'Snowsurf' Australian screening times

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Stu Nettle (stunet)
Swellnet Dispatch

Join award winning Australian photographer Shane Peel as he journeys to the mountains, beaches, and silver birch forests of Japan's northern most island, Hokkaido, to follow a unique pod of breakaway snowboarders and surfers who are forging a whole new genre of snowboarding in one of the worlds' last great remaining powder snow zones.

'Snowsurf 'is making its Australian premiere next week. The times are as follows:

23rd September, Patagonia Sydney store 6pm

25th September, Patagonia Torquay store 6pm

26th Café Byron –6pm (Shop1/ 58 Jonson st Byron Bay)

Visit Patagonia's events page on Facebook for details, and stay tuned to Swellnet next week for an interview with filmmaker Shane Peel.

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donweather Friday, 18 Sep 2015 at 7:54pm

What Qlders don't snow and surf?

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zenagain Friday, 18 Sep 2015 at 9:36pm

I'd love to see this. Hopefully it will make it up my way.

I notice that family Gentem have something to do with the vid. In my opinion they make some of the most beautiful snowboards in the world. Gentemstick Magic38 is on my wish list. Just have to convince my wifey to drop 2k on a snowboard.

Don, you coming over again this season?

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zenagain Friday, 18 Sep 2015 at 9:48pm

Hope you don't mind me posting this Stu, found this on Transworld snowboarding. Shows some of the beautiful Hokkaido powder.

When you watch this you can see just how addictive snowboarding can be. It is a close second after surfing for me.

http://snowboarding.transworld.net/videos/snowsurf-movie-trailer/#JV0D8y...

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donweather Saturday, 19 Sep 2015 at 6:39am

Feck great trailer Zen. That certainly has got me thinking twice. But it doesn't look like we'll get over there in 2016 unfortunately. We were talking about a 2016 white Xmas over there but that does look like happening now unfortunately.

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rusty-moran Saturday, 19 Sep 2015 at 5:29pm

Thanks for posting Zen. Epic! Powder on the brain.

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wellymon Saturday, 19 Sep 2015 at 5:46pm

Without a doubt Zen, Japland has the best powder in the world hands down.

I'm pretty sure there is great terrain to match whilst looking at Jeremy Jones Video;)

I KNOW SOMETHING, and that is, it's all about the weight on weight off feeling doing turns in powder, that is the closest to surfing down the line IMO.

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inzider Saturday, 19 Sep 2015 at 5:53pm

Powder is an addictive magic carpet ride. So good.

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wellymon Saturday, 19 Sep 2015 at 6:02pm

oh yes.

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wellymon Sunday, 20 Sep 2015 at 10:13pm

Hideki Takeda @ 1.22, awesomely nice toe side carve IMO, does he shape boards Zen..?

How is the freaky style of Makoto Yamara @ 2.00, that is so cool, love it so much.

Great trailer with some lovely turns in the fluffy bomb stuff, can't wait to get back there again.

Zenmon where does the most precip fall, which mountain?

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wellymon Sunday, 20 Sep 2015 at 11:24pm

Off topic Zen

Good work the Japs on beating the South Africanos....;-)

Yeeewwww.

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zenagain Sunday, 20 Sep 2015 at 11:48pm

Yeah Welly, unbelievable! Go the Sakuras. Stoked!

I'd say the most snowfall would be Niigata around the Yuzawa area (on average 10-12 metres a season) but there's a place in Aomori prefecture called Hakkoda that consistently gets 14 metres + a season.

But you can't beat Hokkaido, dumps down and the lightest, fluffiest talcum powder snow anywhere.

But, I do know a place well off the gaijin radar on the border of Fukushima and Yamagata. Local mountain, high elevation and only 3 pair lifts to the top once you leave the ropeway. None of that fancy Gondola or covered quads stuff. Best quality snow on Honshu. Angel dust:)

Don't really know anything of those guys but the boards they're riding are from a little company called Gentemstick and when you see one they really are a thing of beauty. I really really want one for those deep powder days (of which we get many- ha ha)

http://gentemstick.com/

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donweather Monday, 21 Sep 2015 at 5:26am

Zen why does Yuzawa get so much snow given it's just up the road from hakuba?

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zenagain Monday, 21 Sep 2015 at 9:01am

I don't know Don. These are just my observations but Niigata year year after just seems to get so much snow. But really Hakuba (Nagano) which is really just down the road isn't too shabby either and my go to area (Fukushima/Yamagata) we get our fair share too.

I don't know if you remember but last season some resorts in Niigata were under-calling their snowfall because there was just so much it was keeping people away.

Seriously, what ski-resort would downplay the amount of snow they get? Gotta love Japan.