This year we decided to do another trip to Japan, this time with Brendan Keenan, Rusty Ockenden, Andrew Hardingham and Snowboard Canada photographer Jeff Paterson. Its been a wild ride so far and Clayton from Black Diamond Lodge has been helping us out big time… Yes having someone else named Clayton makes things really confusing. Here are some pics of the trip so far, stay tuned for more updates.

airports… line ups… waiting…

I made another tribe and Rusty still didn’t want to join… I’m starting to wonder about this guy

fish at Sapporo Airport… Brendan dreaming of reeling this bastard in

Downtown Sapporo

you get PJs at the hotel… and chop sicks

packed into the van

Japan has bad ass tunnels

Rusty scoping roadside lines from the van roof

Brendan and Hardingham about to drop in

huge snow banks here

Rusty looking hagard

a rare break from eating at 711

the warning at the Onsen (nude hot springs)

Bikkle… the best drink in the world. Japanese vending machines in general are amazing.

Rusty living his dream

Sean Pettit is staying at the same lodge… the guy kills it with the ladies

Sean and Hardingham burning holes in the dance floor

yoyo’s in the bar

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Rusty looks like a caveman! ahha
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Cro-Magnon…..Rusty Ockitron. Don’t worry Montner, your youngest son, and my little brother, is obviously living it up for the both of us. That being said I’m sure you have some stories that have never been shared with your loving sons.
Momentum…. please be careful enough….. easy to be slippery very much.