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Spring is in the air

Joel — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 05:06:59 +0000

Hokkaido mountains have had a few late lashings of winter lately with powder days enjoyed by those skiing and riding at the Niseko resorts and also at Rusutsu and Teine Highlands in Sapporo. Check out the shots below to see just how good it’s been. Never under estimate the spring!

Spring of course is the best time to hit the park and take advantage of those soft landings. This year Hanazono resort finally stepped it up for Hokkaido by making a respectable park and decent superpipe. Big up Hanazono! For the Niseko area after Hanazono closes the park action shifts to Hirafu. At this time of year Sapporo Kokusai usually has a couple of jumps up and Nakayama Toge a tiny one chair affair at the top of the pass between Sapporo and Niseko will also have a fun line of jumps and rails. Get up there for some fun in the sun and don’t forget the bbq!

In Hokkaido

Joel — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:30:07 +0000

As last weeks warmer weather showed us spring is on the way, but as you can see from Simon’s photo’s the winter still has some bite left. The snow arrived just in time for the weekend and word on the street was that Rusutsu had some great snow.Unfortunately being the weekend and due to a rumored lift outage it had to be shared among quite a few, not bad for the middle of March though.

Speaking of weekends another one of Japans frequent public holidays is looming, this one celebrating the spring equinox, great news for the working folk!! And what better way to celebrate a holiday than with a party. The good people from S.P.I.N. and A.Life Sapporo are putting on an international party so after the day on the couch or the hill come out for a nite on the town.
See ya there!
http://alife.jp/pc/schedule/200903.html
www.myspace.com/sappororythm