Sutorenjaa In Japan

It's snowboarding season!!!

I think I actually found a reason to love winter. I have learned to snowboard. It's mad fun & I've been doing it every chance I get since I've been back. I'm still quite a newbie so I am not doing anything spectacular, but i'm learning. :) I have my own board (after a week of deliberation, going to the city & back, going to various stores & checking prices). I splurged and got all new stuff... but I love my stuff and I'll be glad to show it to y'all when I get back.

I went to a place called skijam on Saturday and it was nuts. There were nearly flat surfaces and then straight drops... not exactly beginner. But I handled it for 6 hours without getting too banged up. This time around (it was my second time) I only have 2 bruises on my knees and I had a bit of a sore back. It was gorgeous during the day cause the view was spectacular (snow capped mountains & trees) and the sun was out. It got colder & more windy later and then the snow got more packed... which means more ice... which means it hurt a LOT more when I fell. However it was great. In contrast, I went night boarding yesterday and there were hardly any people & we were on POWDER practically the whole 4 hours. It was fantastic. I have decided that that is my new training ground. I think i must have ate it more times than I care to admit... and HARD (I got my noodle knocked around so much!)... but because it was all soft snow, I was fine. :D

Today it continues to snow. Moreso than even yesterday so, I have been looking longingly out the classroom windows at the mountains all day. However I have to have some self control... it ain't a cheap hobby! 2500 yen for night passes and about 4000 for day passes ... adds up. Oh well... the season is only here for a few months, right?! That's why, I'm going to Gifu prefecture on a ski trip this saturday! Woo hoo! New terrain & a new prefecture! :D The best of both worlds.

posted by KidBach @ 12:59 PM