tsondaboy

Life is getting back to normal for me.
I just did my first pure BC day for the season.
I met up with Damian and hiked up to Korenge ridge.
Some 800 m vert gained and 1400 m skied!
Was a nice day but got burned by the sun since I forgot me hat. :nononno:

Yeah I heard that too.

I was actually planing a trip to Zao next weekend. 🙄

Good to hear you are safe SC.
It was a nightmare to get back home for me too.
Good thing that the internet didn’t go down and was able to contact everyone immediately. We are lucky to be at a “safe ” distance from the earthquake and damage was not big in Tokyo. My biggest concern now is the nuclear plant. If that thing blows we become Chernobyl…

@barrows wrote:

Tsonda:

I would do something like this (I am 6’1″, and about 170 lbs):

Length: at least 164
Edge contact: at least 128 cm
Sidecut radius: 11-12 meters
Taper: 4-7 mm
Flex: stiff
Profile: early rise tip, small amount of camber (~3-4 mm) through midsection and tail
Width: 26 cm, I ride mondo 28 boots, remember that boards with…

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@barrows wrote:

I avoided splitboards for many years because I was under the (misguided) impression that a splitboard would not handle the steep terrain as well as a solid board. After 5 seasons on the split, I now realize that I was an idiot to not adopt the splitboard sooner. I have ridden plenty of icy 50 degree+ slopes with no problem on a…

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Well, this is the debate I am in:

http://www.poachninja.com/forums/snow-forum/splitboard-rival-snowshoe-killer#

Nice stuff SC.

Sooooo…
You hiked up towards Naeba, dropped in and hiked back up towards Tashiro? 😉

Hakkaisan is the bomb, side country and BC.
I will be heading up your way probably next month, will give you a call before I do.
Let’s do some lines together.
Are you waiting for the usual area in your TRs to fill in?

It seems like Niigata and Hokkaido are being neglected this season.
Are you still hitting mostly Kagura SC?

Nope, further up north.
I have a season pass for Tsugaike-Iwatake-Norikura-Kortina so pics are from that areas.

Longboards rule!

I am still around too. :disco:

Hope everything works out well for you and for us dude!

Great view for sore eyes!!! :rock:

Our season hasn’t even stated yet.

That looks cool man! :rock:
So you are finally getting a base.

My baby

@clindberg wrote:

Tsondaboy,

I’ll take those links in Japanese as my girlfriend is totally fluent in Japanese and is going to help me.

Thanks for the advice so far.

Cool dude, then this is the place to start looking for accommodation. You ll probably get the best deal, thats how I usually book too.
http://travel.rakuten.co.jp/
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Unfortunately I cant provide any accommodation info, because all the places I ve stayed have their HP in Japanese and they can hardly put a sentence together in English.

As far as resorts go, in the general same area as Niseko there are Rusutsu (picks in the TR above) Kiroro, Sapporo Kokusai and Teine Highland.
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