Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted December 25, 2009 Share Posted December 25, 2009 Pics from Metabo Oyaji and Squirmy Kid's trip to Gran Deco yesterday. Are we there yet? Somewhere on the Ban-Etsu: View from the gondola: Mr. and Mrs. Santa. Nice couple, handed out candy in the lift line. Didn't ask permission to post on web, so Mrs. Santa's face is obscured: Lower Mint Course. I like this course for the trees -- reminds me of skiing as a kid. Squirmy Kid hitting the powder at the edges of the piste: Background: #1 Quad lift and Center 33 Course, which is the 33-degree mogully centerpiece of the base area. Proud moment when Squirmy Kid managed to ski it, twice, without falling. (Big progress from last year's experience of wailing and oshiri-suberi.) Foreground: SJ-stickered helmet, and string cheese. Gallery Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted December 25, 2009 Share Posted December 25, 2009 Mighty fine fotos. Good skiing as it seems. Link to post Share on other sites
stemik 14 Posted December 25, 2009 Share Posted December 25, 2009 nice...- i like the cheese as well Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted December 25, 2009 Share Posted December 25, 2009 Good pics..Thanks for the share Where can i but the stickers from ? Is there any other merchandise available from snowjapan ? Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted December 25, 2009 Share Posted December 25, 2009 Lots of trees by the looks. Thanks for sharing Metabo. Don't know much about Fukushima places interested to know more. Is it a big place? I might make it out myself today sunny and blue at the moment. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted December 25, 2009 Share Posted December 25, 2009 I like that course as well Metabo, the one with the trees on it. Its great at the top, when you come over the lip, zipping around the trees. Especially when you are the first one down and only 1 of 2 people on the run!! Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted December 25, 2009 Share Posted December 25, 2009 I'm outraged that Father Christmas (that's his real name you know) and his chick were out snowboarding and not doing the rounds with the prezzies and stuff. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted December 25, 2009 Share Posted December 25, 2009 But thanks for the pics Metabo Link to post Share on other sites
Curt 1 Posted December 25, 2009 Share Posted December 25, 2009 Snow looks good! Link to post Share on other sites
joshnii 2 Posted December 25, 2009 Share Posted December 25, 2009 Nice Metabo, keep it up and you might need to change your name! Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted December 26, 2009 Share Posted December 26, 2009 Thanks Metabo Oyaji! How old is Squirmy kid? Looks like a little precious I love the look of that Mint Course - big wide spaces between the tree's for lovely sweeping turns - joy! Have you uploaded the string cheese pic to the Cheese at Resorts page? Well done for remembering! You've reminded me to take some cheese out for a board Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted December 26, 2009 Author Share Posted December 26, 2009 Thanks for comments, all. MB: Oops, forgot to link to Cheeseman's thread. Thanks for the reminder. Will rectify. Muika: I would not call it a large resort. Reasonably deep (~3 km?), but not very wide, though that is disguised a bit by the way the runs snake around and through each other. The treed runs are mostly in the top 1/3 of the vertical. Fantastic views from the top of the #3 quad if you get a clear day, by the way. Pezby: You'll have to ask the site administrators. My stickers came as an extra when I won a giveaway ticket. Joshnii: Don't worry, I seem to eat and drink enough when not skiing to maintain my figure with ease. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted December 26, 2009 Share Posted December 26, 2009 that sticker is 10cm x 10cm. Have you got a huge crash helmet? Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted December 27, 2009 Author Share Posted December 27, 2009 Originally Posted By: thursday Have you got a huge crash helmet? Yes, it's for my belly. Quote: that sticker is 10cm x 10cm. Actually, the sticker sheet I got had one large one and two smaller ones on it. That's one of the smaller ones. Link to post Share on other sites
cheeseman 1 Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 Fantastic Metabo You even tagged them as "cheese at resorts" Don't forget, Cheesefans, take your cheese and take pics of it posing at the resorts. Link to post Share on other sites
HighlyTrainedNovaTeacher 2 Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 I'm heading up to visit a friend in Fukushima next month might head out there. Thanks for sharing the info. Link to post Share on other sites
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