purpletiesto Posted February 9, 2015 Report Share Posted February 9, 2015 (edited) Hey guys, I recently got some advice regarding carving Japan on here from a fellow member. Thanks for that. Well, on the second run of my first day in Japan, I met 4 lovely Japanese carvers. All using SG Full Carve boards and Boiler Plates of some variation (except one on the wonderful SG plate). So it turns out they are all very experienced and one was even a high level instructor and racer himself (Mr. (Master!) Aoki). They helped me progress over the days I was there and were very patient with me. Take (Yujiro) took me under his wing and befriended me on the first lot ride together and that was a really refreshing experience. I rode with them for 3 days, I was even given a toe lift for my front boot, cant plates, my stance was adjusted and everything felt so natural after that. I was even allowed to borrow a Donek plate for the day (and broke the mount on a bumpy run) and was filmed for a whole day. I could have just been ignored but they went above and beyond the call of duty of anyone. Thanks to you all and I look forward to next year! Happo One seems to be the best mountain for carving in Japan, if anyone was interested. I can't say enough good things about the people and the mountain. Shout out to Prof. Varsava for the new 178cm long, 12-14m SCR, 19cm wide, 16mm taper, matte black Nirvana Vcam. Left to right: Master Aoki, his partner Ms Hashizume, Daijiro, Yujiro and Me- Dan. Edited February 10, 2015 by purpletiesto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kipstar Posted February 9, 2015 Report Share Posted February 9, 2015 riding in Japan is a privilege and a delight; the code of conduct is respectful and the standard of riding very solid on the mountain. Most foreigners (like me) are enjoying the snow, conditions and terrain too. Too bad that a minority of foreign idiots (some from Australia and NZ) seem determined to f&*k it up by acting like total morons. But hopefully it won't end up like some parts of NZ and USA where you have to be constantly watching out for people bombing runs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purpletiesto Posted February 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2015 A lot of the time was embarrassed to be Australian, unfortunately. On and off the mountain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Guy... Posted February 9, 2015 Report Share Posted February 9, 2015 (edited) Too bad about the Aussies... the few I've met here in UT have been real stand up people. They even gave me guff about my American accent. I told them that I didn't have an accent, but they did. lol... Edited February 9, 2015 by That Guy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Donnelly Posted February 10, 2015 Report Share Posted February 10, 2015 Pureboarding will be in Japan in a few days! Further details at www.pureboarding.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wantok Posted February 11, 2015 Report Share Posted February 11, 2015 Happo One. Thanks for the tip. There was some amazing groomers at Rusutsu but the racks were chock full of GS race skis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iLikeSnow Posted February 11, 2015 Report Share Posted February 11, 2015 Great story and really nice people you met there! What japanese secret techniques did they use on you to optimize your stance and angles? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purpletiesto Posted February 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2015 They were nice enough to take me to the ski school and perform some adjustments. I've never had anyone teach me or help me set up gear. Once it was done it was amazingly comfortable. He took one look at me, then did the following: -Widened stance (on widest holes on the coiler. I'm 190cm for reference) -Toe lift on front boot (mine was flat already have heel lift on rear boot) -Inward cant on front boot -Centred my UPZ properly on the board (the boot is a bit weird because of the small footprint they try for) -Binding angle difference increased to 7 or 9 degrees, but I put it back to 60/55 because it just felt more natural to me. I'll discuss this with them next year Dan =D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowmatic Posted February 16, 2015 Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 One week before Asahikawa (Hokkaido/Japan) Worldcup PSL we have: JapanSnow EXPO 2015 Tomorrow February 17. Japanese Ski and Snowboard exhibition fair will open the doors for 3 days (February 17./18./19.) We can find some hardbooting related equipment on that trade show too. Following labels are listet: (11 Alpineboard brands, 3 hardboot brands, 4 sub-plate brands, 4 plate binding brands) ACT gear (Japanese plate bindings) Apex (Austrian snowboards and sub-plates) BC Stream (Japanese snowboards) Carvecompany (Austrian IBEX plate bindings, that 15 Years old stuff coming out from Burton race-plates) Deeluxe (Austrian hardboots, a consequent trial to deteriorate 20 Years old Raichle Swiss hardboots by worst liners and some continous useless decorations) F2 (Austrian/German snowboards and 23 Years old deteriorated and pimp-it-up plate-bindings) Gray (Japanese snowboards) G-Style (Japanese skier boots for Alpine snowboarding) Kessler (Swiss snowboards) Moss (Japanese snowboards) Nobile (Poland snowboard experiment, which enter for first time FIS Alpine Worldcup this Year) Ogasaka (Japanese snowboards) Rabanser (Italian snowboards) UPZ (Austrian UPS hardboots from Aigner, 15 Years old shell with some pimp-it-ups) Vist (Italian sub-plates) Volkl (China snowboards for SBX) Yonex (Japanese snowboards) Beside there are some snowboard magazines and federation JSBA and PSA Asia. links: http://sbj.org/ http://snow-again.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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