Author Archives: Keith
Cheap Flights to Japan
– Update April 24th 2012: Jetstar Japan have announced domestic routes, starting from as cheap as 5,000 yen. Read more here. – Finally, some airline competition for cheap flights to Japan! Air New Zealand, Japan Airlines, British Airways, Jet Star… … Continue reading
Next Year’s Course Dates
They’re up! Next year’s course dates and prices have been finalised and are going out to everyone as I type. Here’s a quick run-down of the dates and prices on each course, and a brief overview of who each course … Continue reading
One Year Today
It’s one year today since Tohoku’s devastating tsunami. Many people cross Japan will be thinking of this today, but not necessarily in the way one might assume. Of course, there is mourning for passed loved ones. But maybe just as … Continue reading
100%… Well Done Team!
Woohoooo, they all passed! Our ski and snowboard instructor training courses finished up last week with smiles all around. All our trainees worked really hard during the final few weeks of training and passed their instructor exams. So thats Level … Continue reading
Davey Paving the Way to Niseko
This season we’ve been lucky at the Academy to have a small but seriously awesome group of trainees. One of these trainees is Andrew Davey. The first American to join our Academy courses in Japan, the young Mr Davey (just … Continue reading
Teine Road Trip
Last week we took some of our Academy trainees and staff to Sapporo Teine (one of our most favourite resorts in Japan) for the day. It was super fun. Not a whole lot of fresh snow, but certainly enogh to … Continue reading
Powder December
It’s been a crazy start to the season here in Niseko – the best in 50 years in fact. There are rumours floating around that this ‘Powder December’ could break all previous December records too, although it’ll need to snow … Continue reading
Level One… check!
We’re really only 4 weeks into the season here in Niseko. We’ve had massive snow falls, a little bit of sun, some fun training and lots of epic riding. Our 13 week ‘work placement’ programme is 3 weeks in and … Continue reading
How much snow?
It hasn’t stopped snowing for about 17 days now. The word on the street is that this could well be the best December on record… 4.3 meters so far and the snow just keeps on coming. And here’s the proof…
Fresh snow everyday
What a great first week of training. It has literally snowed every single day for the past week, but we’ve been lucky enough to get a few sunny spells in between the storms too. We’re stoked to see our 13 … Continue reading
