It doesn’t get much better than this. Japan is renowned for its tremendous snow and last year there were days when the snow was almost too deep to ride. The keyword there?

Almost.

This snowboarding from Antti Autti, Nicholas Wolkan and Kohei Kudo in this episode of Statments is building so much anticipation for a great winter that we may just go buy our plane tickets now. There’s nothing quite like the silent powder turn.

Watch also: Statements: Exploring the Swedish Alps with Antti Autti and Will Jackways, Chapter 1 

From Antti Autti:

Statements Chapter 2 – Snow Country.

Antti Autti, Nicholas Wolken & Kohei Kudo ride deep powder in land of the rising sun.

Yukiguni also known as Snow Country is a place that receives a huge amount of snow because of the northern winds coming across the sea of japan. The winds accumulate moisture over the sea & deposit it as snow while running up again the mountains. The snow reaches up to five meters & can sometimes isolate towns & villages.

Riders: Antti Autti, Kohei Kudo, Nicholas Wolken
Filming: Teemu Lahtinen, Jukka Kiistala, Alvaro Vogel
Editing: Teemu Lahtinen / Northlightpictures

Sponsors: Northwave, Drake, EpicTv, Transform Gloves, Neste
Media Partners: Snowboardmag.com , Onboardmag.com

song: Goatslaves
performed by: Goat