8 posts tagged “snowboarding”
no, it's not the high rockies, or japan, or tahoe, or norway... but it's what's possible in a day trip from my house.
first rides since dec 27 injury that killed 2 weeks of powdery bliss in hokkaido.
in sapporo again for year's-end holiday; snowboarding. well - once. these pix were from the first run on my first day. should've let myself warm up or such; instead, i got a tad excited & ended up totally mangling my left knee.
so i've basically been an invalid on dan's floor for past 3 days. today i can walk; a few more days perhaps - PERHAPS - i can ride again.
i'm out here for over another week. i'm hopeful. we'll see...
meanwhile i'm making an android app that measures total airtime, and getting to know my new korg emx1, and other things i won't have time to do when i'm back home.
hung w/ todd, went snowboarding in alpine meadows and kirkwood.
japan spoiled me with it's 5+ in of powder in every direction
we were 10 days after huge snow; but it was still gorgeous and the groomed runs were lovely.
also managed to pay for hotel @ blackjack table. turned 20 bucks into 150. woot.
it was a late day, last day of car rental, and the previous day was so intense it seemed impossible to top (lovely runs @ furano, followed by kaiten sushi/dollar squid so tasty, then an outdoor natural springs)
we got there around 1pm, and still got 6 runs in. first was icy, insanely windy, and not fun.
then we went to other side of mountain... it was the best conditions yet... 6-10" of powder atop a firm base of snow. perfect.
then, right at the end, it got clear. the view from rusutsu was fantastic. volcano and everything.
was last here in 2005; a good day, hit (and landed!) some jumps, and apparently went 49 mph at some point (prob when i fell ;). super fun.
today, back to togai... hopefully not a blizzard this time.
was ridiculous. took a bus aroud the block. tried 4 mountains. blizzards. all closed no lifts. one hike, one run.
third time out here, feels better than ever
GPS worked on 3 runs, did about 10 or so, i got to 32 mph apparently... dan got 35 ;)
awesome first day!!!
super exhausted... now to eat & chill...
can't wait for tomorrow !!!
