Fubuki 0 Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 On Sunday 2/25/2007 FT rousted me out of bed with "Common dude let's go enjoy your last day in Hakuba"....still feeling crappy from the funkness I had all the previous week, I downed some coffee and got my crap together. I stepped outside to a perfect crystal sky with 0 wind and infinite visibility. We decided to head to Happo because we got a late start (10am) and could access a variety of lines depending on conditions. We started the hike and within minutes I was feeling really damn good to be out there. I was hiking really strong despite my lingering cold and the crisp clean air felt good in my lungs. After a short 45min hike we decided to do a short line of the south face. The face we wanted was untracked and looked sweet. FT being the nice guy that he is said "Hey man it's all yours" SO I got the first drop. The snow was fast as hell. There was about 10cm of slightly sun baked pow on top of a hard base. As I was steaming down this line I got this funny sensation that I wasn't moving at all, but that I was standing still and the world was sliding beneath me......strangest thing ever! Anyways, a few turns later we were hooping and hollaring as how sweet the line was. We boot packed it up, well FT boot-packed it up I had snowshoes so I was chillin. When we got back up we decided to do another run but a little farther up the ridge. This time FT got first drop, being the nice guy that I am! By this time the snow was a little more sun baked and turned to slippery mush after about 3 turns, but still worth it. Back up and now it was time for the North face. The upper section was buttery smooth and I had a permanant grin on my face knowing that this was my last tour in Japan for a while. It was a absolutely perfect day, if you can ignore the entire bottom half of the mountain since it was riding through avi debri the size of small buildings. But none the less a perfect way to finish my riding in Japan..... But I am definitely sad that it has come to end But there are always new adventures to look forward to But f you all for staying and playing in the best snow playground I have ever seen Link to post Share on other sites
Fubuki 0 Posted February 27, 2007 Author Share Posted February 27, 2007 These tracks were from the first line we did Link to post Share on other sites
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Fubuki 0 Posted February 27, 2007 Author Share Posted February 27, 2007 FT sorry I didn't get any stills of you that day, only video....don't think I can post that in here though. Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 *edit* nice fubu - Sure we will have the chance to ride some more lines together mate and have beers Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 Quote: Originally posted by Fubuki: this pic just has trouble written all over it eh?!? Link to post Share on other sites
eskimobasecamp 0 Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 sweeeet lines dude.... FT where did you buy your glasses, i really want to get some too Link to post Share on other sites
SerreChe 2 Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 Nice one. First smiling pic of FT I see. These are some kind of mad max / road warrior shades. Link to post Share on other sites
eskimobasecamp 0 Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 that's FT's "i'm drunk" smile.... take some beers up on the hill did ya FT? Link to post Share on other sites
SerreChe 2 Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 Does not look like a flask of Whisky in his jacket, more like some "power" drink of some kind. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 No flask power drink Fubuki The hike Fubuki again The first line The 3rd line I like this one. Bye bye happo from fubuki Link to post Share on other sites
Fubuki 0 Posted February 27, 2007 Author Share Posted February 27, 2007 those are sweet pics dude! you have to send them to my email think I need a better camera. mine isn't fast enough to get your super pow poses Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 You will have adventures wherever you go Fubuki Mentioned BC before. Is that coming together? Good luck dude Those glasses probably came from Murodo station Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 BC would be a sick place to live for sure Link to post Share on other sites
eskimobasecamp 0 Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 Looked like fun guys, glad you had a great last day out Fubuki!!! Speaking of Murodo, wouldn't it be sick if they opened up Tateyama..... like NOW!!! It's spring already, it feels like Tateyama time doesn't it? Kuma -- do you know the people in charge? Let's send them lots of e-mails telling them we want to camp and ski there now Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 good luck ebc good luck Link to post Share on other sites
eskimobasecamp 0 Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 yeh it's NEVER going to happen, but was just a thought i had the other day, would be so nice to get up to tateyama now. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 did you buy your skins yet Link to post Share on other sites
Fubuki 0 Posted February 27, 2007 Author Share Posted February 27, 2007 yeah BC is looking less and less likely, but there is still hope. The 1 prof I wanted to work with is bailing and the other 2 that I've contacted don't seem to interested. So that could make it very difficult for me to get there. But I just have to wait and see. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 if you dont get in then lets hope for the boat. you can maybe try to get in somewhere where you actually want to live. Link to post Share on other sites
YellowSnow 0 Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 Great Job on Hakuba, its nice to see somebody else got as sunburnt as me. The office staff around me are laughing at my big red face. Link to post Share on other sites
dizzy 0 Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 good TR, fubuki i see u still haven't recovered from sunburn from a couple weeks ago. or u got another one sunday. did u use my duck hunters again? hope they worked out well goodbyes suck. there's always a next time. Link to post Share on other sites
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