Canadian Gold

Team Canada took the most difficult path to the 2010 ice hockey final and still managed to win, certifying an Olympics sealed by Canadian Gold.

Oh Canada!

Breathe easy until Sochi 2014

Omedato!!

DallaSnowfinder #013 - Rusutsu

The word "epic" is used far too often these days but it was the only way to describe another successful Mojane Shop Tour. The whiskey started flowing at 9:00am with blue skies above. Rusutsu had received about 20+cm, so it was game on. 40 snowboarders takin' over the slopes. Thanks to Shota and Nakaji for organizing the bus, lift passes and lunch tickets. Word is, Niseko Moiwa will be the next tour. Can't wait!!

DallaSnowfinder #012 - Niseko Hirafu

Tried to take Mike and Shane to Chise today but the weather was just to crazy and everything was closed. We made our way to Niseko Hirafu and when those two realized it was Australia Day, there was no going back to Sapporo.

This is my nightmare.

A Japanese town full of drunken, patriotic Ozzies. But I guess it wasn't all bad. I only saw one fight and heard of only one person getting a beer glass in the face. ( i saw the trail of blood ) Joy. Makes me wish that Mt. Yotei would erupt with molten lava and wipe the place clean. The next day was good riding with various depths of powder. Enjoyed a "Niseko Curry Burger" at the Lumberjack and was glad to be heading home.

DallaSnowfinder #011 - Teine

So the plan was to battle the -16 temp. at Kiroro and take advantage of the awesome snow dump that fell overnight however, the Sasson Expressway was closed due to bad weather so I headed to nearby Teine instead. What luck! I ran into a bunch of peeps that I haven't seen in awhile including Ryuta, Take and Sataryuchi. I also ran into Kohei and Mina when we were duckin' ropes. The weather cleared up around 10:00am and the sun came out to complement the 40cm's of fresh Hokkaido powder.

That night during dinner Yoshiko showed me her impersonation of the movie ALIEN just before she ripped the top of the shell off and ate it's brains.

No joke.

DallaSnowfinder #010 - Teine

Hello all and Happy New Year of the Tiger! Me-ow!

Ok, so this is my first post of the 2010 winter season. I've been to a few places already such as Kiroro and Niseko but the riding was mediocre and just wasn't worth blogging, however, an early start at Teine Highland today was.

15cm of the driest powder that I've seen in a while, blue skies and sunshine. It was a bit chilly at around -5 but you forget about that when you reach the top. Amazing views of Sapporo on days like this. Had first tracks on my favorite spots then headed home at 1pm. Now, it was a Sunday but I didn't expect to see 100 cars lined up for parking on my way down. Yikes!