birdbrain 0 Posted April 15, 2002 Share Posted April 15, 2002 Anyone else here never ski or snowboard before they came to Japan?? Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted April 15, 2002 Share Posted April 15, 2002 Yep. I've been in Japan going on 11 years, 9 of them completely wasted. I also wasted my first year in Nagano. Actually though, snowboarding wouldn't have been nearly so much fun in the early days due to the crowds of skiers, and hostile resorts. Link to post Share on other sites
Matt 0 Posted April 16, 2002 Share Posted April 16, 2002 yeah, I've skied and boarded a lot in Scotland and also in Chamonix(sick terrain!), Meribel, Risoul, and serre chevalier Link to post Share on other sites
cal 6 Posted April 16, 2002 Share Posted April 16, 2002 Matt What's Scotland like?? Link to post Share on other sites
gorilla 0 Posted April 17, 2002 Share Posted April 17, 2002 Hi folks, back again. I had done a lot of skiing, then boarding, in Canada before Japan. Link to post Share on other sites
alan-w 0 Posted April 18, 2002 Share Posted April 18, 2002 Never been to Japan, but will be in September. Can't wait. Especially if I can see the bears, giraffes, lions and tigers while I ski. Skied for the last 8 years. Link to post Share on other sites
Matt 0 Posted April 19, 2002 Share Posted April 19, 2002 There are five resorts in Scotland. Theres some alright terrain at Nevis Range and Glencoe, but it all depends on the snow. Some years its good other years its nonexistent.For example this year has been laughably crap but the year befor was really good I heard and in 1995 you could ski until June22 at Cairngorm. Also even in a good year a decent mid season snowpack can be wiped off the face of the mountain by a week of warm south westerlys . That said I've had some awesome days up there. Probably the best was the time I hiked to the top of Cairngorm from the top lift and descended the headwall above the clouds in knee deep pow as the sunset. . . its all in the timing! check out www.ski.visitscotland.com or www.winternet-scotland.co.uk Link to post Share on other sites
brit-gob 9 Posted April 26, 2002 Share Posted April 26, 2002 Scotland interests me. Again, even though you may think so from my name, I'm not British. But Scotland always interests me. I think its the story of the fried battered Mars bar that is so intriguing. Must go someday. Link to post Share on other sites
eddie 0 Posted May 8, 2002 Share Posted May 8, 2002 Scotland doesnt interest me at all from a winter sports p-o-v. Give me southern European places anyday. I have been a lot in France, Italy and Austria when I was younger. Link to post Share on other sites
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