eskimobasecamp 0 Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 just got a copy of 'document snowboard' - there's an 8 page feature about some riders who came over to hakuba last year from the uk (sam nelson) and hooked up with joeri van der vliet the belgian sponsored dude who was here last season. there's some cool shots of them hitting avi barriers and the trees at 47. a couple of the local boys get a special mention too. and right at the end SJ gets a mention too. Link to post Share on other sites
Kumapix 0 Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 where can u buy that? Link to post Share on other sites
eskimobasecamp 0 Posted November 27, 2006 Author Share Posted November 27, 2006 my mum posted me a copy over from the uk Link to post Share on other sites
Kumapix 0 Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 I hope you'll let me peruse it sometime this winter Link to post Share on other sites
eskimobasecamp 0 Posted November 28, 2006 Author Share Posted November 28, 2006 if you ask nicely Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 japan is finally making it into the mainstream ski world. Link to post Share on other sites
AK 77 0 Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 was eastern exposure the title of the article? can you tell me what this is a reference to? then you will be cool. ha ha! Link to post Share on other sites
eskimobasecamp 0 Posted November 28, 2006 Author Share Posted November 28, 2006 actually the article is titled 'go east' ...... i just made the thread title up haha Link to post Share on other sites
Early Cuyler 0 Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 Fattwins-japan is finally making it into the mainstream ski world. That whole Winter Olympics thing helped out a bit to. Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 No it didn't The thing about the Olympics is that you don't actually need very much snow to hold them People are still surprised when I tell them how much it snows in Japan Link to post Share on other sites
daver 0 Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 funny though, the thing most people remember about the nagano games are: ross's little incident, and hermann meir's crash. why did hermanm crash like he did? because the hill got something like two meters worth of snow in less than a week. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 EC if the Olympics helped out so much then why is Niseko booming just now? Why did Hakuba have trouble filling beds for years? Yes the Oylmpics helped alot! Link to post Share on other sites
eskimobasecamp 0 Posted November 28, 2006 Author Share Posted November 28, 2006 yeh you can see the legacy of the olympics and the bubble all over town...... empty wrecked buildings...... and plenty of them Link to post Share on other sites
AK 77 0 Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 back on topic - in UK snowboard magazines (before you laugh, that's propbably alot MORE exposure than in snowboard mags in snowy countries where people just ride instead of reading magazines instead - there are 3 major mags in the UK alone!) Japan articles have been there for the last 5 years, with one article like this one each year, usually in Whitelines, and usually visiting Niseko/Hokkaido but not always. Before I came to Japan last time in 1999, i based my location preference choices on an article in Onboard european snowboard mag about Niseko and Hachimantai in Iwate, and I ended up in Iwate and riding at Hachimatai! These articles do influence poeple, or at least make them aware of where to live if they coming to teach English! Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 and I though it was this forum that was helping to fill Niseko. Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 The Maier crash was caused by a bend that was not in the original course plan. It took out many other racers too. I think the course was changed after multiple postponements, including one for rain. There are a lot of factors why Japan is starting to get popular for ski holidays. Exposure in things like ski videos help, but the after-effects of 9/11 and economic reasons like overseas real estate bubbles and the BOJ devaluating the yen at every opportunity are more important. 225 yen to the UK pound is almost a joke. Japan used to be an expensive country to visit, but it isn't any more. Like the poster connected to the US military, you can get "insane" deals, even at New Year. Link to post Share on other sites
SKI 15 Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 There's also a lot more info available now - SJ plays a lsrge part in that. And I'm pretty sure I remember reading they also do a lot of stuff with overseas ski press and the like.. Link to post Share on other sites
dizzy 0 Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Quote: Originally posted by AK 77: These articles do influence poeple, or at least make them aware of where to live same here. an article and some ski porn were a large part of why i chose to live in hokkaido when i first came here to live. yes the word is finally starting to spread. NY Times 11.19 Herald Tribune 11.20 had articles mentioning Hakuba Link to post Share on other sites
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