AK 77

Quote: Originally posted by Oyuki kigan: i totally wanna bring the wineskin back as an accessory. That would sell so well here! As long as it was LV monographed! haha. I can see it now... "this season's inspirations are all about Bachus." Snow toga anyone?

Quote: Originally posted by Kumapix: Quote: Originally posted by AK 77: You cannot in any way rely on hearing to cover that blind spot I disagree. without headphones you can obviously hear an incoming skier/rider that much quicker. This is especially for outside noise reducing dj headphones. At the very least you can prepare to get hit. also, listening to music means you're not concentrating 100% on your run and that could lead to an accident. You can't compare listening to music in a car to listening while riding. A more apt example is listening while riding a bike. but whatever,

When i had to send stuff back to the UK the post office was significantly cheaper than any shipping company i could find. But if anyone knows of any cheaper companies, please post!

Quote: Originally posted by Kumapix: yes to the ghetto blaster. One thing you forget AK is that as a boarder you have a large blind spot. also, you cannot say that you go faster than everybody all the time. I'm sure you slow down sometimes. In what way did I forget that in my post? I said you have to look all the time You have that blind spot whether you have headphones or not. You cannot in any way rely on hearing to cover that blind spot, you have to look whether you have headphones on or not. Having headphones on means you have to look even more than normal, just to be su

Here is a good pipe board for you le pu: and it's in Germany, so handy for you!

good topic. thanks for all the experiences related! I think I'll go for the womens' changing rooms. My plan for 'car camping' was going to be one or two of those foil covered mats (got already - they are cheap), my thermarest, and either down bag with a new goretex cover bag, or a big synthetic bag rated down to low temps but hopefully not too expensive as it can be as bulky as you like (to be left in the car for emergencies - i'm not sure i'd want to leave my down in the car that much). But that shouldn't so often as I'm going to put on my home made Toque mask and body hair wig

Quote: Originally posted by soubriquet: I'm 100% in the no headphones camp. Hate the things, and only ever wear them for skyping. I love to hear the sounds of skis and mountains. I very rarely listen to the radio in the car either. It's a bit like wearing a condom, and I don't like them either. Every snowboarding punk should have one of these. Is that you "skyping" Soub? That would be a good new word: what u doin? oh, nothing, just skyping. actually it sounds more like petty thievery: my pass has expired, let's just skype that lift up to the park. yeah bro, i skyped enou

I have ridden resort alone with headphones - yes, it is less safe, and makes any accident you have much more likely to be your fault, so you have to look more - just like driving a car, you can't hear shit then either you have to check everything visually, You just have to do the same when riding in resort. For example you know that you can't hear someone shouting that there is someone splattered in the landing of a jump, so you have to check visually that they have emerged (but often you can't hear anyway - hence the need to look for people's crossed arms visual signals anyway). The only t

back on topic - in UK snowboard magazines (before you laugh, that's propbably alot MORE exposure than in snowboard mags in snowy countries where people just ride instead of reading magazines instead - there are 3 major mags in the UK alone!) Japan articles have been there for the last 5 years, with one article like this one each year, usually in Whitelines, and usually visiting Niseko/Hokkaido but not always. Before I came to Japan last time in 1999, i based my location preference choices on an article in Onboard european snowboard mag about Niseko and Hachimantai in Iwate, and I ended up

Toque you cxxx that looks sweet. You fxxxxx. As you can tell it hasn't really snowed properly here yet. That may change soon. You bxxxxxx. Good luck with the art class and PE!

was eastern exposure the title of the article? can you tell me what this is a reference to? then you will be cool. ha ha!

cheap and pipe boards don't usually go hand in hand, but you can usually find some good deals on last years models as they don't always sell that well... Burton Powers for example - has hardly changed in the last 3 years - you should be able to find one cheap somewhere. The Raven (not made this) and T6 both grew out of Balance pipe board of Terje, but are not as pipe specific as the Powers. Head intelligence pipe board from last year looked nice, plus there was a 162 version, and it's suposed to get stiffer when you go faster (by magic small robots tensing their metalic abs inside

Pipe boards are stiff not flexible, as the two posts above point out. They are very different from 'park' boards which tend to be shorter and wider and alot softer. I am a big fan of pipe boards for freeriding, for the following reasons: 'Freeride boards are designed for stability at speed so have long sidecut radius's (radii ??) and wide waist widths. This makes them stable but less manouverable. Pipe riding is about edge control - even more than freeriding is - and quick edge to edge transfers, so pipe boards have narrow waists (under 24.4 to 24.8 typically) and tighter r

Quote: Originally posted by eskimobasecamp: 130 000 yen???? a major miscalculation there FT --- he only spent 40 000 yen on his jackets Yes, i think he can read that it my post above. Stop trying to wind him up!! IlikearguingwithFTcamp.

Quote: Originally posted by Fattwins: i just think its stupid to double triple up your gear. why have 130000 yen in jackets in jackets it just makes no sense. 130,000 yen???? I spent 40,000 on the 3 different jackets i bought this year! Which is the price of one new season's one! and before that I've only had 2 jackets in the last 7 years (including 3 and a half full seasons). I still think I've got some way to go before I match Kuma for bargain-happy buying! Bye the way Kuma, want to sell me a pair of those leather googles, just to wind FT up! (again, the 2 pairs of

Quote: Originally posted by eskimobasecamp: he's gonna keep mini snickers in the pockets aren't ya?!!! LOL Ain't nothing mini about my snickers. And they're called Marathons, anyway.

Quote: Originally posted by Kumapix: it's not connected to Akakura this is what the ob looks like: steep and deep you better have the gear or an idea.

Quote: Originally posted by SerreChe: Cheers for the info quattro. I will give it a go. So you basically scrape off the excess wax from the tuning and then once smooth, brushed and all, you add your own wax. Still a bit worried I scrape off too much (I will try to judge based on your comment above), will try to be gentle. No! You can't scrape too much! Scrape hard until nothing more comes off - the wax is supposed to be IN the ptex, not ON it.

Quote: Originally posted by thursday: Quote: Originally posted by ghostofwar: My first (admittedly stupid) thought was that the goggles are made to accommodate Asian people's slanted eyes, but that's completely ridiculous... isn't it? hahahahaha Yes, it is. No seriosuly, Asian fit means they are much prettier and therefore not suited to westerners. Thats the best comment i've read for ages. Must be a british thing. Your fit, but oh my don't you know it

Quote: Originally posted by Fattwins: base cleaner although not always needed is something that should be used at times. Really? Can I quote you on this? C'mon, what is that supposed to mean ?????? Anyone???????

Quote: Originally posted by Toque: No but really What is going to happen if my bases dry out? Ski break in 2 P-tex peal off Nothing but just going slow conclusive proof that Toque enjoys walking up the hills more than sliding down them. Well waxed base will go like hot shit off a shovel, compared to not waxed. Do you seriously like skiing slowly that much? In fresh and packed snow conditions not waxed can be like having the breaks on (Having the completely wrong wax can me even more like having the breaks on though!) - it will be the difference between gliding acc

Quote: Originally posted by sock_monkey: 3. Scraper - plastic or metal for skiis. whoa, this isn't an OR. plastic is for scraping wax, metal is for scraping excess p-tex (or base material) p.s. toque, a well tuned ski is a joy to ride and requires less work (you know kind of the same reason you wax your skins...) ooops. was just copying FT on that one - assumed he knew better, as the edges would stop the metal scraper taking off any ptex on skis or something. I've only used plastic scraper for waxing. sorry: plastic scraper.

4. A green pan scrubber type thing - for 'structuring' - scraping lots of small lines/scratches lenghtways into the base / wax of your skis. As skis don't work so well with a completely smooth flat base. A metal bristled brush can do the same.

As you live in Japan (soft snow most of the time) edge sharpening is not going to be needed - at most once or twice a year, unless you hit alot of rails. So essential tuning kit would be: 1. Iron (either old non-teflon one as FT said, preferably without the holes in for steaming, or ski one from ICI sports or Alpen - best price i've seen is 5000 for good one in ICI) 2. Wax - important: good wax is faster but also much more expensive. 3. Scraper - plastic or metal for skiis. Thats it - you don't need base cleaner, it's a waste of money and dries out your base. Skiiing w

yeah, the 47 park is not bad at all, and there are other fun parks too, Yanaba also in Hakuba, for example. I didn't want to bad-mouth the area (it's where i'll be riding!) but just wanted to avaoid any disappointment compared to American parks. Japan has other things to offer that are great too, like all the snowfall, the onsens (hotsprings) after riding, food, etc. hope you come and shred!