Yoshi Yoshi - For good reason

And so we're on the verge of our voyage East to explore the North island of Japan, via Finland, over the north of Russia and onto Tokyo, then a short hop up to Sapporo. Seems like so long ago we started to plan this trip. Japan is probably on every snowboarders hit list, especially since watching Nico Muller-Rice and co bouncing through the trees in the absinthe snowboard videos over the past few seasons. it's only really tonight i've started to get excited. So much so i went through a full inventory of my kit, just like Arnie in Commando when he's gearing up to dish out some payback. snowboards-check, balaclava-check, perudo-check, samurai sword-check.

Heard so much about the snow in Japan too so i've armed myself with the right tools for the job. got a rocker board just in case the snow goes off, and a shorter board for mucking about. I'm really not expecting it to snow all day every day like it appears to in the films, so any freshies are a bonus. It's simply going to be a great experience exploring what seems like the most foreign country, but one of the most appealing. Snowboarding is just a small part of the trip. Well, actually that's a lie, we're going to frickin shred hard until our legs give up on us.