Too Orangey For Crows 0 Posted June 15, 2005 Share Posted June 15, 2005 Any that stick in the memory? Mine was only half to do with snowboarding - up at Zao. Excellent weather, brilliant snow (30cm the night before), good friends.... and to top it off met my current g/f. Can't get much better than that! Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted June 15, 2005 Share Posted June 15, 2005 Many days out there that I remember To many good ones to pick a best Any day out with good friends is a best day Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted June 15, 2005 Share Posted June 15, 2005 Easy one that. Just after the crazy 4 or 5 days of snow early February. 4 of us went up to Kagura and got the first runs in. The snow was incredible, the crowds non-existant. Hell, even the curry rice tasted good! Link to post Share on other sites
snowboarder 0 Posted June 15, 2005 Share Posted June 15, 2005 Quite a few, the best places for me though this season were Zao, Dynaland and Happo. Had my best days at these places. Link to post Share on other sites
Plucky 0 Posted June 15, 2005 Share Posted June 15, 2005 Quote: Originally posted by Too Orangey For Crows: Any that stick in the memory? Mine was only half to do with snowboarding - up at Zao. Excellent weather, brilliant snow (30cm the night before), good friends.... and to top it off met my current g/f. Can't get much better than that! That's awesome! When you can find a significant other who shares your interests (especially snow interests!), that is special! Your topic confused me. My birthday is 04/05 (april 5) lol Best day I had this season was on Blackcomb Mt in Canaduh. It had been a horrendous season in the Coast Mts (and PNW of the US). Our first day of skiing was pretty sad. 2 days later (had to take a day off for absynthe (sp?) hangover), it DUMPED. Had a blast skiing the upper bowls and chutes on Blackcomb. I posted some pics about 2 months ago of this. AWESOME. I love Whistler!! Link to post Share on other sites
Oyuki kigan 0 Posted June 15, 2005 Share Posted June 15, 2005 My best day was on whistler too. It was my second attempt at noboarding (riding bindingless with only a strap to hold on to). Because of the nature of the beast, you need pow to noboard, and it was in short supply last winter. My first attempt was during whiteout conditions, and i couldn't see where or how fast i was going. I didn't do too well. On the last powder day in March, i set out to flute bowl. It was a warm, sunny day and i needed to get tracks before the snow got too heavy. I went about 100 feet past the gates, tied my strap (4 shoelaces knotted together) to my bindings, stood on the board, and did my first shakey turns. The board i used was an old burton 7 that has a unique rubber topsheet, so it provides a little traction. I never had done it on a real slope before, but i sorta got the hang after about 3 turns and started to do big turns, traversing across the hill. It was the craziest feeling ever, snowboarding without bindings. It was the best run in the past 5 years, much less the last one. Maybe the best ever. And i made it all the way to the bottom without falling. I am still stoked. Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted June 15, 2005 Share Posted June 15, 2005 Quote: Originally posted by Toque: Many days out there that I remember To many good ones to pick a best Any day out with good friends is a best day ditto worst day is easier: falling into a creek and having Fattwins rescue me Link to post Share on other sites
Plucky 0 Posted June 15, 2005 Share Posted June 15, 2005 Oyuki - I bet we were on the mountain on some of the same days. I was there from the 17th thru the 24th of March(I think - got some good herb there, so details are sketchy now ). I was told it was the first real dump of the season - and it was pretty much near the end of the season. My first 'snow riding' ever was down a local motocross hill in my hometown on a skateboard that I took the trucks off of. Waxed the crap out of the base with a candle and went for it. Didn't even know about snowboarding at the time. It was a 1st generation Tony Hawk board to be exact I still have that board with original trucks and wheels. It's beat to hell though. I did stupid crap like this all through my childhood - no wonder my knees are so fooked I LOVE WHISTLER!!! Hell, I LOVE BRITISH COLUMBIA!!!! I also had a great day in Alyeska this year. Until 3pm hit - that's when my knee got all ouchie. Damn ice chunks Link to post Share on other sites
dale#1 1 Posted June 15, 2005 Share Posted June 15, 2005 Best day was at H47, hit it just at the right time after tons of snow. Jan i think it was. Link to post Share on other sites
kintaro 0 Posted June 16, 2005 Share Posted June 16, 2005 March 4th, Zao. big powder day..off course all day long as it was such a big blizzard not many people around to tell on me or even care what I was doing. Great day! Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted June 16, 2005 Share Posted June 16, 2005 Oooh, can't decide. It was probably the day at Happo when I started when the lifts opened and went right through until the last run, well knackered. Got back to Tokyo for a really big party. Great day that was. Link to post Share on other sites
veronica 2 Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 My best day was in Hakuba, 47 actually. Mainly due to timing, snow was incredible best I have ever experienced. I think it was late January. Link to post Share on other sites
1 4 Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 Kagura in Niigata. It was 2 days actually we took in Kagura/Tashiro/Naeba. Just the timing made it special. Mid-week, hardly anyone around, freshies each morning, decent weather the snow kept in good conditions throughout the day. Excellent. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 My best weekend......Far and away my best 2days of the season were with Toque at Tsugaike. Sking lines that hadn’t been skied all year. Deep Powder, fast laps and no one yelling at us. The South facing snow pack was so stable. Best run of the day was cutting big arcs at insane speeds on a steep south face. Next day getting caught was a blessing in disguise. Moved over to Happo and skied 5 deep long open lines. We just kept on the north facing, sheltered lines. Last run of the day getting a great open line and just calling it a day. Looking up from the parking lot and seeing 2 lines flowing out of nowhere. Just standing there with Toque in ah of the weekend. Best line of the year was my last run at Cortina 50cms of fresh thigh to waist deep and ripping with my wife. Turning around and just watching her rip up the pow. Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 Thanks for the memory dude That was a good weekend Link to post Share on other sites
echineko 1 Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 My best day I think was in Tsugaike with 3 girlfriend. We had fun time on mountain and fun time in nighttime also. Link to post Share on other sites
joshnii 2 Posted June 26, 2005 Share Posted June 26, 2005 The first few times for me. It was such a relief to do something fun after the stress of the kuso-"E", was an exhilirating experience to be out there and feel good. Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 Onikobe on a weekday in early March. Perfect conditions on an empty mountain after a heavy fall. Three votes for Zao. How far did you guys come? Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 Tokyo for me soubriquet - you live near Zao then? Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 Yep. About 30km north of Yamagata. Haven't skiied Zao yet, only as far south as Jangle Jungle. Link to post Share on other sites
cal 6 Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 Probably a day with fairly bad weather actually, when most people seem to need to take shelter and hide from the snow bless them. It leaves the slopes almost empty for us. Link to post Share on other sites
spenshal-Mechanic-triplet 0 Posted June 28, 2005 Share Posted June 28, 2005 I was in Whistler for a month over winter and thats where I did my skiing. Had an awesome time in general hard to single out a single day. Link to post Share on other sites
housewife 0 Posted July 1, 2005 Share Posted July 1, 2005 I went to Gunma with 3 of my friends for 3 nights and we stayed nice hotel and had great times. It was good break from everyday life, even resort not so impressive compared some we really enjoyed it and have wonderful memory. Link to post Share on other sites
KlingKlang 1 Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 Don't know about best but there is one worst. Caught in a blizzard, early Feb. It just was not fun - and I paid for it!! Wasn't a happy camper that day. Link to post Share on other sites
sava 0 Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 Trying a club field in NZ Link to post Share on other sites
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