From Japan to SL

My friend took me to skating. I have not done skating for several years in RL.




It is joy to skate in the beautiful scenery while chatting, but unfortunately the balls are fully automatic and it is not possible to move freely.




This tunnel could be the site where I took the beautiful autumn leaves before.




The old Baba skating rink. The animation is also automatic as a dance ball, but it was possible to move around freely. It was amusing to follow the leader and make pair position. It was the time when the Ina Bauer by Shizuka Arakawa became popular.




I have not gone skiing also for three years at both SL and RL. There were many ski resorts in SL. Some of them were for racing and a competition was done at Baba members.




Neither spread eagle nor such a high jump I have done in RL.




I love a powder snow. Recently the powder snow in Japan became popular among foreign tourists as “Japow”. Comparing with that at Canada, the powder in Japan might be a bit heavier and rather easier to maneuver. This is the timing that I love most. The ski pressed down now comes bouncing back to the surface, and starts rotating toward the next turn initiating a new curve. The snow powder reaches up to my shoulder at the bottom of the corner. Too bad that there is no powder snow in SL…