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Monday, March 28, 2005
スノーボードは楽しくて、好きだった
週末は長野県白馬にスキーに行きました。金曜日午後十一時ごろ東京駅で東京外人クラブのメンバーに会って、十一時半に八方スキーリゾートに出発しました。土曜日の七時ごろ着きました。
私とケルビンさんとタンさんとチャンさんは初めてスノーボードしました。デーミャンさんは、二回目でした。始めはスノーボードの上に立つのがとても難しかったですけど、そろそろ易しくなりました。それなのに、楽しくなりました。
wow, you wouldn't know how long i took to churn out the above few lines! gosh.... 5 months and a-counting and my japanese is still so under par... sigh... and I'm sure it's full of errors... anyways...
so as i was saying, i went snowboarding over the weekend with a couple of frens (Calvin, Tshush, Damien, Fangyi). we went to the Happou Ski Resort in Hakuba, Nagano, where the 1998 winter olympics was held.
snowboarding is quite fun actually, although i did have some serious problems standing up on my snowboard... well i believe this problem stems from the fact that i cannot do the chinese squat properly (my ankles dun allow me to do so), so i can't stand up well. took a great amount of effort to do so. initially, since it was the first time, i spent quite a long time going down the beginner's slope as i wasn't able to stand up time and time again. this really wasted my time on the snowboard - i was spending more time trying to get up rather than trying to snowboard. well by the time i got down to the foot, my frens have already got down twice (standing up is effortless for them).
well.. finally found a way to solve that problem. the only way to not have to standing up problem is --- to not fall down.. haha.... on my 3rd or 4th time down the slope, i managed to board down pretty well, with only 1 fall per trip. so i guess it's pretty easy to board, using the falling leaf method. haven't advanced to the s-curves and all yet though... hmmm... will try it the next time i go there. and from the little i tried, it's not going to be so easy...
frens may remember that after my ski trip in canada, i vowed i had enough of ski for my entire life... well but snowboard, being much easier and more fun, i'm sure i will be back for more! muahaha... hehe.... glad that i tried snowboarding =)
from left: tshush, damien, me and calvin, before one of our descents... don't ask me why i'm wearing the naruto get up, it's rental and it's randomly assigned. it stinks too, ha.
group photo with the rest of the foreigners (and some japanese)
updates: photos!!
it was snowing when we reached there. in the picture below, on the right, is our ryokan, shinya.
hakuba, happou ski resort
wasted no time going to the ski mountains... here's the sight that greeted us.
blue mountain? more like irritating blue filter from my camera... argghhh..
some pics of us...
damien, me and calvin, before starting off, still nice and fresh...
at the 龙门客栈, where they charge crazy prices for our lunch... (btw, i have my gloves and all tucked into my jacket... not that fat ok...)
with our boards after lunch...
the next day, we spent our time walking ard the vicinity, and enjoying some ofuro (hot bath).
nice welcome signboard for visitors... (me and tsu tsen)
welcome to happo, hakuba, home to the 1998 winter olympics
me and calvin in a free onsen for feet
ahhhhh... feels great! =)
posted by winz at 2:09 PM
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