Well...the camera had very little on it ... and what was there was shaky video. But I managed to put together a little montage for the boy.

Here goes...

Nice one Mamabear.
How many times has he been now?
They don't know how lucky they are!

He has been to Niseko 6 times, but the last two times were in the same season, and actually the first two times were as well (Jan and April).
He went to Japan once without snow, at Cherry Blossom time.
Altogether 11 week in Niseko over the lifetime.

But he has also ridden in Aus, NZ, Switzerland and Italy. He first saw snow when he was 11 on a school trip and on ski's, and the next trip he was 14, in Niseko and learning to snowboard. He loves it.

Wow 11 weeks. He's almost 'a local'
Ta for the clips.

wow. A buncha young men not getting into trouble

That was fun Mamabear cheers for posting.

Thats great Mamabear.
11 weeks at that age! That is impressive!

nah...11 weeks is the total time he has spent in Niseko ever.
This season he had 6 weeks - 3 weeks in Dec/Jan, home for 2 weeks and then back for another 3 weeks.

Yeah thats what I meant Mamabear - still very impressive!

Big question does he want to go again?

oh GOD YES!
He is missing the snow already. Has done a week and a bit at Uni, turned 18 yesterday, and can't wait for the next snow hit. Likely that the next opportunity will be Thredbo in 4 months time.

Total snow time for him has been 19 weeks if you add the other resorts he has ridden at 18 of which have been on a board.

To Niseko? Everybody wants to go again.

Mamabear, can I ask - why is he Reaper?

It was a name we picked in January after we did our big buy up in Kanda shops. He bought that bright yellow and black Death Label board, and a face mask that is skeleton like. When we picked a CB call sign (after a few failed names) he settled on Reaper. And it has stuck.

The 2nd boy really hasn't had one stick.

The 3rd boy got BFG (from the story book character the big friendly giant) but I am not sure how long that will stick - his brothers are starting to call him 'tank' at the moment - he is really bulking up muscle-wise with all the water polo training.

And the youngest had quite a few, but Powder Baby seems to have stuck.

I had it pointed out to me by a friend who was with us in Niseko in January that the first song on that clip is one of the songs Reaper chose to sing at the North Wind on our Karaoke night out.

That was a FLUKE!

it was the CD on top of the pile wasn't it?

Hahahaha besides the song...

Awesome video looks like he had a blast. Tell the tyke looks like he got his money's worth for saving up! Love to see people enjoying the snow

NO!

I tried to drag some songs across from iTunes (I am not the most experienced at this movie making thing) and it told me I don't have the right codex... So I used the only two that worked apart from the freebie inclusions on the windows package - you know the classical music stuff! I have NFI how those songs worked when the other didn't... )

I think it was pre-ordained!


I would like to work out how to do it properly though ...

nice one mamabear.

I gave it a rating on the site.
You can send me some beer or kisses later

Beer it is!

Thanks Mamabear.
But... can I have both?