Today was the first day of lifts turning in Niseko, somehow I got talked into going surfing. For the record – snowboarding is a much more appropriate winter sport. Apparently tons of snow and Siberian temperatures = good waves in the Sea of Japan. Turned out to be true but after paddling out from a […]
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Yesterday we spent 5 hrs searching for some last waves before winter, covered both coasts and saw a lot of fish. Ended up finding some swell as the change in weather hit, it went from about 15 degrees to snowing by the time we got home. But with the snow came offshore winds and a […]
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Sunday produced some pleasantly surprising good waves for the end of summer. After checking the waves on Saturday and deeming it un-surfable we didn’t hold much hope for Sunday and were late starters getting out of Niskeo after a flood of texts and phone calls telling us the swell had arrived. Rolling up the the […]
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There’s been some nice waves around this summer. Plenty of mixed weather but always good to get in the water. Hokkaido has some great little secret and not so secret spots but either way you’ll usually only share the line up with a few locals. The crew in Hokkaido are relaxed and it’s a […]
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