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Biting The Snow
It couldn’t last really, could it? With 13 days of riding under my belt and no injuries beyond feeling a bit sore, it was probably high time that I got something a bit more lasting. Luckily for me, it was only small, practically nothing really, but it could have been a lot worse; one of […]
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Happo-One Ijiruna
The day dawned bright and sunny as expected and so we headed for Happo. I’d almost forgotten that it was New Year’s Eve, but was quickly reminded when I saw the hundreds of people queueing for the gondola. Apparently this is just about the busiest day in the Japanese Snow Calendar and you could tell. […]
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Snow Time Like The Present
Working at the weekend, combined with a natural laziness imbued during my days of general lethargy at university, has conspired to turn me from the county hockey player I was into the unfit programmer that I am. My shape hasn’t changed, but I still feel out of shape. I’m thankful, therefore, that I found snowboarding […]
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Board Buying And Eye Spying
The weather’s been a bit rainy since I came back from Whistler, so I used that as an excuse to go and buy some snowboarding gear for the coming season. I got a board, boots and mitts. The sheer amount of choice kind of overwhelmed me to be honest, especially buying a pair of boots, […]
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Snow Cycles
Another snow day in Gifu – this is becoming something of an obsession…
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Been To The Snow
Another snowboarding excursion. Living in a snow-capped prefecture is awesome!
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Gaijin Snow Day
Another snow day, this time with just about every Nova Teacher we could muster in the area.
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Board Again
Another day snowboarding in northern Gifu.
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Snow Patrol
Snowboarding in Japan, and I didn’t even kill myself!