rigor mortis

they are tremendous. the icecream is sensational too. have you tried the 'nama' chocolate in japan? its awesome! especially the stuff i bought in hokkaido (as an omiage). those thin bars of meiji chocolate remind me heaps of the hollow easter eggs from back home.

i certainly wouldn't kick a 4-pack of cadbury creme eggs out of bed!

i thought you were Bin Laden Ocean11

check the records - there is a chat about gassan about a week or so ago...

you'll be very lucky to find powder in April!

in new zealand ive never struck them. however when i went boarding there i never went too far from the groomed slopes. Japan seems to have heaps of out of bounds areas. didnt notice much in NZ. I think it mostly comes down to japan being over-cautious and NZ being under-cautious.

Im on my fourth cold this winter! not sure why, maybe cause i teach kids all day. or maybe cause of the air-conditioning heating (dry air). i was only recently told that, so now i dry all my washing infront of the aircon to get the humidity up. back home we always use the open fire or wood burner - cant beat em!! if its cold in the morning here, i blast the aircon for 30 mins before i rise.

shot bro, looks like fun

an interesting documentary. pretty long, but quite enthralling if you are into a good old fashioned conspiracy theory. http://www.shoutwire.com/viewstory/5888/Bush_Planned_9_11

im coming to tokyo in a couple of weeeks and intend to buy boots and bindings. anyone know of a good shop or specials? more specifically, i want burton cartel bindings

buy a snowboard

not sure if you're supposed to, but you can pull them up if u want.

the most comfortable chair lift i have ridden is suginohara, highest chairlift. - the windshield at the front (which automatically comes up as you pull into the oriba) - the pegs to rest your weary legs on - the kind of catchment area at the back by your arse, so you dont drop shit as you are doing what you do during the pleasant journey up - the ergonomically moulded seats sure beats a T-bar anyway. ps. anyone know how to spell 'ergonomic' properly? is it even a word??

im a murray mexted fan. comes up with pure classics, which he dosent even realise he has til after he says it.

The japanese just pick there cucumbers early, if they let them grow, they too could have great monsters like mine. but admittedly they taste much better and crisp when they are picked early. the reason mine got so big was i lost them amongst the jungle of leaves and my incessant tomato plant. i was astonished to see a fully grown cucumber, i tell you.

good old NZ still has plenty of the sticky wickets. the sensor ones at niseko are shit. they kept catching me in the shins

i have recently started riding the odd rail/box. cruising along straight i generally have not too much trouble. however, the couple of times ive tried getting a little fancy and going with my board perpendicular to the rail ive taken some serious hits. how many more serious hits do u think ive got before i can pull that kinda stuff comfortably? does it come pretty fast?

Quote: how can you compare?? Some might find it easier on a board and some on skis. Even people who can ski or board at an equal skill level might be split between those who say a board is easier and those who say skis are easier. It comes down to personal preference and how you view it mentally. its quite obvious that opinions will differ. thats life. some say niseko is a crappy skifield, others..... my question is aimed at those who can board and ski at the same level. they must have a preference. personally i think rails suck too. but i saw some dudes ripping it up - made me wonder.

something has gone wrong there. Kiwi english cant be the back runner. I think they must have mistaken our prime minister Helen Clark for a man and used her as the example of kiwi english. the poll is redundant.

i had a huge success with chilli's last summer. very easy to grow and in a range of varieties. i also grew cucumbers. not the pussy little japanese styles, but great whoppers! I was also fighting off the tomatoes too. On the disappointing side, my celery was a complete disaster and my spinach bolted early and went to seed before i could enjoy its pleasures. I also grew a peanut, for obvious novel interests. after about 6 months i proudly harvested 9 peanuts! which tasted very ordinary.

i was wondering. is it easier to ride rails with skis or a snow board? i think skis, my girlfriend thinks a board. please enlighten us...

thats the J-peoples for you - do as they're told

okutadami maruyama is pretty fun for spring boarding. dosent open until April cause of too much snow. however its quite a journey to get in there - propped in a valley, between a couple of big ass mountains. (niigata prefecture) closest shink station is Urasa - from there u get a shuttle which is either free or very cheap.

there's an enormous low moving slowly over western siberia now. its expected to reach the japan sea in about 10 days. then dump heavily on niigata prefecture. march snowfall estimates are the most for 20 years

i went up there monday. pretty rugged weather. snowing all day, little bit of quite nice fresh snow,. but the fact that it was sprinkled over a rock hard glacier meant it was a fairly average day. gondola was moving along nicely.