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Originally Posted By: Mamabear Quote: note: yes, balls deep is a little up from where most people would expect, but I reckon that would be anatomically correct given the temperature.... LAUGH! So ... as a woman is it politically correct to describe snow as "ballz deep" when I am out there ....? I have a couple of suggestions, but none, I suspect, are suitable for polite company.....

Originally Posted By: JA Originally Posted By: Fattwins I can see tips. Yep, in the second shot, but not in the first! Still awesome snow ... and I cannot wait! 37 sleeps 'til on snow. 33 'til we fly out. nice. I have 5 sleeps..... woohoo!!!

Originally Posted By: ger Originally Posted By: projectsplat Originally Posted By: thursday can you do one for skiers please. Boarders usually drag knuckles on the ground. i was trying to think of a witty response there, but nope - I've got nothing..... Skiers, on the other hand, use the metric system, which is archaic and dull. yeah! that was it! that is exactly the kind of thing I was attempting to come up with.. thanks ger - and take that you skiers... Al - always good when someone else comes up with your comebacks for you.

Originally Posted By: thursday can you do one for skiers please. Boarders usually drag knuckles on the ground. i was trying to think of a witty response there, but nope - I've got nothing.....

as posted in the "first snow on Yotei" thread, I have noticed a few people using a slightly different scale for measuring snow depth. (MikePow etc..) Based on this I have prepared a little chart outlining a proposed snow depth measurement scale.... Without further ado, I present to you the Biometric Snow Depth Measurement system. It does need some modification, such as the inclusion of a height reference for the fool in the photo, but you get the drift... apologies in advance for the double post, but I thought this would get a bit more mileage in a more rel

Originally Posted By: MikePow Classic projectsplat. You just forgot to show whether you're 4 foot and a fart or being drafted by the NBA next season Good point. For some reason I look short in that shot, but I swear I am 5'11".... Honest... Al

Originally Posted By: SJForums Like we said in the report, apologies for the confusion on this. is cool SJ. again thanks for your efforts here. they are greatly appreciated. Originally Posted By: SJForums Well, yes. We just got a mail in which someone branded the whole of SnowJapan as "not credible" and "a bit of a joke" because of this issue. Nice way to start the day.... that is not cool. i think that sometimes people forget that the people running the site are actually human.

ah ic <slaps forehead> didn't think that one through... although probably wont end up in the onsens. the girly is still a bit un-cool about heading into an onsen with her dragon kanji tattoo - despite the discussion here.

Originally Posted By: Samui Kitsune Originally Posted By: Go Native I have a tattoo and I've never had a problem with getting into any onsen in the Niseko area. In fact the onsen I regularly go to in Kutchan often has brightly decorated members of the Yakuza there. How large is your tattoo? I am planning to visit Kogen Niseko around Dec. 21. My tattoo looks like it could be on a Yakuza member. I am love to show it off. So, if anyone sees a white guy struggling with snowboarding or walking around on crutches, with a full left sleeve, try yelling "Maido, Kitsune" and see if it is

Cool SJ. Thanks for that. Greatly appreciated. I know it seems silly, but as we get closer to getting on the plane to come on over, my mood and the general well being of my day can be largely effected by the snow depth reporting.... To that effect, it has taken me two coffees and a snowboard film to get my day back on track after the reports were downgraded from 218cm to 130cm overnight.

Originally Posted By: Probe Mike , I remember reading a post of yours where you reassured someone who was concerned about snow depth and a December 15 arrival in Niseko. You said "gut deep" no problem in early December. Looks like that was a pretty safe prediction! yeah, that was me getting nervous that we had booked too early. I am a lot less concerned now after watching the web cams for the last month, although I am still trying to make head or tail of the snow depth reporting as being discussed in the other thread. in terms of snow depth reporting, I must admit I do identi

Originally Posted By: Go Native temps are at the bottom of the resort (around 250m) and the top of the Ace #2 lift (around 800m). cool. cheers for that. thanks for the clarification. Originally Posted By: SJForums We have updated the Niseko Now page, and are making a few changed to avoid further confusion. Sorry for the confusion the last few days. Thanks ok, so this new depth of 130cm, where is this measurement taken? is this in the village, or up on the mountain? on-piste? off-piste? unfortunately, this clarification has left me a little more confused. (and what ha

out of interest - on the Now! report - does: Temperature Bottom & Temperature Top refer to the temp at the bottom and top of the mountain? or does it refer to the minimum and maximum temperature for the day?

mmm interesting topic. we were wondering about this for Onsen's around Niseko. my gf has a tattoo on her shoulder which is the Chinese character for year of the dragon. I have had a japanese friend mention that this is particularly not-cool for going into an Onsen. They did suggest putting a plaster bandage over the tatt. Does anyone have any experience with this? - and yes, she is evil..... but that is part of why I love her.

nice, nice, nice. only 10 days till i get to Niseko! woohoo! bring on the dumping.

feeling better about the fact that we got all mountain included in the package. nice. bummer to hear that the 100 yen ramen place is no more. we have had about 20 people tell us that we have to go there.

this is cool. after looking through last seasons thread, I cant wait to see the phone box in action for this season. my favourite was the shot with it in 2 metres of snow with the light still on at night. that was special. so what is the process for getting a webcam setup on this badboy?

Originally Posted By: Mamabear Originally Posted By: SKI I'm confused. Just re-read the title of the thread. So this only affects snowboarders. Skiers can sigh a breath of relief! LOL!! No, it effects 2 stick touro's as well! I have to laugh - it was assumed "snowboarding" in this thread...I LOVE that! Usually it is the other way - assumed SKI. Well in Aus anyway. I think I was being too lazy to be bothered doing the politically correct "ski/snowboard/toboggan/other snow/non-snow related activities".... It is also good to stir the skiers every now and then! Chatt

apparently heading through Kansai airport yesterday was pretty quick with minimal fuss. Now I just have to try and get info on what the bottle neck is like at Narita. When we come through Narita, we only have 1hr55m to get to our connecting plane to Sapporo. if the initial reports of a 1hr30m delay are still holding true, then we may be cutting it a bit too close.

Originally Posted By: mellow-mite I once told my gf who I was about to break up with that I was going skiing when actually I was meeting another girl. I felt bad. But good. yeah, but did you go skiing too? that is the important thing. on topic: my shame? being too hung-over to board on a 3 day trip. poor form. poor form.

killer. definitely post some vids when you get a sec, as I am rather keen to check it out. i had been wondering if anyone had been having a bash at binding-less snowboarding. I had started to see a few of the snowskate jobbies at Mt Buller during the season just finished and they were pretty cool. nice.

oh well, some of our people will be going through the process in the next 24 hours, so I will be able to respond back with some first (well, second) hand experience shortly.

Brilliant. Tops work Mike. Great to see someone getting out there and living the dream!!! Cheers for the pics. Keep 'em coming.... Cheers Al - 21 days and counting....

Originally Posted By: thursday It makes us safe in that we can't be what we pretend to be when crossing borders. damn, but I like to pretend to be a pilot, or a movie star, or a famous director or a secret agent when I am overseas......

the BBC have a video report on it at their website. it actually shows the process. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7102962.stm doesn't look to shabby, but it does start the report with a shot of a sign showing a 30 minute wait....