SirJibAlot 0 Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 For those of you who went up and got a few turns in, can we get a wrap-up on where you went, how the conditions were, and your favorite jib/air trick? -SJA Link to post Share on other sites
eskimobasecamp 0 Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 i'm still hungover Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 You were gone! seen you that drunk only once before at last years new years party. Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 If you can't ski may as well exercise your drinking arm Link to post Share on other sites
Oyuki kigan 0 Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 Was at Happo-one saturday and sunday. Conditions wet snow, occasianal white-outs and concrete powder. after a year off from surgery, a recently rehabilitated knee, a heel bruise from sk8ing, and about 3 hours of sleep, i was happy i could just turn. It was heaven. Link to post Share on other sites
eskimobasecamp 0 Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 Quote: Originally posted by Fattwins: You were gone! seen you that drunk only once before at last years new years party. what happened on saturday? Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 Just back from my season opener at Kurobushi Kogen. An easy 40 minute drive. Picked up my season ticket, and then a couple of hours of fun. At the start conditions were low cloud with wind and graupel. During the session, the clouds lifted and thinned and the graupel stopped. There was a good well packed frozen base, probably about 20 cm, with about 5 cm of loose fresh snow on top. A few patches of grass showing through, and some scratchy areas of wind-scour, but generally excellent snow. Best of all there was a cracking chick lifty at the bottom of the quad chair. She gave me some beautiful smiles. I'm sure she's in love with me. If she plays her cards right, she may get lucky Link to post Share on other sites
SirJibAlot 0 Posted December 11, 2006 Author Share Posted December 11, 2006 sweet.... Link to post Share on other sites
mina2 6 Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 Looks good soubriquet. Not been myself yet - still not that much even up at Tenjin but hopefully early next week after the promised snow over the weekend. Link to post Share on other sites
snowboarding-sam 0 Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 Is that 40 minutes from Yamagata city or where you live, soubriquet? Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 That's 40 minutes from home. Yamagata city is actually a little closer, but coming from the south, rather than the north, before turning east. Link to post Share on other sites
sanjo 2 Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 All the best for family time, soubriquet Link to post Share on other sites
2pints-mate 0 Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 Nice pics there soubriquet. Apart from that it sure doesn't sound like there's much action to be had yet. Are you all praying for snow hard enough? Link to post Share on other sites
2pints-mate 0 Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 Nice pics there soubriquet. Apart from that it sure doesn't sound like there's much action to be had yet. Are you all praying for snow hard enough? Link to post Share on other sites
redvaseline 0 Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 Kagura wasn't so bad either with 65cm of snow up high. Drove from Tokyo, took about 2hrs, caught the first Rope Way up. Get's really packed late morning though. Link to post Share on other sites
quattro 1 Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 Teine Highland was good up top. Down on Olympia there was still a little sasa still poking through the snow. Other wise it was good overall. Link to post Share on other sites
JPchucky 0 Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 Tried to go up to Kagura as well on Sunday, but the JR package was sold out. Had to go to Gala. Conditions were rough as expected until late in the day after a steady snow fall all day (actually the cond. were just not quite as bad). Had a blast regardless, but really wish I could have got to Kagura. I seriously need a drivers license. Link to post Share on other sites
joshnii 2 Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 Sounds like soubs got the best weekend! I was hoping to maybe venture south this weekend but theres no snow to play in Link to post Share on other sites
number9 0 Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 Damn, with Gala closed again, it looks like I'll be heading to an even more crowded Kagura on Sunday.. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 Blimey, glutton for punishment! Why not just wait a week or so until some decent snow falls? Link to post Share on other sites
Ezorisu 0 Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 It was after the weekend (I was otherwise occupied on Saturday and Sunday), but I went to Sapporo Kokusai on Monday and Kiroro on Tuesday. Sapporo Kokusai had some dusting over the groomers and it was flurrying on and off all day. The ungroomed run that branches off of the downhill course just after the flat was closed due to twigs and whatnot poking through. Kiroro was sunny and all concrete except for the Nagamine B-course (center) and the top of the Asari C-course, both of which were closed. There was a coverage issue at Nagamine, but I don't know why the Asari course was closed. The Center Express chair was closed, so the runs it services were also out of action. Link to post Share on other sites
slow 0 Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 Kagura on Saturday was very beautiful day, very warm as well. Tashiro area just opened this morning and the snow there was good. Probably Kagura was the only skiable resort this weekend and got too many people. 2.5hours to get down the mountain, people who didn't want to wait for the lift for an hour was hiking up the slope and it was 6pm when we got the Mitsumata parking lot... I have never had experience like this before but skiing in the dark was fun. Sunday, it was snowing from 10am to 3pm, we had about 5-10cm coverage. Tashiro area was good condition all day and Kagura main slope was getting better in the afternoon. I wish I could ski Kagura Monday morning. It was my beginning of season ski lesson. I was lucky to have free lesson with some instructors, I hope I'll become a better skier this winter. Link to post Share on other sites
Oyuki kigan 0 Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 went snowsk8ing at Yu no Maru on Sunday. It felt like being a snowboarder in the 80`s again. People were asking "What is that called?". Having said that, it was my first day in a long time on one, and i probably rode like a snowboarder from the 80`s too. Link to post Share on other sites
samurai 0 Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 Quote: Originally posted by Oyuki kigan: went snowsk8ing at Yu no Maru on Sunday. It felt like being a snowboarder in the 80`s again. People were asking "What is that called?". Having said that, it was my first day in a long time on one, and i probably rode like a snowboarder from the 80`s too. stupid question- what is snowsk8ing? you mean on those tiny skis? But you called "them" "one". oh... the scooter thingy? like michael J fox's skate board when he went back in time and broke the handle off the kids scooter/board? the board with a handle? That was you? Link to post Share on other sites
Kumapix 0 Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 this is Oyuki on his snowskate: but yesterday he was prob using his snowdeck: (did you know that Oyuki was Polish? Yak sh'e mash!) Link to post Share on other sites
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