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Living in Japan gives you very easy access to a myriad of snow fields just a couple of hours out of Tokyo on the Bus or Shinkansen.在日本生活使您很容易獲得無數的積雪，只有一兩個小時內的東京新幹線的巴士或。 Last weekend I had my first attempt at snowboarding.上週末，我有我的第一次嘗試滑雪。 Me and a mate headed up to我和領導的伴侶最多 Gala Yuzawa.晚會湯澤。

Where is GALA Yuzawa? 湯澤盛典在哪裡？

Gala Yuzawa is located in Yuzawa Town, Niigata Prefecture – about 200km to the north of Tokyo – and each season sees huge amounts of snowfall and excellent snow conditions.晚會湯澤位於湯澤市，新潟縣-約200公里，北至東京-和每個賽季看到大量的降雪和優秀的雪情。 You can leave Tokyo early in the morning and actually be on the slopes riding the powder snow by 8am!你可以離開東京清晨和實際的山坡上騎粉雪的八！

How do I get to GALA Yuzawa? 我如何向盛典湯澤？
Either by the Joetsu Shinkansen direct from Tokyo or take the Kanetsu Expressway to Yuzawa IC GALA Yuzawa is located about 3km from Yuzawa IC For more information on how to get to GALA Yuzawa – including shinkansen timetables from Tokyo,無論是直接的上越新幹線從東京或採取的關越高速公路湯澤集成電路盛典湯澤位於約3公里湯澤集成電路欲了解更多有關如何獲得盛典湯澤-包括新幹線從東京的時間表， click here點擊這裡 . 。

Here is the Ski map 這裡是滑雪地圖

How did I perform? 我如何執行？

While quietly confident that I would be able to maintain balance by the end of the day.雖然靜靜地相信，我將能夠保持平衡，最後一天。 Well I was surprised at how hard this sport can be.那麼我很驚訝於這項運動如何努力可以。 In fact it was my first attempt at doing anything on snow other than looking and touching and of course the best couch snowboarder in history.事實上，這是我第一次嘗試做任何其他的雪比看和摸，當然最好的沙發上滑雪板的歷史。

I went with我和 a friend who is actually pretty damn good一個朋友是誰在相當好 and his method of teaching me suited my actual ability.與他的教學方法適合我，我的實際能力。

Paul, feet in, back to the mountain, try not to fall, if you fall get back up, don't be a sissy… with those inspiring words in mind I hit the baby slope, 350m total length.保羅，英尺，回山，盡量不下降，如果你回到了秋天，不要娘娘腔...這些鼓舞人心的話銘記我打嬰兒斜坡，總長度350米。 A couple of falls on the first run and I was back up the lift for another go.一對夫婦的落在第一次運行，我又回到了另一個電梯去。 Only 1 fall and back up I went… Woooohoooo!!… made it down without falling on the third run….只有1秋天和備份我去... Woooohoooo！...使得它沒有落在第三輪...。 but getting very tired by that stage and it was time to get lunch.但都很疲倦了這一階段，是時候讓午餐。

Out again, fighting fit and ready for a more difficult challenge, the next run was 1600m long and a little steeper and the snow was softer, which meant front edge dig in, face plant… but persistence paid off and I was able to get down a couple of times with only minor falls.再次，適合戰鬥準備一個更困難的挑戰，接下來的1600公尺長的運行是和一個小陡和雪走軟，這意味著挖掘前沿，面對工廠...但堅持獲得了回報，我能坐下一對夫婦的時候，只有輕微下降。

What was the hardest part about snowboarding for the first time is waking up and trying to move the next day…….什麼是最困難的部分有關滑雪第一次是清醒，並試圖將第二天... ...。

The day finished with the customary beers and rooms full of J-babes, very nice end to the day..這一天完成與習慣啤酒和房間充滿了殲寶貝，非常好的結束了一天.. I also uploaded the我還上載 video視頻 from my Macbook, using the very easy “Post to You tube” function found in iMovie.從我的MacBook，很容易使用“發布到你管”功能發現在iMovie。

So I think I have the snowboarding bug, I am heading back up to a different mountain this weekend,因此，我認為我有滑雪錯誤，我前往備份到不同的山本週末， Nozawa Onsen野澤溫泉 Ski Resort, should be fun and hopefully I can build upon my new found ability.滑雪場，應該充滿樂趣，希望我能建立在我的新發現的能力。 Never no, maybe I will pull off a Fakie or a Backside rodeo, though I am sure both will be by accident closely followed by tears再也不會，也許我會試圖讓法基或背面騎術表演，但我相信雙方將緊隨其後意外眼淚

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