January 21st saw the first Herbie’s Rail Jam of 2012 held outside Niseko’s no. 1 apres ski venue, Herbie’s Umbrella Bar. A large crowd gathered, beers and mulled wine in hand, to watch skiers and snowboarders fail or nail the rail time after time. Sparks were flying! Check out the highlights from 360niseko here:

The next Herbie’s Rail Jam is tomorrow, Monday 30 January 2012, and will start at 5pm. Everything is in place to suggest that tomorrow’s event will be bigger and better than the last one! Herbies is located in Niseko Hirafu across from the Alpen Hotel and behind The Welcome Center.

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Today is Australia Day. Here in Niseko we celebrated by smashing through deep, fresh powder. And there was a lot of it; over 70cm has fallen over the last couple of days. Not sure if playing in the snow is a traditional way to celebrate Australia Day but it worked out pretty well for us! Take a look at some of the action here:

Filmed 26th January 2012 in Higashiyama, Niseko

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Hakuba has been getting some awesome snowfalls lately. Check out this video from the guys at Hakuba Snow Sports School and let them welcome you to 99cm of fresh overnight! Then you’ll have a better idea of just how good it is in Japan right now.

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Report for 11th January 2012: It has snowed a lot. You should be out there.

Filmed 11th January 2012 in Higashiyama, Niseko

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Another 50cm overnight to take us past 5.5m for the season gave us the perfect present for Christmas Day. It hasn’t stopped snowing all day so the festivities look set to continue all week long! Wherever you are, Merry Christmas to you and have an awesome day with your family and friends!

Filmed on 25th December 2011 at Niseko Village, Niseko. Glen Claydon Photography getting the (face) shots.

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17 consecutive days of heavy snowfall. 4.5m so far at village level. Today we hit the Higashiyama area of Niseko. Wow. This is what it was like.

Filmed on 20th December 2011 at Niseko Village, Niseko.

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Another fantastic early-season morning in Niseko so we filmed a few shots to give you an idea how much snow has fallen already this year. 2011/12 has already been impressive and looks like getting even better. If you haven’t already arranged your Japan ski holiday, now is the time to Book! Big thanks to the crew from 360niseko, The Barn and Rhythm – great way to start the day. Lots more to follow…

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Result movie by russian freeride project RideThePlanet, season 2011. It was shot in December 2010 - April 2011 in the mountains of Russian Caucasus, Japan, Kashmir, Norway and Kamchatka. Freeriders: Kirill Anisimov, Konstantin Galat, Anna Hankevich, Egor Sorokin, Alexander Baydaev, Egor Druzhinin, Veronika Sorokina, Ivan Malakhov.

Movie first-show was presented 10th of November 2011 as part of RideThePlanet-2011 exhibition project, Moscow, Russia.

Authors of the RTP project: Konstantin Galat and Daria Pudenko. Cameras: Konstantin Churakov, Konstantin Galat, Daria Pudenko. Project photographers: Konstantin Galat, Andrey Britanishsky, Daria Pudenko, Ivan Chudakov. Post-production: Konstantin Galat and Konstantin Churakov. Animation: Yulia Aronova. Music selection: Daria Pudenko and Konstantin Galat.

Music: Kuba, Mindex, Astra*, That Noise, On-The-Go, The Dirty Skirts, Robot Disaster, Flevans, M-Seven, The Hype, Mochipet, NOjoMOreno, Quantic, Alexandr Bochagov, The Dirty Skirts, Alim Gazaev.

Результирующий фильм российского фрирайд-проекта RideThePlanet, сезон 2011. Фильм снимался с декабря 2010 по апрель 2011 в пяти горных регионах планеты: на российском Кавказе, в Японии, Кашмире, Норвегии и Камчатке. В съемках приняли участие лучшие российские фрирайдеры: Кирилл Анисимов, Константин Галат, Анна Ханкевич, Егор Сорокин, Александр Байдаев, Егор Дружинин, Вероника Сорокина, Иван Малахов.

Премьера фильма состоялась 10 ноября 2011 в ККЗ "Космос" в рамках Выставочного проекта RideThePlanet-2011 (9-13 ноября, Москва, Россия).

Операторы: Константин Чураков, Константин Галат, Дарья Пуденко. Фотографы проекта: Константин Галат, Андрей Британишский, Дарья Пуденко, Иван Чудаков. Монтаж & post production: Константин Чураков, Константин Галат. Анимация: Юлия Аронова. Подбор музыки: Константин Галат, Дарья Пуденко.

Музыка: Kuba, Mindex, Astra*, That Noise, On-The-Go, The Dirty Skirts, Robot Disaster, Flevans, M-Seven, The Hype, Mochipet, NOjoMOreno, Quantic, Александр Бочагов, The Dirty Skirts, Алим Газаев.

Movie total time: 1:03:43

(c)RideThePlanet ridetheplanet.ru

Watch this video on Vimeo. Video created by Konstantin Galat.

With a lot of snow falling across the country this week and some resorts opening as early as next week, Japan is a very exciting place to be right now! Due to the popularity of last week’s Friday Film we have more for you from the guys at Powder Detours. Check out their recent promo video which showcases a lot of the fantastic lift-accessible terrain across Hokkaido resorts. Light, fresh powder comes as standard.

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Awesome new video from our friends at Niseko Academy & Powder Detours. Check out the sublime conditions and gloriously deep powder. All scenes filmed in Niseko in March 2011.

The Powder Detours guys can help you maximize the amazing terrain & snow in Japan with techniques and tactics from their highly experienced coaches. Get in touch with us if you’d like to find out more.

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Check out this deep powder skiing footage shot across several resorts in Niigata, Nagano and Hokkaido. Epic conditions and super smooth ridinging in some of Japan’s best known ski areas. Watching it gets us excited for the start of the season which is only a few weeks away!

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“Why is it that a country that features in almost every snowboard movie ever made and has twice hosted the winter Olympics, still gets greeted with “I didn’t know you could snowboard in Japan” whenever you mention it to non-riders? In fact, over 70 per cent of Japan’s land is mountains, so while it’s slightly smaller than the state of California, it has over 500 ski resorts. And yes, everything you’ve heard about the Land of the Rising Sun’s endless storms and incredible pow stashes is true. The country takes facefulls of the cold air streams coming down from Siberia, which pick up moisture on their way over the Sea of Japan, so when they hit the mountains they bust their almighty load in a big way. The average resort has never seen a snow cannon in its life – instead (poor things) they have to make the best of 10 metres or more of the driest natural powder in the world … if it is stupid amounts of almost-daily pow you want, then get there in January and February.” Taken from the introduction to the Japan section of the new Whitelines Snowboard Resort Guide.

There are travel books that contain less detailed information than this guide – and it’s all right up to date. Plus the whole thing is filled with the kind of photos you’d expect from Whitelines – shot on location by the world’s best snowboard photographers. Head down to WH Smiths and grab yourself a copy now!

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Some spring 2011 footage here giving you an idea how good conditions are in Niseko at the end of March. A one take wonder down a choice line. Check out rooster tails, jumps, bumps and high fives as the untracked powder gets smashed. Warning: Contains excitement induced whoops & bad language

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Hiseko, JAPAN

Niskeo, Japan

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Check out the brand new edit of Jake Blauvelt’s season. Hit after hit and so fast out of the landings, this is awesome riding. His backcountry skills are so good I don’t even know how he stays on his feet a lot of the time. The first half of the video is all Japan action.

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Really love this video. We’ve recommended it before but I don’t think you can watch it enough times. Discover Japan like you have never seen it. Combine action packed sequences with backstage access, Japanese powder with big lines, waiting games with bullet speed riding, building/sleeping in a snowcave with riding at sunrise, and you have the recipe of this The North Face Expedition with Lucas Debari as a guest rider and the regular TimeLine crew Xavier de le Rue, Tero Repo and Guido Perrini.

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Back to business this week with the awesome Trip to Japan video from Head International Snowboard Team. If you haven’t seen it before, you’re in for a treat. So much goodness packed into 4 minutes.

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