RobBright 35 Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 As the title says, have you done this before, and stayed in a hotel by yourself? My 'boarding buddy bailed on me on a long weekend away, and might be going by myself. Any tips? Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Hell Rob...I do it more often than not. Love the family but they aren't exactly hard chargers so my wife just books the hotel for me ....and we're out of each others grill for the weekend. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Not an overnight trip.....but countless times on day returns. Take a bag full of jazz mags and beer.....some self-gratifying times ahead for you Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Mags Tubby.....?? Two words........WI.....FI. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Hey, I'm a tech fool......I like old school!! Mind you Rob being the tech geek that he is, he probably could whip up a sexy companion on his computer a-la Weird Science.....just don't forget to hook up the doll!! Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Haha.....and he's asking us for tips... Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted January 25, 2013 Author Share Posted January 25, 2013 Cool - booked a trip up to Nagano way by myself at the end of this month to use the lift tickets I won. Got one spare going now my mate bailed. Link to post Share on other sites
ippy 66 Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 where you heading? Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan 178 Posted January 25, 2013 SnowJapan Admin Share Posted January 25, 2013 If you have a spare one, please send it back to us and we'll offer it to someone who entered the Giveaway... before not using it. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted January 25, 2013 Author Share Posted January 25, 2013 If you have a spare one, please send it back to us and we'll offer it to someone who entered the Giveaway... before not using it. Sorry, apologies. I'm sure I can stay another day, if I have too. Link to post Share on other sites
panhead_pete 27 Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Normally travel this way as have no immeadiate family and most of my close mates cant afford to bunk off as often as I do. Great way to meet new friends and get to ride/eat/drink with them which you may not otherwise do when you have a buddy with you. Also some advantages to not having a wing man at times. On the downside you can end up riding by yourself a bit which is fine on resort etc. Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan 178 Posted January 25, 2013 SnowJapan Admin Share Posted January 25, 2013 Sorry, I was perhaps not clear there! I just meant if you cant use it then please send it back so we can offer it to someone else. Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Normally if I stay out its with my wife and daughter but I do go out skiing by myself a few times during the season so I can just ski as I want without having any hold ups. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted January 25, 2013 Author Share Posted January 25, 2013 where you heading? Off to Ryuoo and Takaifujiyomase. Never been to either before so am pretty excited. Link to post Share on other sites
ippy 66 Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 it does make a difference. Heres something to note about ryuoo. First, its awesome fun on your own because that b course is PHENOMENALLY good fun to ride. I dunno your ability, but if you can ride trees and can handle yourself on a bumpy ice wall, then youre going to have a blast there. The hotel from the black box courtesy of the information center has been the same both times, so i assume theyre probably the big place for black box. Its great. They have wifi, but you can only access it in the lobby. The room there though was decent. The big thing to watch out for though and the one and only time youll honestly feel daft being on your own is at the meals. Theyre in a massive hall, and everyone else is in a group. Youll likely see very few gaijins, and almost everyone both times were in their late teens/early twenties. Youll probably be the only person sat on your own to be honest if its the same place. And if its black box, it probably is. I genuinely felt massively stupid the two days i was there on my own and almost skipped the breakfast on the second day out of the pure shame i felt at dinner on the first day. (But obvioulsy being scottish, id paid for it, so i was bloody well eating it!) Its honestly the ONLY moment that youre gonna feel stupid. Bring a phone or something to pretend youre texting all your mates while you eat. Once youve pigged out (its a buffet), get ready, clip in and you wont give less of a crap that youre on your own to be honest. Because its a tough mountain to ride, friends will either be pissed off waiting on you or youll be pissed off waiting on them. Its a "no friends on awesome b course days" type of place. Aside the airbag, its not really a place where riding with people is a big deal (like maybe myoko or nozawa where you can get pretty bored with the terrain after a bit). I could honestly ride that b course all day without giving less of a crap that there was someone there with me. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted January 25, 2013 Author Share Posted January 25, 2013 Bloody hell Ippy, wasn't expecting that, but thanks for the review. Link to post Share on other sites
gozaimaas 61 Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Im in Hokkaido from Australia for 6 weeks on my own lol! Already met heaps of peeps and a few from the forums too. Just do it, its your life if you sit back waiting for company you will miss out on a lot of opportunities. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Tip: don't get too pissed. Some stranger might take you back to his Toyota Noah in the car park to share his sleeping bag. Link to post Share on other sites
panhead_pete 27 Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Bloody hell Ippy, wasn't expecting that, but thanks for the review. Ippy over achieving is a surprise? :) Yeah meals are the only time but that has also lead me to eat with complete strangers who have become my friends. The other way is to take a book. OR Take a block of cheese that is fragrant. Link to post Share on other sites
Ross 4 Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 must say we met a great friend three years ago at hakuba who was traveling alone over breakfast and skied with us that day and many times since and comes up and stays each year. Life an adventure you never know where you mite end up. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Bloody hell Ippy, wasn't expecting that, but thanks for the review. Ippy can't do anything in less than 5 gazillion words! Seriously though, ice wall.....that does not sound fun any way you spin it! Link to post Share on other sites
ippy 66 Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 Its only the start of the run, and sometimes its even powdery. You can also skip it by heading skiers left into the trees there (which i usually do) or head skiers right into a hell of a powder drop under the ropeway (which ski patrol are very cross with people doing). Once youre off it, its up into the trees. Get enough speed and you can make it really damn close to the ridge line itself, and then down you pop into a super fast natural half pipe before bombing out into the resort proper and playing on the side hits. Its awesome. Dont knock the ryuoo! Link to post Share on other sites
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