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  1. hi YellowSnow...

     

    im glad for you that a hundred dollars is not much in your book - but sadly so, we dont share the same values... (btw, where did you get the idea that as long as youre a gaijin, its easy money in japan??)

     

    on the other hand, i tried Group Lessons, but with the number of students per group, youll never get the fine-eyed supervision youd need to correct some bad habits. Group Lessons are fine when you have the luxury to participate everyday to have it really make a difference.

     

    -(at)Aximx50vw/Fitaly3.5

  2.  Quote:
    Originally posted by Tesselator:
    OK, WantToSki,

    But you have 11 messages in this thread kind of whining about something that at least seems very trivial to me. At an estimated avr. of 10min. per message (read/write) that's like 2 hours. I can study a lot of technique in 2 hours.
    maybe the first couple of days i was whinning - US$100 doesnt come easy this days, especially when half of it was spent on just riding lifts...

    on the other hand...

    wow...!!! you did took the time to calculate that? i thought it was trivial (which i dont think so since we have 2 pages of posts already)...

    seriously though - your point being?

    as ive said, ive already put this into my box of bad experiences - and i was just following-up on SJ#1's most recent message.

    cheers...!!!
  3.  Quote:
    Originally posted by Tesselator:
     Quote:
    Originally posted by WantToSki:
    Daver is right... Based on experience here in Japan, the more you make a fuss about stuff, the less you'd achieve...
    I don't agree with that at all. If for example you want reconciliation of some kind (money or services) and IF they didn't want to give it to you - making a scene - is the fastest way to get your way (in Japan). It's also gaudy and rude.

    That said why is it that I am always the odd man out with these opinions? I would have just told the boss that same day (maybe - prolly not) and chalked the rest up to a learning experience. If I forgot to tell the boss that day I would just simply forget about it. You'll do more damage to yourself by fretting it than you could ever hope to recover.

    Also I think if you spend 1/2 as much energy trying to remember what he did and learn from what he had you do as you are spending on this thread posting - the lesson will have been worth every penny.
    im quite sure if you did go through the thread carefully youd see that im not fretting much about it, nor im spending much energy on this thread... actually, i did mention that there is not much to gain (check my oldest post date compared to my most recent one). ive forgotten this long ago - and no, not even trying to remember what the ski instructor did wasnt worth it (hehehe... it would just NOT make me forget this bad experience).

    however, i did remember that SnowJapan #1 did mention he would check with the boss, and just out of curiousity, i just inquired... nothing more, nothing less...

    but i would agree that i need to work on my "assertiveness"

    wave.gif
  4.  Quote:
    Originally posted by YellowSnow:
    To clarify:
    I was not complaining about skiers as a whole, it was about the actions of certain groups of skiers. Actually the particular action I have only observed Japanese skiers only do it.

    It is not the formation of large shaped moguls in powder it is mini iced up runs that groups of about ten people making(I should take a picture) when I was a skiers I didn't like tracks. It just seems that the Japaneses that make them are only interested in perfecting their twists and not actually having fun( though practicing to perfection seems to be fun for a lot of Japanese)

    But it seems there are a lot of angry skiers here...
    yeah - these are usually a group of "ski clubs" that do the same runs again-and-again until they get their ass-twitching right (oooppsss...!?! did i just say that? i, too, am a skier)...

    \:D
  5.  Quote:
    Hi WantToSki, I'm sorry about the delay in seeing and responding to this.

    Have you heard anything more on this at all?

    I might be going to Nozawa next week and if I met Katagiri-san I might be able to mention it.

    Are you planning on going again this season?
    hi SnowJapan.Com#1...

    just curious - were you able to have a chat with Katagiri-san...??
  6. had a great time in Hakuba (March 17 to 20) - especially on Monday and Tuesday (i basically had the runs to myself)... for next season, i think that i should plan most of my trips during the weekdays - one can really enjoy!!!

     

    stayed over at Fattwins' place (took some pics, and would be posting them soon in my Flickr.Com page)... nice place!?! i wonder if there are still places like that in Hakuba, would maybe make a nice place to settle down after being a corporate slave for decades.

     

    however i wasnt able to mingle much with them. the moment i got to my room i just drop dead asleep, then when i wake-up i just head for the door and be at the slopes the moment the lifts starts... bad habit of mine - 'early to bed, early to rise.'

     

    but am hoping to come back... if there is still some snow, really soon, too...

     

    note: it also was my first time in Goryu (IMO, the facilities are much better than Happo-One)...

  7. i think i can bear it out for one more time this season - where would it be?

     

    do you think that Hokkaido would still have some good snow left (usually the season over there last longer than that of Honshu)? ... on the other hand, i dont think i have the budget for a plane trip... *sigh*

     

    if it were here in Honshu - Hakuba? maybe Kagura (havent been there, yet)?

     

    any recommendations?

     

    cheers!!!!

  8.  Quote:
    Originally posted by grungy-gonads:
    I didn't spend a whole lot actually less than I had planned. That was due to a few weekends when I decided not to go due to being either knackered or just can't be arsed with the conditions at the time. Not sure if my season is over or not yet, but probably is.

    What did your Excel sheet tell you last season then WantToSki?
    including the trip to Queenstown in August of 2006 - at least 1M yen...

    \:\(

    PS: I used MS Money then, however it was TOO complicated for me to keep a budget (just too many categories to go over)... Excel is much simpler (which is 'why' I chose it for this year).
  9.  Quote:
    Originally posted by dale#1:
    Totally. The best way to learn is to just be positive and have fun. Trying to nail technique and going to badge test route might just put you off forever.
    I hope not...

    Anyway, just to report, Ive gotten my "Grade 2 Badge/SAJ 2-Kyu" last January from the Furano Prince Hotel Ski School (former World Cup racer Kimura Kiminobu)... And now when I take group lessons in SAJ-affiliated schools, am placed in the "advanced" class (SAJ divides classes among 1. beginner, 2. novice, 3. intermediate, 4. advanced, and 5. expert)

    note: of course, SAJ standards may rank one lower compared to international standards (???)

     Quote:
    Originally posted by YellowSnow:
    How to improve Skiing/Snowboarding quickly.
    Well you have to be able to risk/fall and pick your self up and get on with it.
    All those children and beginners you see becoming intermediate in a day or two have all fallen and got right back up and sped away.
    I have brought quite a few beginners out of the slopes. All the cautious people who never fell, learned really slowly, but all those that pushed themselves and fell a few times could and would try any run on the hill.

    Its not impossible to learn slowly/carefully/with 100 lessons and never falling. But you will be doing it alone because others have overtaken you.
    Actually, that was how I really learned - I never minded when I fall, wipe out, tumble head first, have skis as well as myself stucked in the mud (yes, thats me when I skied Naeba during Golden Week of 2006!!!), etc. etc.... Hehehe...

    And yes, you are right - those who are afraid to fall are usually the slow learners. As a case study, Ive got a friend who has been skiing since 1996 and he always brags that he rarely falls AND THAT he even forgotten to stand up!!! Guess what? He still cant do smooth parallel turns, and is even TOO TOO WAY slow to get down the "Panorama Course" in Happo-One (I brought him and some other friends last February)...!?! And before that he does brag a lot that we shouldnt be skiing in "beginner/novice" areas, etc. etc. - so, I brought him to an "intermediate" area (above), and look what happens...

     Quote:
    Originally posted by scouser:
    Must be great if you really enjoy learning. I wish I had more at school.....
    Yes - I really enjoy learning...!!! And what Im trying to learn right now is to at least ski really good (form, balance, speed, control, etc.) over ice and slush (a LOT this year)...

     Quote:
    Originally posted by snowdude:
    For me another part is fresh snow, as a beginner, hard ice packed snow is a definate no-no.
    If it has just dumped then maybe any part is ok, otherwise if like early this season the mountains where looking a little worse for where, I would tend to ski of line a little, where there is still a little deeper snow.
    I guess I was lucky when I started - there were lots of snow last season...

    wave.gif

    But, of course, there are still LOTS AND LOTS AND LOTS about skiing to learn about - and I see this as endless pursuit...

    \:\)
  10.  Quote:
    Originally posted by SirJibAlot:
    Goryu was CRAZY packed. 47 was busy, but not bad...no lift lines longer than just a minute or so....
    you were in Goryu today? i was Goryu yesterday - it wasnt that jam-packed (maybe since it was a Saturday) - however, it ws just too icy for comfort...

    today, i hit Happo-One again... though quite cold at the top, the snow just okay for carving (especially with not much people around)...
  11. hi SnowJapan.Com#1

     

    sorry for the late reply - for some reason, SnowJapan.Com got blocked off at work (some of us gaijins here browse this place a lot... hahahaha...!!!).

     

     Quote:
    Have you heard anything more on this at all?

     

    I might be going to Nozawa next week and if I met Katagiri-san I might be able to mention it.

     

    Are you planning on going again this season?

    no, not at all. im my talk with katagiri-san, that was it...

     

    i guess that i just didnt want to pursue the issue much further. i had experiences with 'negotiating with japanese regarding service,' and i find it really difficult to at least get a compromise.

     

    if there is still snow left, id probably might try another GO at nozawa (feedback from some friends are really good!!). however, this weekend at happo would probably be the last this season.

     

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    yes, if you do get a chance, please do mention it to him in passing... much appreciated, and thanks!!!

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