2009 RUN & WALK

2009 RUN & WALK

This last weekend we had the 11th annual Run & Walk event in Norikura. It’s a great running event without any of the feeling of a race. People come from all over Japan to run, walk and eat. They had an “Aid” station which was funny because typically when you think of aid you think [...]

Fish tank
Fish tank
Pinwheel in Walmart
Pinwheel in Walmart

This is an image I took back in 2001 with an old CoolPix camera in my local Walmart in Hood River, Or. The kid in the shot is my good friend Blaine Franger’s little brother, Colin.
I was looking through some old shots looking for something to post about and found this one that I thought [...]

Kirara Kids Camp
Kirara Kids Camp

Last week we had a kids camp called “Kirara” Kids which means to shine or sparkle in Japanese. Believe me it doesn’t sounds so cheesy in Japanese. It’s like a mini Windell’s or High Cascade Snowboard Camp, only in Japan with Japanese kids. The Kirara camp is run by former Olympian Michio Hashimoto and her [...]

Spring Park in Norikura
Spring Park in Norikura

Yesterday and today we were worked on building a Snowboard Park for Golden Week (an annual Japanese 5 day holiday) which starts this Saturday. This is the first year that we have done this park and so far I think it is looking pretty good. There is a 5m and 8m two way kicker, 6m [...]

Spring Tokyo Trip
Spring Tokyo Trip

Last week some friends, my wife and I all got to go to Tokyo for a few days. It was half work and half fun. We went to drop off some of our season staff at the airport so they could fly home and to visit our family. And to spend a few days with [...]

Norikura Hotdog Jam
Norikura Hotdog Jam

Last Saturday we had a rad event called the “Norikura Hotdog Jam”. The event is called that because it’s a jam session with free hotdogs served for all the riders. We ended up serving 200 hotdogs and our staff had a good time running the BBQ. I can’t wait for next years event.

Backcountry Trip
Backcountry Trip

A few days ago we went to the backcountry again with our winter staff. The weather was amazing and we had a great time hiking and riding together. We also met a few other groups who were going up so there are some photo of skiing also. Hope you enjoy the photos.

Tepco Dam
Tepco Dam

Today I went with some friends to tour a local dam. Unfortunately it was closed today and we couldn’t go inside so we just walked around a took some photos on the outside. The Tepco dam is the 2nd largest dam in Japan and at the highest point is 155m high. Pretty crazy to look down from [...]

SFC Japan Rail Jam
SFC Japan Rail Jam

SFC Rail Jam Setup and comp from Seth McAllister on Vimeo.