HoTRoD 2 Posted March 13, 2003 Share Posted March 13, 2003 As you know, Nozzers was until recently a skier-only place, and the last few years have opened up to boarders - and now 95% of it is boarder friendly. I went this year and didn't really notice a huge jump in the % of boarders there - it still seemed to be predominantly a skier resort. Any other thoughts? Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted March 13, 2003 Share Posted March 13, 2003 More boarders around this year at Nozawa, and lots of them in trees. I have a feeling the ratios may vary between weekdays and weekends. Link to post Share on other sites
nekobi 0 Posted March 13, 2003 Share Posted March 13, 2003 this is my first year there, so i can't compare with previous years, but there are definitely more skiiers than boarders. that skiers only run at the top sucks bc it means the boarder/skier side of yamabiko is always crowded and has shit snow by about 11. and the park at noz isnt well designed bc everything's arranged side by side and you either have to hike it up, or take a loooooong lift up and go down a boring run to get to it. so, i think even though noz is open to boarders, it wont become super popular with them bc it's still more skier friendly. Link to post Share on other sites
snoflake 0 Posted March 13, 2003 Share Posted March 13, 2003 Been to Nozawa first time last weekend with my friends.. all skiers Blizzard came and we had nice 60cm+ snow everywhere had a real fantastic time, especially on closed Ushikubi course - there were untracked powder everywhere apart from that I found the place was bit flat... and lots of traversing.. wondering if its any fun for boarders..? or was there lots of off piste opportunities I over looked?? I saw a steep shute going down on right side of the Skyline... was that good? Link to post Share on other sites
nekobi 0 Posted March 13, 2003 Share Posted March 13, 2003 yeah, after reading the other comments... the best thing for boarders at noz is the trees- lots of good riding there. Link to post Share on other sites
Will Lee 0 Posted March 13, 2003 Share Posted March 13, 2003 Still feelin` the pain from that tree I hit in Yamabiko. Link to post Share on other sites
barok 0 Posted March 13, 2003 Share Posted March 13, 2003 Most of the boarders I have seen at Noz have been Japanese powder hounds, of the seriously stoked variety. This one dude always gives me high fives every time I see him. I think the traversing there is comparably less than at Hakuba & other resorts that I have hit. Unstrapping and traversing is just all part of snowboarding. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted March 14, 2003 Share Posted March 14, 2003 barok, that speaks volumes about where you go at Nozawa. If you go down any of the bunny runs there, you'll see loads of the floppers and crawlers who are just learning (surely they'd find it cheaper to go elsewhere to do that...?) But in the trees at the top there were some dudes who just barreling down. There seem to be more every time I go. Link to post Share on other sites
SKI 15 Posted March 14, 2003 Share Posted March 14, 2003 More, for sure. Link to post Share on other sites
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