Perth, Western Australia, Australia Monday, January 23, 2017 Wins and Losses WINS - Flight attendant cracking bald fossil crispies - Scratchy and snorelax leaving after one night - Getting Blake's GoPro back after losing it out of a non zip pocket - Getting Ash's phone back after leaving it in a taxi - Learning to link and make it down the slope without stacking... too hard - Surviving a massive earthquake - 10ft of snow in HakubaLOSSES - Blake getting ...

Niseko, Hokkaido, Japan Wednesday, January 18, 2017 *LOU* Our last day on the slopes. Blake got up early to make his way with Dylan up Hirafu mountain down Niseko Village and then up and across to Hanazono where he met Ash and I who had been practising on the bunny hill. We caught the gondola up to the Silver Dream run to show Ash the beautiful views of the volcano. Once we made it to the bottom Ash was ready to hang up her boarding boots and head home to car...

Niseko, Hokkaido, Japan Tuesday, January 17, 2017 *CAL* We woke up this morning to a little more snow on the ground and more cold temps, with wind chill down to around -21 Celsius at the top of the mountain. I didn't have the best of days, starting by leaving my lift pass at the hotel when I walked up to the lift. After going back to the hotel to pick it up I went up the nearby Hirafu gondola, with the aim of snowboarding across to the Annupurri resort, as d...

Niseko, Hokkaido, Japan Monday, January 16, 2017 *BLAKE* The day started at around 8am for brekky at the hotel. Dylan, Callum & I headed to the Hirafu slopes while the girls had a quieter morning walking the town exploring. After a few hours of snowboarding Callum's board was playing up so and Dylan headed for the gondola were tools are do he could make some changes. I broke away from them at this stage heading over to some green run slopes. After anot...

Niseko, Hokkaido, Japan Sunday, January 15, 2017 *DYLAN* Woke up from a very nice sleep in our upmarketish hotel. We had breakfast at the hotel buffet and it was rated as one of the best buffets we had ever had. It had everything you could think of and even all you can eat ice cream so Callum was happy to taste all the ice cream flavours. After breakfast, Maya and I left for Niseko early to organise the equipment rental for the following day. On the way to...