1. Sit on the chairlift, slide off, strap on and RIDE! 2. Try out my new outfit - Columbia ski kitten jacket, new pants, new Anon goggles.

Things have been rather a bit quiet on the Hakuba front. Since I wrote my last post (or first post.

The Black Widow of Thredbo never looks friendly or inviting, not even from afar. This part of the mountain snarls at those strong enough, brave enough or foolish enough to dare tangle in her web.

Hokkaido, Japan, is cooold. Really cold. Well, a lot colder than Australia gets anyway. On the slopes it can get down to minus 18 deg C.

So you wanna go back country boarding, and you've done your research and all. A snow shovel would be a priority purchase.

Whooop!!! here it is... again. So if you miss it at no.3, relive the magic at the comfort of your own home.

Bob's Board at Hawthorn is having 50% off on last season apparels. Yes Ilya they have pants with the suspenders like Rod's.

Check out what I dug out from the dusty old archives. Photos from our first snowboard mission to New Zealand.