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coldcat

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  1. Oyuki, I totally understand what you say.

     

    It gets to my nerves when I see rain in places like Niseko and Furano. But then, the weather is like this, some years are more snowy than others, some years get more rain and less snow, and the other way. I bet that if you have a grandfather or grandmother who used to ski when they were young, they will tell you that each year was different. On top of it there are also cycles, some decades are warmer/colder than others.

     

    I agree that it's good to cut emissions and care for the environment, but I just don't like how the press is dealing with this topic. They are very one sided.

     

    I recommend this video, although I don't personally like the way it's done, I do like Patrick Moore interventions who is the founder of Green Peace.

    Google Video

  2. BP, I went to mizuho 2 weeks ago. When we had the cold front over. It was snowing and from what I heard there was a fair bit of pow on top of the artificial snow. I'm saying "from what I heard" because when we were at the parking, before even buying the tickets, someone of the people I was going with injured themselves and I had to drive them to the hospital in Hiroshima. The conditions now are not as good as then so I haven't gone. This weekend looks promising though, there's some snow forecasted and it usually gets quite cold over there so if you go you may even find a bit of fresh pow on top of the artifical snow. So far they have the "chesnut course" which is 2.5km long and I think another one too.Check it in their web. I have a daisen season pass so I'm probably going to Daisen this weekend.The conditions in daisen are not good at all, 400m slope, 24m wide, artificial-snow. But for me it's good to practice a few tricks while I hope for the snow to dump.

  3. When you first get on a snowboard is far easier to carve than to slide. Most beginners cannot take the speed the board achieves with the carving though, and as soon as it starts accelerating they become scared and do strange movements which make them fall. Sliding is the only way they feel safe on a snowboard cos it allows them to control the speed. As they become more comfortable with speed they start looking back at carving and so they have to unteach themselves out of sliding.

     

    AK since you had already skied and skateboarded maybe you were already used to the speed and that might be a reason why you didn't need to start sliding straight away.

     

    I'm not an instructor, and my snowboarding knowledge is very very limited but from my experience with other people and even with myself I think this image fit a lot of people who start snowboarding.

  4. Hey oyuki, don't take offense or anything, I'm just saying this cos I think maybe you don't know it and you'd like somebody to tell you: if you are using a japanese computer the apostrophe is on top of the 7 key (shift + 7).

     

    As for carving I am from Europe and over there they are almost obsessed with technique, I feel. To the point that maybe it stops being fun. I think it's important to learn properly a sport because when you do it right it's also more fun, and also because you can prevent injuries derived from wrong position, stance... from happening to you. I don't like however to take anything so extremely that it stops being fun. I believe it's possible to develop a good technique and have fun at the same time on a board, in fact as I said a better technique leads to more enjoyable ride as well as more beautiful style. A lot of people who are posting on this thread seem to think that if you care about technique you have to sacrifice having fun. Not really.

  5. db le p -> 100 % agreed.

     

    Ocean11 it could be that indeed you are carving very well, and you are gifted to find it really easy. But I recommend to have some one at some point, a knowledgeable instructor or snowboarder, look at your style and criticise it for you. Maybe you'll find that some of the movements you are doing or the stance or other things can be improved. It's really hard to assess yourself without someone who looks at you while you are snowboarding.

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