Luke, Ryo, and I took a staff shred day at Iowanopuri. We got a pretty early start and luckily beat the crowd of people that flooded the backcountry today. The snow was extremely "surfy" which means that you don't really feel anything and have a floating sensation the entire time you are moving forward. There was a chute between a few rocks I had been scoping for a while now. There hadn't really been enough snow before. Needless to say, with the 13+ meters of snow (43 feet) of snow we have had, it wasn't too hard to ski this time around.
The fun line
Ryo slaying pow
Mitch and Ryo (yes that is the ocean)
Not enough fresh lines
One way in, one way out
Luke with Goshiki wall in the background
Luke shredding the steeps
Ryo with the epic backlight
All in all it was an awesome day. There were smiles from ear to ear and the term "Yabai", the english equivalent of "sick!" was thrown around a lot. Most of the Japanese I talked to said it was one of their best days, if not their best.
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