ELMO 0 Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Not tried it yet but going out this coming weekend. Then I am planning on visiting Japan next winter and hope to get out to the mountains while I am there. Link to post Share on other sites
M9.0 0 Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 My brother. He dragged me, I wasn't keen at first - big mistake! Link to post Share on other sites
gedem 0 Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Must thank my uncle for that, took me out on a trip to Whistler. Addicted ever since, with a few years between that first one and when I started proper. Link to post Share on other sites
froggerII 0 Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Been skiing or boarding since I can remember. Can't actually remember my first time. Link to post Share on other sites
ll-ll 0 Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Self taught skier going back 15 years. Just wanted to give it a go and ended up working there. Started boarding about 7 years ago and that's pretty much all I do now. Link to post Share on other sites
diggerz 0 Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Family trip was my first time when I was 16, over in Switzerland. Was an amazing experience and got me hooked. Link to post Share on other sites
robot girl 0 Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 School ski trip to Shiga Kogen. Like many Japanese junior high! Link to post Share on other sites
Bradley 0 Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 Grew up within easy reach of Mt. Baldy in California. Link to post Share on other sites
TropicalPow 0 Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 My dad started a ski field in NZ when I was about 7yo. During the winter he would live on the mountain and we would spend every weekend and holidays living on the mountain with him. Not the best snow of my life, but certainly the best memories. Link to post Share on other sites
sskee 0 Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 I just went once before arriving in Japan last year. Tried to get out a fair bit though around Gifu and into Nagano. Great times. Link to post Share on other sites
myra 0 Posted May 30, 2011 Share Posted May 30, 2011 I only came to Japan in October last year and I had never been skiing. Now I have had 6 days out skiing, so coming here was what started me! Link to post Share on other sites
geeski 0 Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Count me in as one of the people who started when they came to Japan. But that was a long time ago, I think I have had 23 seasons here now. An old hand. Link to post Share on other sites
yamaski 0 Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 My father worker in Sugadaira when he was younger for the town which is I think still owner of the resort, so he took me there a lot on weekends. That's how I got started, still really like going back there. Link to post Share on other sites
jonnyboy 0 Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 College time went on a trip to Banff, is what got me started. Never looked back. Link to post Share on other sites
rodgerl 0 Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 Wasn't a big trek looked fun. Not cheap so needs a decision but glad I made it. Link to post Share on other sites
lillowy 0 Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Just been the once here in Australia but looking towards a few weeks in Japan in either January or February. Link to post Share on other sites
.mike 0 Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 I skied once way back on a family trip. Somehow didn't appreciate it. Took up boarding when I came to Japan 3 seasons ago. Link to post Share on other sites
bagger 0 Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 First time family holiday in Whistler. After that at college with a bunch of buddies, had to be the wildest few weeks of my life. Link to post Share on other sites
Doktor Avalanche 0 Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 Surfing > Snowboarding Link to post Share on other sites
634-maru 4 Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 Living in Nagaoka helped. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 Hi there 634-maru! Musashimaru?! Another Niigata person! Link to post Share on other sites
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