almost forgot this one-the only people on the entire train making any noise-Nick, Tomie, and Megan

Traveling- Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto

So i went to Tokyo withsome buddies from the lodge Ben and Sean, you may have seen them in some previous pictures. we had a great time. rented some bike for 2$ for 24 hours and hauled ass around like we owned the place. biked to the sumo tournament-awesome. some real fattys but they usually lost to the more nimble and disciplined. Stayed at a sweet hostel in tokyo-Kaosan original. met Megan at Narita 2 days later than planned and had some more fun. went shopping in tokyo, then went to Osaka and met up with a good friend Nick. stayed at his place and did some osaka night life. the next day went to kyoto to some temples and some more shopping. them came back to hakuba the next day.

on to pictures

Nick's kitchen, this is where you ralie your truly in Japan

Nick's cat Pickles- coolest cat of the next millenium.

Megan's new sponsorship-strawberry kitkat

The bus ride from hakuba to nagano-they squeeze them into the isles even!

Sean and Ben rocking the tokyo lifestyle

biked to some cool places-gnarly set of stairs after this bridge we rolled down

Woahhhhh there, geter under controll boys

At Tokyo palace or something like that- we were going to fast to stop for long

The lineup of the eastern sumo team, some foriegn guys, fattys, and small dudes

this is what i have been waiting for

Not this- but funny advertising nontheless

the view from the hostel-good conversation starter

in tokyo with megan at asakusa shrine

the view from the mayors office-we had a little chat and i gave him some ideas for the city-cut down on the population!

i think this was the olympic stadium in tokyo from 1970 or something like that?

monster samurai

Harujuku-sweet second hand shopping- in fact the best i have ever seen!

Megan being the navigator for a change- she got it by the end of the trip, id follow her anywhere

in osaka at a sweet okinawan restraunt with Ben on the right and Nick on the left.

styling the new harujuku reversible jacket, 5$, so really 2.50 for 2 jackets-what a deal

in kyoto saw this guy making earns, really cool to watch

Megan holding daitokuin up.

In kyoto at shijo we found this sweet bar and spent some time there with the nicst bartender ever!

I wana bite

Nick, Tomie, and Megan.

today-no freshies but still turning on some

Patrick showing his euro skills in good light

Damon loving life away from Australia, and more importantly more Australians.

EPIC DAY TODAY

went to the local derelict mountain. had the place to ourselves!

Sam loving life

snow was great

Sam a rippin his way down the mountain.

well it was pretty good yesterday-
ben shredding

first fresh pow day in 6 days

not that it was the first powder in 6 days, but the first fresh snowfall in 6 days. however, despite no snowfall in 6 days. i have been here for 20 days and still have ONLY skied powder. the powder skis are getting a workout!
Patrick testing the depth-

Aussie Shawn surfing a wave-

Aussie Ben loosing his field of vision-

cant believe how much snow there is, was, going to be, and is in my mind!

got into the bc again today, kirstine ripping as always

kirstine again

morten, team norway shredding

morten with the lifestyle shot, so cute

the shuttle car, good times in the K truck

Morten dropping into the abyss

waiting for my man

me dropping

good day had by all, again!

Skied some backcountry today with some friends Patrick and Kristen.
kristen is a pretty ripping skier

some more bc made me really happy

low light is the way whe you ski north facing stuff

this also means the snow was good

and the turns were slarvable

great day had by all!

more powder-golly gee, whoda thought

rode with the norwegians staying at the lodge today- they loved the powder