeat. That or the Misfit's "Last Caress"

continuing in the context of the copenhagen summit, here is some inflammatory commentary (with a bit of humor) http://submedia.tv/

Cheers! Merry Christmas

i was in Karuizawa last year, and saw a guy walking his fluffy toy whatever though the outlet mall. the dog had on a little judo outfit, complete withblack belt, and i noticed it had a name embroidered on the back- Beckham. If you can do worse Thursday, i want to see photos.

and some slightly-more up to date info on soy http://www.worldwatch.org/node/1665 (only 10 years old)

Rob, first off, i should say that i'm alaso not stoked on all those thigs you mentioned (water consumption, GM crops, pesticides, ect) But a huge reason we grow all these crops, not to mention destroy rainforest and divert huge amounts of water is to raise animals. The maybe about 15 years ago the UN estimated that we actually grow enough food to meet the caloric needs of all the people on Earth. But instead, we feed it to animals. This is increadibly inefficiant and a waste of resources. Think about it, how long does it take to feed a cow through pregnancy, and then feed

It was never turkey in my house, always duck or goose. I'll probably just end up going out and having some soba.

Originally Posted By: thursday I was thinking about this footage when I was shopping for a turkey. Ended up with an ultra expensive free-range from the states. There were loads of butterballs, but that East Anglian accent of that bloke in the turkey fram in the vid put me off. both I and the turkey salute you [golf clap]

Originally Posted By: RobBright and where did you get that amount from, as if it was wikipedia, that number was from the 1960s' From a book in the late 80's, but i try to keep up with the reading and haven't seen any different numbers given. perhaps you have a more up-to-date percentage that still makes your statement look ridiculous?

these guys do an awesome cover of that song in... you guessed it, Ukranian. http://www.the-ukrainians.com/

Originally Posted By: RobBright what else are we supposed to eat Paul? GM crops? Crops that are over watered and fed with chemicals to stave off the insects and pests? Rob, where do you think most of the overwatered, chemical-fed GM crops go to? Here's a hint, over 90% of the soybean crop in the US and much of the GM crops are NOT produced for human consumption.

Um, Thursday, can we talk? the um... animal rights thingy stuff... well, thats my gig. i post the reactionary stuff, and you add some dry sarcasm. Thats the way its supposed to work. You stealing my fire! Pezby As for nothing changing, please get real. strict animal treatment laws are in place in much of Europe, due to information like this and the efforts of activists. America still has extremely lax laws, but got MUCH better after the publication of 'Diet For A New America'. Even McDonalds has improved the conditions for the chickens it buys due to outside pressure.

then you are one of the lucky ones.

Picklehead, the "new fashion"? I assume that you are new to the slopes? i've been wearing my pants low since for about 16 years now, but there is a fine line when 'comfort' becomes 'waddling like a duck to keep your pants from falling off'. I saw some guy like that yesterday, riding low, with a high-cut jacket and no powder skirt. Hope he kept to the groomers. The new fashion trend with no grounding in reality (9-6 years ago-chalk bags, 3-2 years ago-condom toques) is the 'layering' look where you sag your XXXL basketball jersey or whatever underneath your jacket, beca