brit-gob 9 Posted February 23, 2003 Share Posted February 23, 2003 From what I have seen, Japanese schools in snow regions teach children here skiing and cc-skiing from elementary school. But what about boarding? I asked a Japanese friend who is a teacher in a chugakko in Nagano and they said that as far as they know it is all skiing being taught not boarding. Anyone know any different or anything else? Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 I saw a local news article last year about a junior high school that took the kids to some horrible dry slope in Nagano to practice their snowboarding skills. I don't know whether that was one off or what. Link to post Share on other sites
sunrise 0 Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 Quite a few schools passed through while I was at Rusutsu and I noticed a number were learning snowboarding, though these were all high school students. Link to post Share on other sites
indosnm 0 Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 Not all learning just Skiing, About 3 weeks ago my mate went with and taught a school group for 3 days. Depends on the school and the teachers that decide the activities. On this occasion the teacher knew my friend who is a level 1 instructor and offered him the gig. maybe if he didn't know him they would have gone sith the sticks? Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 I asked a colleague about that just now and they learnt skiing when they were at school (in Iwate) 15 years ago. Of course there was no snowboarding around then, but he says his son is doing the skiing thing and the school doesn't do any snowboarding. It's probably just a matter of time. Link to post Share on other sites
brit-gob 9 Posted February 24, 2003 Author Share Posted February 24, 2003 Probably, it would be interesting to know if there was some laid down policy or whatever, Link to post Share on other sites
snobee 0 Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 I've seen both, but school skiers appear to be in abundance. Just last week I was thinking about this at the local resort watching about 30 - 40 junior high kids slip & slide. All were on skis and my perhaps "over simplified" reasoning of why, is the equipment. All were on skis, that judging by their shape, colors & designs were vintage. And the boots reflected this. No doubt these numbers have been trotted out for years & years representing BIG savings. Kitting all in boarder goodies would not represent value for the rental shops. If left to the kids choice, thousands of twin sticks and gear would be redundant coz no self respecting "other skier" would rent them. Link to post Share on other sites
nekobi 0 Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 my friend's an aet at a sports high school in iiyama, nagano. at his school, the PE course students do either cross country skiing, ski jumping, alpine skiing, and a couple do freestyle/moguls as part of their course. During the winter they do about three or four days of training a week, in summer its mostly just afternoons, they go out on the summer skis or go running. They get easier tests, and even though some of them do virtually no schoolwork, the school grades them easy and graduates them anyway. there's no snowboarding as part of the official course, but there is one teacher who sometimes teaches it. Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted March 3, 2003 Share Posted March 3, 2003 Do they do ski lessons in places like Saitama - fairly near the snow, but not too near kind of place? Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted March 3, 2003 Share Posted March 3, 2003 When I've seen groups learning at Nozawa, they seem to start the day with a prolonged yelling exercise. I'm sure group yelling is very beneficial to skiing form and technique, and any time spent on it will repay valuable dividends. I also find that 20 voices screaming in unison over a snowy landscape is very inspiring and makes me want to challenge more. Link to post Share on other sites
porky 0 Posted March 4, 2003 Share Posted March 4, 2003 Go to Shiga Kogen on a weekday and groups of kids is pretty much all you'll see out there... tons of em. (All skiing by the way). Link to post Share on other sites
cal 6 Posted March 4, 2003 Share Posted March 4, 2003 I've noticed that about Shiga Kogen too - it must be the #1 place for schools to take their ski classes. Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted March 5, 2003 Share Posted March 5, 2003 A lot of schools do go to Shiga Kogen, well known. Link to post Share on other sites
zwelgen 0 Posted March 5, 2003 Share Posted March 5, 2003 Ive seen kids doing their school excursion on boards. I think some places let them choose and some just say nope youre skiing. It was funny. The boards were sooo small for the little kiddies awwww Link to post Share on other sites
taguchi 0 Posted March 6, 2003 Share Posted March 6, 2003 I think you will find one reason for the most of ski still is that most of the teacher are skier (or more skilled skier), and so that is what they are teaching. Link to post Share on other sites
JEZx 0 Posted March 8, 2003 Share Posted March 8, 2003 I've seen some elementary groups on boards, believe it or not. Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted March 8, 2003 Share Posted March 8, 2003 Elementary schools, bet they look cute. Link to post Share on other sites
curious-georgia 0 Posted March 15, 2003 Share Posted March 15, 2003 Do they have lessons as part of the curriculum in Japan then? Link to post Share on other sites
rachael 0 Posted March 17, 2003 Share Posted March 17, 2003 Lots of schools do, well the ones fairly near resorts anyway. And have clubs too, in summer they do all sorts of keep fit exercises and grass skiing and the like. Link to post Share on other sites
cd97 0 Posted April 7, 2003 Share Posted April 7, 2003 Next season a friend of mines sons school will be taking snowboard lessons for the first time. (In Fukushima). Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted April 10, 2003 Share Posted April 10, 2003 And so they will. Many of the younger teachers coming online now will be snowboarders, it's only natural it will go that way. Link to post Share on other sites
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