nzlegend 1 Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 Fattwins just keitai mailed me, boasting that Happo has been dumped upon! Funky late season dump it appears, no word yet from Hakuba Now! to verify this. This weather is really topsy turvy! hot days, raining days and now a icy chilly powder dumping day! crazy! who is going up this weekend? Link to post Share on other sites
r45 4 Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 Doesn't look like dumping on the above (Don't bite, I wish it was!) Link to post Share on other sites
IIIII 2 Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 Sounds good, the report is up now as well. I'm tempted for the weekend. Link to post Share on other sites
wave251 0 Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 it's dumping... check the cams on route 148 - plenty of new snow. stupidly i booked for a spring ski in niseko this weekend and the conditions look average up there... Link to post Share on other sites
gamera 0 Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 Now I'm observing if I needed to play with my snowblower or not. Link to post Share on other sites
gamera 0 Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 Went to Goryu this morning, gondola was not available due to strong wind but tried a jumping park for the first time gamera jump with a son of my junior high classmate who stays in my place to take snowboard test. I know I don't have any flexible muscles, I have very hard muscles as you notice. What I hate is I say "Yoisho" when I ski over the hill!!!! which is a proof getting old! I hope no one on the lift beside the jumping park heard that Yoisho! The snow condition was very nice at this time of the year as it has snowed for this a couple of days. You feel as if you progressed very much when you ski. Link to post Share on other sites
Markie 0 Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 Thanks for posting your video. Looks like good snow conditions. 楽しみですね。 Link to post Share on other sites
rigor mortis 0 Posted April 1, 2006 Share Posted April 1, 2006 i went to Yuzawa park yesterday. heaps and heaps of snow! unfortunately only the lower lifts were open cause of wind i think. but that was more powder than i boarded in the whole of february!??! Link to post Share on other sites
WantToSki 0 Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 yes - i was there in Happo-One when it looked more like peak winter rather than early spring! there was heaps of snow... and luckly for me, too - since i was scheduled to take the SAJ Badge tests...!!! Link to post Share on other sites
brit-gob 9 Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 Did you pass? Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 it was prett on that day. knee to thigh deep adn we went pretty hard. got firsts on almost everything. we missed firsts on kurobish only but we got usagi and the skyline first. toque cb and me flying down. we went so hard that day that cb had to call it quits at lunch Link to post Share on other sites
WantToSki 0 Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 Quote: Originally posted by brit-gob: Did you pass? yep - it was so smooth to ski, that when i took the kentei just after noon... i passed!!! cheers!!! PS: i guess the snow gods were smiling at me on that day... Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 Quote: Originally posted by Fattwins: it was prett on that day. knee to thigh deep adn we went pretty hard. got firsts on almost everything. we missed firsts on kurobish only but we got usagi and the skyline first. toque cb and me flying down. we went so hard that day that cb had to call it quits at lunch God, for those 3-4 hours (most likely 3) we went flat out and got first tracks every line we took. That was one of the best days of my season Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 that was a good day too bad i had to have an interview cause I wasnt done showing you guys around Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 that new tree line (for Toque and I) was sick Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 Having to hussle for the powder like that wears me out as well I'm really out of downhill ski shape Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 > SAJ Badge tests...!!! wanttoski, was that test so you could get a job somewhere? Link to post Share on other sites
WantToSki 0 Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 Quote: Originally posted by Creek Boy: > SAJ Badge tests...!!! wanttoski, was that test so you could get a job somewhere? no - it is some kind of "level tests," just like what you find in the martial arts, ie., yello belt, green belt, blue belt, brown belt, and the black belt. but of course, here in "certification-happy" japan - if you'd like to be a patrol you need to pass (i think) at least 1-Kyu (1st Grade) of the SAJ Badge Tests. PS: here are the ranks: Crown Price Badge - highest Technical Prize Badge 1st-Kyu (1st Grade) 2nd-Kyu 3rd-Kyu 4th-Kyu 5th-Kyu - lowest (the only requirement here is that you can safely get down in a beginners' piste) Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 ahhh gotcha. cheers Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 Quote: Originally posted by WantToSki: but of course, here in "certification-happy" japan - if you'd like to be a patrol you need to pass (i think) at least 1-Kyu (1st Grade) of the SAJ Badge Tests. And you want to be a patroller? Link to post Share on other sites
HoTRoD 2 Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 Being a patroller seems like it might be fun at some places. I'd like to know more about what their daily routine is. Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 ...one role they have is avie control...our mate Tetsu wound up in the hospital for several months cuz of the one he was involved in at Cortina cutting the course over the N.Y.s... Link to post Share on other sites
sunrise 0 Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 How's he doing? Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 good question he has gone out of contact. he was a bit down for a while though. Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted April 10, 2006 Share Posted April 10, 2006 is he up in Hokkaido? that was the last thing I heard from him on da phone when you called him FF. Link to post Share on other sites
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