content / range of focus
hokkaido
a place called niseko

IN JANUARY 2023 A GROUP OF SNOWBOARDERS AND SKIERS MET ON THE ISLAND OF HOKKAIDO. ERIC POLLARD ALONG WITH LENA STOFFEL, LISA FILZMOSER, AND ERIN VALVERDE BROUGHT A VARIETY OF SLIDING EQUIPMENT. FROM FORMA BOARDS AND SKIS TO PASS SPLITBOARD, THEY CAPTURED THEIR LAPS WITH HOKKAIDO LOCALS YUTA SHIMOMURA, WAKANA HAMA, AND YOHEI SASAKI AND REDISCOVERED THE MAGIC OF JAPAN.