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Burton in Niseko
BURTON team riders will arrive in Niseko for the Burton Mountain Festival, based at Niseko Village from January 9-17.
Burton in Niseko for Burton Mountain Festival
BURTON team riders will arrive in Niseko for the Burton Mountain Festival, based at Niseko Village from January 9-17.
Every day from 1pm-3pm the public can ride alongside – or try and keep up with – Burton's Japanese team riders.
Along with opening and closing parties (January 9 and 16), party with the Burton
Niseko on the cover of Powder mag
NISEKO has scored the cover of the December issue of Powder magazine.
The skier is Swedish pro Henrik Windstedt who was here with Powder mag's senior photographer Mattias Fredriksson.
The crew stayed at Black Diamond Lodge in Higashiyama for 10 days last winter and got guided by the crew at Black Diamond Tours.
There's
Charity golf a swinging success
THE inaugural Niseko Spring Charity Golf Classic on Saturday raised almost Y300,000 for local kids and elderly residents, as well as adding another fun-filled event to Niseko's summer calendar.
The beneficiaries of the money raised
Hokkaido: powder snow Disneyland
ON its own, Niseko is an amazing place to go skiing. So much so that since it has been ‘discovered’ by the outside world in the past 10 years or so, it has gone from sleepy, locals’ ski hill to world-renowned international ski resort. The four interlinked resorts provide enough terrain to keep many locals from ever wanting to
Niseko backcountry touring
Once you step into Black Diamond lodge you soon realise you’re being attended to by genuine mountain men. All six male staff are Canadian, and just as most people assume all Australians know their beaches, you get the feeling that
Canadians know their mountains. There’s something about the laid back drawl and casual use of
Best powder trip ever: Armada skis founder
In case you were wondering if January was actually that good, a couple of pros whose job it is to travel the world in search of the best snow, testify they’ve just had their best powder trip ever.
Armada Skis co-founder JP Auclair of Quebec, and California’s Chris Benchetler have been coming to Niseko every year for the
Tatsuo Hayashida in focus
This issue we meet the creator of the local course map and the painstakingly created and immensely popular village map, both contained in every issue of Powderlife. For everyone who has marvelled at the intricate details in the village map, we meet its designer Tatsuo Hayashida. Tatsuo-san also develops the Niseko United course map and we
