Oyuki kigan

MamaB, just one more opinion to confuse you, but i don't think there is any need to buy a powder board. Can you justify the cost and weight of carrying another board overseas to how many days you will actually use it? What if you go and there is no new snow? The only people i know that actually have powder boards are full-time ski bums, and not even all of them find it neccassary to get one. In your position, my advice would be to rent a pow board (or longer board) on deeper days and try it out. Some places both in Hakuba and Niseko rent them out. As for losing spe

i wasn't "itching" at all. I honestly was just suprised at the news the the sig was actually complained about. This is the first i've ever heard of it.

well, back in the day it was a smaller circle of english-speaking skiers and snowboaders who were living in japan, and this was the only place they could congregate. I don't remember being chastised for toilet humor. Perhaps it is just my memory, and i am just wearing rosy glasses, but it seemed that something like that sig would not have been a big fuss back then (not that i am going to bother to dig up old theads to prove it.

Originally Posted By: SJForums Actually a few people have said that to us and I tend to agree - please change it. Thank you. if thats the case, it seems that the user population has become markedly more conservative since i first started using the site.

i thought you and SKI would like it

i see, i guess MC Barman is not popular listening material on this site. And I'M accused of not having a sense of humor...

Charlotte, there is a block function you can use. Click on my name, go to 'view profile', and then click on 'block user' You will be spared any further uncomfortableness as all my post will be blocked from your sight.

its jizzing more than japaneez bukkake flick in Hakuba.

Originally Posted By: Mamabear Oyuki, I have ridden a lot of man made snow - Thredbo and Falls Creek need to make it to remain viable. Simple facts: It is just water squirted out of the guns under pressure with a bit of air mixed in. Snowmaking only turns on when the conditions are perfect for snow (except for the necessary precipitation) - and in fact the guns are normally firing even when natural snow is falling. This stuff is glorious. I can't tell the difference between riding this and riding stuff that fell from the sky. It will never be Hokkaido POW, but there is no tangible d

Went up Goryu today. Only the top run open, but it was excellent, 100% real natural jizz. And it jizzed all day. Tonite too. More stuff should open tomorrow. With any luck, we'll be knee deep in jizz.

i'm not sure i want that going into the snow either...

Back on topic, a couple of resorts have a couple of runs open, and we are set for a big dump that should open everything else up on Friday.

Snowmaking is to skiing as blow-iup dolls are to sex. Its sad to see it become more prelevant, but it seems the only way some hills cab open at a reasonable time these recent years. However, something like Karuizawa is definately suspect. It is some kind of chemical slush that they can make in above-zero temps, that seems very, very wrong. I have no idea if something like that can be adequately absorbed back into the environment, and i certainly would not want to drink the run-off from that. Speaking of which, what about wax? I have been wondering about that the last few year

Woah, GN. WTF? Being Chinese has F-A to do with it, people all over the world are to blame. Especially my home country Canada. Thursday, nice caveat. Maybe you should be clearer in the future just what is worth a shit. And by all means, stop arguing. I'm not a fan either.

Ah yes, the old 'you are a hypocrite if you so much as fart' arguement. If i really did that, like Ocean 11, nobody would listen anyways. Then i really WOULD be viewed as extreme, and dismissed, being irrelevant to the forum. I am trying hard to find a middle ground where we can still enjoy skiing and hot showers, without condemning our children to live in a world of little snow, no tuna or pollock, and no feasible alternative to oil. because we didn't 'give a shit'. If you really don't, then don't bother posting about how the poor countries are going to be screwed over by

Originally Posted By: thursday Seriously, I don't give a shit. Shit happens. My skiing will be done and then I die. My son's skiing will be done and then his generation will figure it out. And all this climate change will be small change. Give yourself a rest. This world is bigger than your ego. Sometimes shit happens, and sometimes its because we shit, and don't take responsibility for it. That attitude is repulsive. Not giving a shit is why your grandchildren will not enjoy the same benefits you have. You can't be bothered to 'give a shit' and then berate others for their e

puke, dump, blizzard, hemmorage, or the Japanese favorite... gansha

puke

if it was, you wouldn't have to listen to assholes like myself

Originally Posted By: klingon So can I presume then that you are fully informed, read-up and knowledgeable on each and every subject out there? Wow that sure is very impressive. no, but the media sure isn't doing their job with informing people properly. Thats a big part of the problem.

Originally Posted By: kokodoko How about stop arguing about climate change and just 1. stop polluting 2. recycle 3. stop logging forests 4. use renewable energy sources like sun, wind, geothermal, etc. That would be a huge start and improve the environment. i agree, and thats great and everything. While your at it, ask Santa to send copies of 'The Limits of Growth ' to all of the buisness leaders and shareholders that profit from environmental destruction. Or for the collapse of industrial capitalism. I'm not picky.

Originally Posted By: samandfee Talking about how much snow and which season was good and bad,where can we see some kind of graph with lets say 10/15 years of snow depth and weather conditions and temps in Japan resorts....... clearly marked on........i imagine there would be a clear trend if this "global warming" is fact or fiction........the reason for that is here in Fremantle WA we have just had the coldest winter i can remember just the most cold/wet days . there is too much yearly variation in weather to say one year is proof of global warming,and the next big snow year clearly co

i may find the Japanese practice of making long line ups even longer because people refuse to ride up wit people they don't know offensive to the brotherly spirit of snow-sliding (and borderline unbearable on a powder day). Whether or no society at large deems it offensive, i feel it. Thus it is, to me. I'm sure there are some thick-skinned Pakistani people who may not be offended by the term 'Paki', just as there are many that are. Offensiveness is always case-specific. Thats why the original poster asked whay do YOU find offensive, not what society finds offensive.

The speaker doesn't get to decide what is offensive, the recipient does.

global cooling? The resorts in the European alps that are on the verge of going under from reduced snowfalls are gonna love to hear that, Snowdude.