Mantas 3 Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 I'll visit them. I love small resorts Link to post Share on other sites
SirJibAlot 0 Posted May 10, 2007 Author Share Posted May 10, 2007 and so - what happened to the retrospect? How was your season?!?!?!?! Link to post Share on other sites
daver 0 Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 season was great in a lot of ways, and incomplete in others. discovered new terrain, got to take a cool trip. however it started late, and ended earlier than i wanted. and i wasn't able to check out terrain i had been hoping to ski due to weather. Link to post Share on other sites
SirJibAlot 0 Posted May 10, 2007 Author Share Posted May 10, 2007 Originally Posted By: daver season was great in a lot of ways, and incomplete in others. discovered new terrain, got to take a cool trip. however it started late, and ended earlier than i wanted. and i wasn't able to check out terrain i had been hoping to ski due to weather. Where was the new terrain? Where did you go for the cool trip? Link to post Share on other sites
daver 0 Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 trip was to hachimantai, and for the sake of samurai's season next year i will not divulge any details regarding terrain. Link to post Share on other sites
samurai 0 Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 Thank you daver. I am willing to spill the goods for visitors, but no locals, unless you ride with me frequently. Some snowboarders managed to find our entrance, but not our exit or all the lines in-between. They may choose to explore more next year, but hopefully they just got scared by that horrible walk out they took. Those secret stashes are all that exist. Our season was short in retrospect. Good, healthy, but short. It's not even June yet and I'm already crabby at the heat. Link to post Share on other sites
yamayamayama 2 Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 Very average, often below that. Sad at times, especially in that period late February when it looked like it might all be over soon. I'm highly expectant of next season. Link to post Share on other sites
klingon 10 Posted May 12, 2007 Share Posted May 12, 2007 started late, ended early, not much inbetween unfortunately. Link to post Share on other sites
swordsman 0 Posted May 13, 2007 Share Posted May 13, 2007 Probably timed it well with the less than great general conditions this last season, but I was out of Japan a fair bit (family & work) and so didn't have the most chances to get out to the mountains. Link to post Share on other sites
me jane 0 Posted May 13, 2007 Share Posted May 13, 2007 Think I timed it well too. A good season to miss to have the baby! Last year had "too much snow" This year didn't have enough Hopefully next year will be perfect Link to post Share on other sites
kkk 7 Posted May 18, 2007 Share Posted May 18, 2007 The best word to describe the season - disappointing. But that will be enough of that. Amazing is the word we can all look forward to next winter. As for overseas people they're not going to be coming to Japan to ski at Hakuba Highland (insert other small resort name here). Well one or two duffuses (?!) might but not enough to make any kind of impact. There will be a bunch of the big ones that get the big majority of the invading barbarians. Link to post Share on other sites
Oyuki kigan 0 Posted May 18, 2007 Share Posted May 18, 2007 Consitering the snowfall, i had a really good year. I got to work at a resort part-time, get a free lift ticket, checked out some new hills, and made some new SJ friends. Also, it was my first time really riding after taking a year off from knee surgery, so i was extra happy just to be on a board again. As for next year, i advise that everyone not get their hopes up. I think that we can pretty well deduce that the earth is indeed generally warming, snowfall is decreasing, and that while there may be the odd amazing year, thy will not be as consistant as they used to be. Link to post Share on other sites
snoozler 0 Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 I wasn't in Japan this winter apart from a couple of weeks so didn't get a chance to snowboard at all. I'm looking forward to the snow next winter, hope to get out a lot. Link to post Share on other sites
122.3 BPM 0 Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 Not bad not bad. It seems that parts of Tohoku got a relatively good season compared to places in Niigata and Gunma other areas to the south. I enoyed it anyway. best day over at Alts Bandai. Link to post Share on other sites
veronica 2 Posted May 31, 2007 Share Posted May 31, 2007 In terms of snow it was really quite for me. I didn't make it out that much at all. So I'm hoping for a more active season next time round. I also want to take a week long trip to somewhere a bit further afield - maybe up to Hokkaido or somewhere in Tohoku, or maybe even Gifu. I have some friends in Gifu city and might be good to visit them. Link to post Share on other sites
TJ OZ 0 Posted June 2, 2007 Share Posted June 2, 2007 In retrospect my season was great. It was the first time working at the snow and my first full season. Although the gods didn't dish up the goods as I have had in previous years, a lean snow year did help with getting a business up and running (next year it can resume snowing copious amounts). Being here for a season was a great experience and I met a lot of fun people. There were some lines that I really wanted to drop this year that I didn't get a chance to do but there were other areas that I wouldn't have usually done that were fantastic. I had a couple of big stacks but no major injuries. My carving has improved a lot on the groomers. Overall I have had a brilliant season and already looking forward to the next. Link to post Share on other sites
samurai 0 Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 health is key. Link to post Share on other sites
igloo 3 Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 You're right. I am trying to get myself into shape now. I let myself get rather out of shape over the last year or so and I was feeling it. I've been doing my best for a few months now and feeling the benefits. Problem is I'm naturally lazy I think, I always find it hard to keep it up. Link to post Share on other sites
Go Native 70 Posted June 6, 2007 Share Posted June 6, 2007 Never been too worried about getting in shape. I just hope all the skiing will do that for me. Although I played a game of rugby for Iwanai on the weekend and think I might have to get in a bit better shape if I want to do that again...my god I'm sore. Anyway I missed much of the early season as I was renovating my house enough for my wife and I to move in. I did get to take off much of March though and had some awesome skiing throughout that month. Link to post Share on other sites
Oyuki kigan 0 Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 Well, it was my first time riding after taking a season off for knee surgery, so i wasn't sure how i would be able to ride. But just being back on a board more than made up for the crappy snow of the season. I got in 48 days, and managed not just to get back into the swing of things, but learned a bunch of new stuff as well. The local terrain park was just challenging enough to learn some new stuff (like boardslides on a flat-down rail) and boring enough where one has to get creative on the jumps, and try new things. Bought a new board, set it up backwards, and rode switch for a good part of the season as well. Plus, my first 2 trips to Hakuba happened to fall on huge powder dumps, so i managed to get a little bit of powder riding in too. And on top of that, i managed to get away injury-free. So it was a great season for me. Link to post Share on other sites
Pete the Shoemaker 0 Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 As with many people not the best season - mix of work (I seemed busier than normal and more tired as well, getting older!) and of course the season not being what we are used to. Link to post Share on other sites
blinkin'ek 0 Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 My season was rubbish as it didn't really exist. I was out of Japan for most of the time and when I was here didn't have the tim to get out - apart from once to Myoko with some friends. Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 My season was absolutely spiffing, apart from very early when I ran over some stones and took some bites out of my bases. I improved my technique to the point where I can now handle powder for the first time in 30 years. Then it was down to strength and fitness. Now I can make the skis do the work. Best of all, I didn't have to spend a month shovelling snow off the factory roof. Link to post Share on other sites
Farley's Rusk 0 Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 I spent a few weeks in Switzerland and had 5 days out on the snow. I love Switzerland but it was not the best of seasons over there - like here in Japan I think. Still, the days we had were good and there were other things being done so we had a great time. Link to post Share on other sites
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