How to be a Snowboarder in Japan
This has been languishing in a word file for a while so I thought I’d post it. It’s from the totally awesome trip to Nagano us JETs made The January 9th-11th weekend! Yay snow! Yay chimichangas! Yay onsens making the owies go away!
Now without further ado,
How to Be A Snowboarder in Japan
Just follow these 4 easy steps and you too can be a snowboarder in Japan!
1.Take care of your body.
As with all rigorous outdoor sports it is vitally important to take care of your body. This includes eating adequately, stretching before and after exercise and taking breaks when needed. This is especially important when you are snowboarding. Therefore if at any time you are on the hill and decide you are getting tired, stop wherever you are, sit down and take a break. Don’t worry if this cuts off other people or if you are clogging up a trail, it’s more important to refresh your body.
2.Make friends.
Especially true for snowboarders! Texting and talking on your cell phone while on snowboarding is a great way to keep in touch and everyone will think you are treally popular and cool because you have so many friends that you have to talk to them even while descending a crowded mountain.
If you happen to see a fellow snow boarder sitting down on the trail, you should immediately plop down beside them. They might be feeling lonely or sad that they had to stop at that point, so if you sit down beside them, they’ll feel better. This will eventually lead to dozens of snowboarders sitting down on the trail chatting amicably. And this will eventually lead to even skiers coming to stop beside you, though as we know skiers aren’t so graceful and will tend to stop in a crashing sort of way because they failed to notice that the group of chatting snowboarders have blocked off the trail.
3.Be Kind to Skiers
We’re not sure how it came to be that their snowboard became split into two floppy skies but it was probably traumatic. So be very kind to skiers and make it clear that you want to be their friend. When you see a skier on the hill get close to them, preferably as close as 10 centimetres away. This will show the skier that you want to be their friend. If they skier seems to be angry, don’t worry, there are probably just naturally crabby, remember their board split.
4. Be Ambitious
Don’t let a total lack of ability and concern for the safety of others stop you from challenging yourself on the hill. Go for that big hill! Everyone knows that the bunny slopes are crowded and boring, if you really want to have fun, go on the more advanced hills where the cool people are. If you feel tired or a bit unsure of how to proceed, go back to rule #1 sit down and have a rest. Don’t worry if you are slowing down a switchblade trail with your ponderous slipping and are scraping all the snow off the hill. Everyone will think you are cool for challenging yourself.
Follow these 4 easy steps and you too can be a snowboarder in Japan.
Special thanks to Darren who taught me how to say
‘Move it Morons!’ In Japanese ^ ^ b
Now without further ado,
How to Be A Snowboarder in Japan
Just follow these 4 easy steps and you too can be a snowboarder in Japan!
1.Take care of your body.
As with all rigorous outdoor sports it is vitally important to take care of your body. This includes eating adequately, stretching before and after exercise and taking breaks when needed. This is especially important when you are snowboarding. Therefore if at any time you are on the hill and decide you are getting tired, stop wherever you are, sit down and take a break. Don’t worry if this cuts off other people or if you are clogging up a trail, it’s more important to refresh your body.
2.Make friends.
Especially true for snowboarders! Texting and talking on your cell phone while on snowboarding is a great way to keep in touch and everyone will think you are treally popular and cool because you have so many friends that you have to talk to them even while descending a crowded mountain.
If you happen to see a fellow snow boarder sitting down on the trail, you should immediately plop down beside them. They might be feeling lonely or sad that they had to stop at that point, so if you sit down beside them, they’ll feel better. This will eventually lead to dozens of snowboarders sitting down on the trail chatting amicably. And this will eventually lead to even skiers coming to stop beside you, though as we know skiers aren’t so graceful and will tend to stop in a crashing sort of way because they failed to notice that the group of chatting snowboarders have blocked off the trail.
3.Be Kind to Skiers
We’re not sure how it came to be that their snowboard became split into two floppy skies but it was probably traumatic. So be very kind to skiers and make it clear that you want to be their friend. When you see a skier on the hill get close to them, preferably as close as 10 centimetres away. This will show the skier that you want to be their friend. If they skier seems to be angry, don’t worry, there are probably just naturally crabby, remember their board split.
4. Be Ambitious
Don’t let a total lack of ability and concern for the safety of others stop you from challenging yourself on the hill. Go for that big hill! Everyone knows that the bunny slopes are crowded and boring, if you really want to have fun, go on the more advanced hills where the cool people are. If you feel tired or a bit unsure of how to proceed, go back to rule #1 sit down and have a rest. Don’t worry if you are slowing down a switchblade trail with your ponderous slipping and are scraping all the snow off the hill. Everyone will think you are cool for challenging yourself.
Follow these 4 easy steps and you too can be a snowboarder in Japan.
Special thanks to Darren who taught me how to say
‘Move it Morons!’ In Japanese ^ ^ b