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Norwegian snowboarder goes orbital to land historic quad flip in Swiss Alps stunner
Norwegian snowboarder Oyvind Kirkhus made history over the last week at Switzerland's Swatch Nines by landing the world's first switch backside quad 1620, a gravity-defying maneuver that left ev...
#snowboarding #sports #record #SwissAlps #Switzerland #Olympics
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Tourists chasing Japan's special powder snow drive property prices too high for locals
By James Oaten

International tourists, especially Australians, started to arrive en masse in the famous Japanese ski resort of Niseko in the early 2000s. Now the influx has pushed the cost of housing so high it's almost impossible for locals to compete with wealthy foreigners for property.

abc.net.au/news/2025-04-13/nis

ABC News · The tourism boom in Niseko is good for business but has made housing unaffordable for localsBy James Oaten

Canada's Grondin wins snowboard cross gold after securing season title in Quebec
Éliot Grondin didn't let up, defeating Frenchman Aidan Chollet in Sunday's big final about 24 hours after clinching the men's snowboard cross overall World Cup season title in Mont-Sainte-Anne, Que.
#sports #snowboarding #competition #Canada #Quebec #MontSainteAnne
cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/

Canada's Grondin wins snowboard cross gold after securing season title in Quebec
Éliot Grondin didn't let up, defeating Frenchman Aidan Chollet in Sunday's big final about 24 hours after clinching the overall World Cup men's snowboard cross season title in Mont-Sainte-Anne, Que.
#sports #snowboarding #competition #Canada #Quebec #MontSainteAnne
cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/

April has begun. I completely missed my last post-window. I do try to post monthly here. No one cares, because no one reads them, but I feel some discipline is worthwhile. February was my snowboarding trip to Japan for 10 days, my first trip outside of China since the onset of the COVID period back in 2019. The trip was good, and you can watch my short video from snowboarding in Furano, here : youtu.be/l2q2nycFjpc
#snowboarding #Furano #hokaido

alojapan.com/1227858/japanese- Japanese ski vocabulary: Hit the books before you hit the slopes #Hakuba #hotels #Japan #JapanNews #Japanese #JapaneseNews #JlptN4 #JlptN5 #news #nihongo #skiing #snowboarding #tourism #vocabulary Without a doubt, one of the most epic things to do in Japan is スキー. And no, that’s not 好き (suki, like/love), but sukī (skiing) — although falling in love is certainly up there, too. Given the famous powder and countless mountains and resorts from Hi…

Versatile Ledecka wins parallel giant slalom at snowboard world championships
Ester Ledecka added another trophy to her collection of silverware when she won the parallel giant slalom at the snowboard world championships on Thursday in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
#sports #snowboarding #StMoritz #Switzerland #Olympics #WinterSports
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