hey the culture in japan had taken a lot from american culture the skiing is supposed to be very good if i had the money i would not mind at all taking a trip over to japan not only to ski but to interact with the locals i would love to learn japaness and spend some time over there. o ya and...
depends what you are doing if you are just going huge and need the surface area to carry your speed into the jump than it is good but if you are hitting rails and getting in the pipe then i would go shorter that is what i think