Dispatches: Quebexit Strategy – Oli Gagnon 1.0 Salomon In Japan
February 18
Last night we picked up Chris Carr and Wolle Nyvelt at the airport. The crew is now complete.
Photos & Captions: Oli Gagnon
SNOWBOARDER Senior Photographer is just as inclined to snap off a few face melters on-stage with his band Hoopsnake as he is to snap off some of snowboarding’s best images every year. The Quebec native-turned-world-traveler is currently on the North Island of Japan with a few fine fellows, so we feel it necessary to post this Dispatch from the Land of the Rising Sun with the Salomon team. As Team Manager Java Fernandez vaguely puts it on a consistent basis…”Would You?” Domo Arigato.
This morning we woke up to a snowstorm, so we went out just to take a few laps for fun.
Mellow golf balls.
This would be the best picture to describe what snowboarding in japan feels like.
Louif has a classic method.
Taka Nakai slashing the shit out of that pillow while I am blowing the shot.
Niseko gondola, smoking allowed inside.
Wolle looks tall next to Taka
I have a small banana with regular camber.
Decent packin job by Louif Paradis.
Let's get fucked up.
After riding, we drove to another town about 4 hours north of Niseko. On the way up we stop to check out the ocean.
Chris and I jumped down to check how cold the water was.. freezing.
How pretty.
We bumped into Mike Yoshida looks like he got a new job at Shell.
