damian 0 Posted December 23, 2002 Share Posted December 23, 2002 Particularly the ice the lurks under the few inches of loose soft snow. Just wanted to say that. Link to post Share on other sites
amandanism 0 Posted December 23, 2002 Share Posted December 23, 2002 as do i. the fact that it leads you to believe thats its snow by having a layer on top is enough to make me hate it. Link to post Share on other sites
wakaran 1 Posted December 23, 2002 Share Posted December 23, 2002 Most definitely Link to post Share on other sites
echineko 1 Posted December 23, 2002 Share Posted December 23, 2002 Yes, it hurts when I fall - not like it Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted December 24, 2002 Share Posted December 24, 2002 Ah, but it does the ego good to see dudes who are otherwise skilled boarders get on the ice, ride 20 meters and then wipe out like a complete jerk boarder! I went to Nozawa 2 days after some heavy rain and sat (in a heap myself) watching them do the icebahn boogie one after the other. Link to post Share on other sites
Wizz 11 Posted December 24, 2002 Share Posted December 24, 2002 Like it in summer. Not in winter Link to post Share on other sites
zwelgen 0 Posted December 24, 2002 Share Posted December 24, 2002 Ice in drinks is good. Ice on a sore knee is good. Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted December 24, 2002 Author Share Posted December 24, 2002 no, ice in drinks also sucks. It is a rip off. Take the ice out and you find that what you paid for was 1/3rd of a glass of drink. Link to post Share on other sites
snobee 0 Posted December 24, 2002 Share Posted December 24, 2002 BamBam - probably you are referring to that nice steepish "boiler plate" with a sherbet topping on the bottom of the Ohgenashi run before the lift station at Arai. As an intermediate skier, the only answer to that stuff is good equipment and a good tune up - meaning SHARP edges. I guess the same goes for boarders. In fact last weeks conditions showed the real value of the drollness of maintenance being so critical. Saw a lot of "grrrraaaating" virging on "grading" esp. by some boarders. But hell, I agree who likes ice lurking below a shadow of frost. I asked a guy last season for some advice on how to tackle it and he just said "Go fast. The sooner you're off it the better." Me - go fast on that. Jeeez. Link to post Share on other sites
zwelgen 0 Posted December 24, 2002 Share Posted December 24, 2002 ok Ill try to explain better... ice in drinks that you make yourself is good. Whats a gin and tonic without ice? Yuck Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted December 24, 2002 Author Share Posted December 24, 2002 ice has no place in beer. beer is the only drink. ergo, ice is bad. QED Link to post Share on other sites
Will Lee 0 Posted December 24, 2002 Share Posted December 24, 2002 Yup, they`ve got plenty of that up in Myoko Suginohara on Sunday! I was pissed! More on that later... Link to post Share on other sites
barok 0 Posted December 25, 2002 Share Posted December 25, 2002 ice is pointless. Link to post Share on other sites
OzOzOz 2 Posted December 27, 2002 Share Posted December 27, 2002 It should be banned. Not allowed. Restriced. Some kind of law against it. Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted December 27, 2002 Author Share Posted December 27, 2002 japanese ice is different to foreign ice. Link to post Share on other sites
snowboard_freak 0 Posted December 27, 2002 Share Posted December 27, 2002 Quote: Originally posted by db: japanese ice is different to foreign ice. Care to expand on that db?? Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted December 27, 2002 Author Share Posted December 27, 2002 well, it is clear fact that japanese snow is different to foreign snow, so it follows that the domestic ice is also different. Damn obvious I would have thought. Link to post Share on other sites
danz 0 Posted December 27, 2002 Share Posted December 27, 2002 what y'all need to do is spend a good 5 years skiing in New England...if it weren't for ice, there would be nothing to ski in most of that region.... high speed carving on blue ice will put the fear of god in you....trust your edges! danz Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted December 27, 2002 Author Share Posted December 27, 2002 yeah, but not this weekend! 5 inches per hour! A drunk guy couldn't pee that fast. "ALBANY, N.Y. - More than 2 feet of snow fell Wednesday in parts of upstate New York as a powerful nor'easter moved up the Atlantic Coast, setting Christmas snowfall records, closing airports and bringing an unexpected holiday spectacle of lightning and thunder. The Mohawk Valley was blanketed with up to 30 inches of snow Wednesday that fell as fast as 5 inches per hour, said Evan Heller, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Albany" Link to post Share on other sites
snowboard_freak 0 Posted December 27, 2002 Share Posted December 27, 2002 Man thats some damn heavy snowfall! Back on the topic of ice - yeah i can see what you mean db, but all ice is hard, painful and just blo0dy annoying!! Link to post Share on other sites
amandanism 0 Posted December 27, 2002 Share Posted December 27, 2002 ice in singapore is nice...its the closest thing we get to snow. plus its so damn hot. Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted December 27, 2002 Author Share Posted December 27, 2002 I was pulling your leg about it being different. there is an article on this site that pokes a little fun at the failed attempt by some pollie to support the japanese ski manufacture industry by claiming that foreign skis don't work in Japan as the Japanese snow is different. Ice is ice - very beginner un-friendly (but it is good to here that the more progressive have issues with it as well). Link to post Share on other sites
snowboard_freak 0 Posted December 27, 2002 Share Posted December 27, 2002 If only i could pick up the "tongue-in check" aspect a bit easier in writing!!! Ah well, your just a big joker aren't ya db! Link to post Share on other sites
oddis10 0 Posted December 27, 2002 Share Posted December 27, 2002 Its not fun until you can see the dirt, rocks and grass your riding over... Link to post Share on other sites
zwelgen 0 Posted December 28, 2002 Share Posted December 28, 2002 yeah Id rather have ice than rocks and tree stumps. But maybe thats why those areas are roped off... Link to post Share on other sites
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