Sunday, January 25, 2015

Great Race results!

Good work group!

I have heard of many awesome race results this past weekend!!!! We are very proud of your efforts!!!

See you soon!

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

GS Day!

Hi All!

The snow has firmed up slightly! It was warm today so it maybe even better tomorrow.

We trained GS on #6 today and SL on #3 tomorrow.

See you soon!

Monday, January 12, 2015

Thanks for a great weekend!

Thank you all for visiting us !!!

It was such a great weekend! Icy snow for the first 2 days and new snow for the last. Training was good though and our group was very large! Thanks for choosing us for your gate training! We appreciate your support!

Have a great week!

Thursday, January 08, 2015

Great snow conditions!

Hi all!

This week has been great for snow conditions! The first ice of the season is here, thanks to a warm, rainy day during the first part of the week.

If you are training with us this weekend be ready and have your edges sharp and smooth!

See you soon!

Tuesday, January 06, 2015

New years group picture!

Thanks for a great New Years Camp!

Saturday, January 03, 2015

Be a Champion!

I know, I'm a little late! BUT Happy New Year!!!! I wish us all the best for the New Year!

Thank you all for an amazing holiday camp! I am very proud of your efforts!


Races coming up for many. Please stay focused on your own pre race plan. Keep your minds activity focused on your day only! Positive self talk! Fast, clean, smooth skiing! I believe in all of you!! Rock and Roll!

Monday, December 29, 2014

Great skiing conditions!

Hi everyone!

It has been such a great season so far for snow!

Our racers have been really performing great too. Great job !!!!!!

Of course it has been very busy at the ski hill, with long line ups! We really appreciate your patience, as well as your support!

Races are approaching fast. Stay focused and strong! Please watch not to over train. Focused means to keep your thoughts POSITIVE and on your own performance and goals! I believe all of you can create great results!

See you soon!

Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Merry Christmas!!

Merry Christmas Every one!!!!!

I hope you all have a great day!!!!

Training as usual today. Free skiing GS first then in to the GS gates. SL from 2:30pm.

Conditions here are superb!!!!

Looking forward to seeing you soon!

Friday, December 19, 2014

Great snow conditions!!!

Hi All!

Snow conditions a super at Sugadaira!!!! Runs # 1,2,3 will open soon!!!

Have a great weekend! See you soon!

Monday, December 15, 2014

Dec, 15 Update

Hi Girls and Guys!

It was great to see many of you this past weekend! I am so impressed with your focus on the ski hill. All of you performed the basic drills very well! All were able to transfer balance solidly from foot to foot, and initial edging skills looked good too! Nice work!

Snow conditions here are getting better daily. Small amounts of natural snow are falling and it is cold so snow making machines are working daily. The free ski run and pole training runs #4 and #5 are open from top to bottom at Tsubakuro.

We set our first brush course of the season. Just on the flats. Tomorrow we will set GS on #5 from 10:30am. Free skiing will start before that from 8:30am.

I hope to see you soon.

Doug



Friday, December 12, 2014

Weekend Update

Hi!!!

I hope you are all well!

It was a good first week! The guests that were here did very well working on solid balance changes and sharp, early edging. Great work!

It did rain yesterday and froze last night! It will be very icy for tomorrows training so make sure those edges are sharp!

Those of you that have seasons tickets please go early to the main office to activate them for the season. It was very slow going today! It will be busier tomorrow because of the weekend volume and the Rossignol cup is also tomorrow. Good luck! Please drive carefully when you come here.

See you at Tsubakuro!

Doug

Sunday, December 07, 2014

First weekend Update!

Hi all!

I am back in Japan and very much looking forward to the upcoming season!

It was good see those who came to the camp! It was a great start to season. I can tell many of you have trained hard in the off season. It shows in your skiing!

They have been making more snow in the Sugadaira area. Hopefully we can start skiing here soon.

We are going to Yunomara ski area tomorrow with a small group.

See you soon,

Doug

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

First fire of the year!

Hi All,

It feels like winter here finally. It has been abnormally warm till now. So Makaiya made our first fire of the winter season! We really love the feel that a fire adds to the room of our house!

Last weekend I went into the forest, (with a fire wood permit) and cut up dead trees for our fire wood. It took 2 full days to do this. We should have enough for the winter though.

It looks like many of you have been preparing for the up coming season. Great work!

I look forward to seeing you all soon!

Bye for now!

Doug

Tuesday, September 09, 2014

Japanese Family visit Canada

Hi All,

Last week we had my Family from Japan visit us. Machiko and Haruki Sato. It was very fun to have them stay with us. We all enjoyed our time together very much! We were able to get most of our Canadian family together to meet them in Kelowna. They also met with my other Canadian cousins in Vancouver! Always interesting to talk about our family history and the differences in our cultures!

Sunday, August 17, 2014

Saturday night Home made pizza! Mochi?

Hi Guys and girls!

It was pizza night last night. Chrissy made the dough from scratch. I also made mochi with the mochi maker I bought last spring in Japan. I tried mixing the dough with mochi. Not bad for our first try. I think around 25%, 75% dough might be good? Next time. I hope you had a good weekend!

Bye for now.

Doug




Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Doug's Update

Hi All!!!

I am so sorry for my long awaited update!

I very happy to see many of you are training hard to become strong for next season! Great work! Please keep working hard! It will be worth the effort!

I have been very busy with my summer work. Not much time holidaying! Just a few days camping.

We have had a few forest fires in our area, so there is a lot of smoke. There was a full moon last night, which produces an orange moon. The moon photo's are from our deck in our back yard. I took them with ""Fuji Film, Fine PIX camera.

Saturday, June 14, 2014

Rustic dinning room table!

Hi All!

So in my free time I have been working on a new dinning room table. It is 240 cm long and 105 cm wide. It was made from Birch wood, and Douglas Fir base. Chrissy and I like having friends over for home party's so it is perfect for that!

Thursday, June 12, 2014

Doug's garden!

Hi all,

Some pictures of my rock garden.

Sunday, May 18, 2014

Long weekend Fair

Hi !!!!!!!

It is a long weekend!!!!! Nice! Makaiya and one of her friends went to a fair close to our house. They had super fun! I just watched! Those rides make me sick!