Go Native 70 Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Originally Posted By: MikePow Caught up with Go Native for a couple of runs but he was too quick to be caught on film. It's freeing your heels mate, makes you go all that much faster Link to post Share on other sites
brit-gob 9 Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Cracking pics again Link to post Share on other sites
torihada 2 Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Very nice photos...but what on earth is Ben Gillespie wearing. I'm no ski wear fashionista but it looks likes he's mugged a harlequin on acid for his gear Link to post Share on other sites
stemik 14 Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 well done Mike P. Awesome pics as usual. I`m with GN on the pics things....dont want to keep stopping to take pics. Link to post Share on other sites
Greenroome 0 Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Cheers Mike. Much appreciated. Keep it coming. Link to post Share on other sites
happyhappy 0 Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 (PS Greenroome, your avatar ain't showing) Link to post Share on other sites
Greenroome 0 Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Thanks Happy. Took a while to squeeze into the outfit backstage. Few too many dumplings, I suspect. Had to get wardrobe to sew a panel in. Link to post Share on other sites
deanrobi 2 Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 Checking out the new forcasts section on this site I see that there is a fair amount of rain forcasted for this coming Thursday at the village level with a decent amount of snow up top but nothing really much in the middle, how does that work? Link to post Share on other sites
Kingofmyrrh 0 Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 Niseko was utterly awesome this weekend. Not much more that can be said really. Link to post Share on other sites
woywoy 0 Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 Where are the pics King??? Link to post Share on other sites
Go Native 70 Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 One thing can be said, today was even better! Link to post Share on other sites
Mike Pow 52 Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 Originally Posted By: Go Native One thing can be said, today was even better! And tomorrow will be even better than today Link to post Share on other sites
foreversnow 5 Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 YEAH YEAH you bunch of skytes Just think of us poor pleebs in Oz dealing with mental Christmas Crowds to make money to get there in 57 DAYS!!!!! Actually now I think about it your reports and pics are the only thing keeping me sane at the moment. THANXS !!!! Link to post Share on other sites
ssar 0 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 Originally Posted By: MikePow Ben That is simply outstanding colour co-ordination, except the top of his board needs to be supah-bright flouro, and he needs a bright thick fuzzy orange flouro headband with big badger tail attached. Link to post Share on other sites
jaxjazzy 0 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 I was in Niseko from 12/4 - 12/8 and the first two days weren't too good, but the last two days were great. I snowed so much that I sunk about 10ft away from the trail and it took me about 30 minutes to get out and after that the day was just great.... but now that I'm and back in Kanagaw I need to know what the snow is like in Tenjindaira, which is in Northern Guma Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 check out the Gunma resorts by scrolling through the "Resorts" tab at the top Link to post Share on other sites
Mike Pow 52 Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Sunday 14 December 2008 Grand Hirafu, Niseko Resort Area 17cm in the past 24 hrs at MQ Fabulous turns all day Monday 15 December 2008 Grand Hirafu, Niseko Resort Area 14cm in the past 24 hrs at MQ Fabulouser turns all day. Tuesday 16 December 2008 Grand Hirafu, Niseko Resort Area 19cm in the past 24 hrs at MQ Great turns all over the mountain. Deserted. It got warm and sunny so the pow down low was spring like, but above the Ace Hill it was still excellent. Ian S getting airborne Jon Lloyd getting airborne Jon enjoying in the pow near the Swinging Monkey Ian S airborne in Miharashi Link to post Share on other sites
macmeh 0 Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Awesome pics again MikePow! Looks like its going to get *cold* after this Thursday! I'm spotting double figure negatives on the SJ forecasts! Yay for snow! Link to post Share on other sites
Mike Pow 52 Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Wednesday 17 December to Friday 19 December 2008 Grand Hirafu, Niseko Resort Area 0cm at MQ in that time frame. Rain though Saturday 20 December 2008 Grand Hirafu, Niseko Resort Area 8cm in the past 24hrs at MQ Good turns were had up high. Hard as hell down low. Sunday 21 December 2008 Grand Hirafu, Niseko Resort Area 2cm in the past 24hrs at MQ Good turns were had up high again. Run down to Hanazono was awful. Chicken heads everywhere. Good coffee, muffins and croissants in the new day lodge though Monday 22 December 2008 Grand Hirafu, Niseko Resort Area 3cm in the past 24hrs at MQ Heard it was good all over with the new snow and snowing most of the day. I was resting the legs for bigger and better Tuesday 23 December 2008 Grand Hirafu, Niseko Resort Area 12cm in the past 24hrs at MQ But WAY more on the hill. Took my first turns of the season into Super Ridge and skied two runs that were some of the deepest and lightest snow I've ever skied. Untracked and nip deep. Solo mission so no pics sorry. Beg, steal or borrow time off tomorrow and get on the hill. BIG WEDNESDAY Link to post Share on other sites
Go Native 70 Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Get up there early as it will warm a little later in the day and will probably get a little heavy down low. A heap of snow has fallen today, ~25cm and I'm heading out for some night skiing. Can't wait! Link to post Share on other sites
uiski 0 Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 Does it get icy at night? Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 it does get very cold. If it's not snowing, you do get some crunch. Link to post Share on other sites
Mike Pow 52 Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 Wednesday 24 December 2008 Grand Hirafu, Niseko Resort Area 22cm in the past 24hrs at MQ GREAT turns all over the mountain. Hanazono in the sunshine was particularly delightful. Wind picked up above Ace Hill and created some big drifts and slabs were forming. Didn't have a chance to ski with Glen today, but he got this great shot of local ski school director Trevor Dobson in his happy place. Thanks Glen. Just started snowing. Looks like we've dodged the rain bullet Still the Link to post Share on other sites
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