thursday 1 Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 Ryoma, you should just take no days off. Please for the sake of us punters. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 Yes, work harder Link to post Share on other sites
sand 17 Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 Originally Posted By: ger I ski in the rain. Sure. Good way to test out your gortex too. But if it freezes over with no fresh snowfall you can count me out. generally agree with ger, however depends on how much rain are we talking about 5-10mm in a day okay, 50mm in a day then no chance. Also if it freezes over, like in Hokkaido last week and I only have limited days then I'm willing to hit the icey slopes, if it's badly cut up and icey, then no chance Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 Didn't you win that Kira Kira stay sand - went last week? Tell us how it went kind sir! Link to post Share on other sites
s3phis 0 Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Originally Posted By: thursday Ryoma, you should just take no days off. Please for the sake of us punters. lol, I'm not allowed to take days off on the ski examination days, days that there are competitions... just tell me when you're planning on skiing in Nagano . *edit* it was a total white out and rainy yesterday too Link to post Share on other sites
SKI 15 Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 Ryoma - how often do they have ski examinations days? By that do you mean the badge test things? Link to post Share on other sites
2pints-mate 0 Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 Whats the badge test SKI? Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 it tests if you have the badge on or not. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 Sounds like a tough one. Link to post Share on other sites
s3phis 0 Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 Originally Posted By: SKI Ryoma - how often do they have ski examinations days? By that do you mean the badge test things? The tests are done every Sunday; Technical/Crown tests are done on specific days though. Tests are the level exams for skis that's organised by the Ski Association of Japan (SAJ). The levels are done the same as a lot of the martial arts schools (where you have 'kyu' ranks with 1 being the highest). Technical and Crown levels are the levels above the standard levels. Basically, it's just a technical ski examination where you have to demonstrate GS/SL turns as well as moguls etc (depending on which level you're looking for) and are awarded points. Level 2 is fairly easy, level 1 is pretty hard and Technical/Crown usually only has less than a dozen people pass in a season. It's not much use to anyone who wants to just ski for fun but for the Japanese, it becomes a conversation topic much to the same degree as a handicap for golf. While I'm here... heads up for bad weather tomorrow . lol Link to post Share on other sites
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