Waiting on the snow

The snow situation hasn't been ideal but there are still plenty of spots to be found. I took the Giro guys up to Shirabetsu and the weather was amazing. Not to mention we scraped away some epic pow turns for not seeing fresh snow in a while.

Otaru and Yoichi with Level 1

Here are some photos from the adventure today to the coastal town of Otaru. Pretty fun area and amazing seafood, quite a pity that I don't enjoy seafood that much.

Some New Pics Thanks to Rob Harrison

So there have been a lot of film crews in town and the weather isn't cooperating as well as it could be. It looks like it should be in for a change soon, but they have been managing to have fun. Here are some photos over the past couple weeks or so.

Ivan Sharko Japan Edit

One of our very art-talented guests Ivan Sharko put together this awesome edit of pow. Check it out and realize what fun you are missing by not being in Japan.

Ivan Sharko CJ Niseko Japan

Big Things to Come

I'm really stoked for the next few weeks. We just got done building a decent sized jump to do some inverted aerial trickery on that has some potential for artsy shots (pictures below). Unfortunately we haven't had weather cooperating to hit it, but we expect to get a good session in the near future.

The past few weeks have been absurdly busy. Japan, and consequently so did I, saw it's fastest snowfall rate in the past decade or so. I have never seen 7 feet of snow fall as fast as it did. As we finished shoveling off the steps the top was already rendered invisible by the snow. It was a bad case of deja vous. However, in between the shoveling and eating/sleeping we got to ski some of the most fun snow I have ever had the pleasure of having under my skis. Unfortunately I didn't have much time or inclination to record it so you will just have to take my word for it.

We also have some good crews coming in to do some filming so the busy streak definitely isn't ending. Black Diamond Lodge is looking to host a "backcountry freestyle camp" in which we will take people into the side and backcountry and teach them how to properly and safely build jumps and use natural terrain. Right now the details are getting sorted but it looks like it will be a really fun event. There's also a super good deal for college/mid aged kids and the details are here:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=137994586264511

Some photos of the jump in production

Skinning up Goshiki area:

video soon!