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Maybe it's just me.....
Slippery Jim replied to norcal's topic in Snow talk, trip reports, Japan avalanche & backcountry
Rusutsu on a clear day (like this a.m.) you can see Yotei, Niseko in the background, Sea of Japan & Pacific, and Lake Toya, and various other hills, etc. -
Ski lift safety bars
Slippery Jim replied to iiyamadude's topic in Snow talk, trip reports, Japan avalanche & backcountry
Detachable quads at Alta have no safety bars, so it's not a necessity. -
Disintegrating boots?
Slippery Jim replied to Zaphod222's topic in Snow talk, trip reports, Japan avalanche & backcountry
Two of my friends have had the sole of an old ski boot rip completely off from the upper. Plastic gets old and brittle. Buy boots. -
niseko Niseko 2013-2014
Slippery Jim replied to kokodoko's topic in Snow talk, trip reports, Japan avalanche & backcountry
Nice, Sand. Back up again tomorrow and expecting a great week! -
Helmets
Slippery Jim replied to snowdude's topic in Snow talk, trip reports, Japan avalanche & backcountry
Probably new recruits from Kyushu. Mr W. Have seen that before. But have also seen some extremely good SDF skiers. -
Meet Up?
Slippery Jim replied to hellyer's topic in Snow talk, trip reports, Japan avalanche & backcountry
Will stop by bar of Owashi Lodge tonight about 8 or so if anyone in Hirafu wants to have a drink -
Meet Up?
Slippery Jim replied to hellyer's topic in Snow talk, trip reports, Japan avalanche & backcountry
5am wakeup is a bitch. Skied a bit in pm. Hope to be more alive tmrw. -
Meet Up?
Slippery Jim replied to hellyer's topic in Snow talk, trip reports, Japan avalanche & backcountry
Meet up for an apres beer, Norcal? I'm flying up tomorrow for 5 days. -
Good movies you've seen recently
Slippery Jim replied to yamayamayama's topic in General off-topic discussions
Only problem with First Blood (the original Rambo movie) is that they made the sheriff more of an asshole than he is in the novel, and they changed the ending for the worse. -
Things you bought that were shit
Slippery Jim replied to frannyo's topic in General off-topic discussions
That actually sounds good to me ! -
Meet Up?
Slippery Jim replied to hellyer's topic in Snow talk, trip reports, Japan avalanche & backcountry
Staying in Niseko, with maybe occasional day trip to Rusutsu. Undecided on that week of Jan 20; on my own then so if anyone looking to team up... There's a very cheap car rental deal going (Y2,000/day) out of Chitose that I'm thinking makes a mini roadtrip doable. -
Meet Up?
Slippery Jim replied to hellyer's topic in Snow talk, trip reports, Japan avalanche & backcountry
Wish I could, Snowjunky, but up in Hokkaido 1/27-30 and off to Europe 2/3. In Niseko 1/6-10 & 1/13-17; in either Hokkaido or Nagano 1/20-23. Buy the first beer for anyone around those days. -
Helmets
Slippery Jim replied to snowdude's topic in Snow talk, trip reports, Japan avalanche & backcountry
You want a helmet, wear one; you don't, don't. IIII, I assume that's your qualified neurosurgeon diagnosis having examined the patient and reviewed all clinical data? Statistically, head trauma isn't very common in snowsports accidents -- albeit when it occurs it's typically severe. Skiers are far more likely to screw up knees, boarders to fark up wrists. Suggest those on both sides stop making a moral crusade out of it and let people decide for themselves. -
Things you bought that were shit
Slippery Jim replied to frannyo's topic in General off-topic discussions
Would be piste-off fershore -
Maiko or Ishiuichi Maruyama
Slippery Jim replied to u-tan's topic in Snow talk, trip reports, Japan avalanche & backcountry
Maruyama is OK for groomer zooming, but think that bowl up top of Maiko offers more in the way of off-piste. -
Schumacher accident
Slippery Jim replied to r45's topic in Snow talk, trip reports, Japan avalanche & backcountry
That little patch certainly looks like something anyone with experience would avoid -
Good Japanese actors/actresses
Slippery Jim replied to Hokkaidough's topic in General off-topic discussions
Is she any relation to Antonio Inoki? -
Ah, well double kudos to you for the lack of experience and the willingness to share
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A stungun!
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Things you bought that were shit
Slippery Jim replied to frannyo's topic in General off-topic discussions
When I was 17 I bought a guitar so I could become a folk singer and score lots of hippie chicks. Damn thing must've been defective because it always sounded like crap and never helped me get laid.