In response to Jason's Qs....

haha what do you think? If you can learn those drills before reaching there, I treat you to a nice cold beer in hakuba :D

hmm anyway, he said that with reference to skiing ... i think that's much easier to learn than boarding... i'm not sure if this is relevant, but i learnt wakeboarding before, and it's pretty damn tough trying to balance on a board (the wake board and snow board are almost similar)...but that was my experience in wakeboarding, so i could be wrong...

So you want the lessons? I'll be registering you all by Monday 'cause i'll be leaving for Kyoto on thurs alrd and this thing is on a 1st come 1st serve basis... yeppers

Josh