This past weekend was spent helping a friend and having a private MTB lesson. I helped a friend do some moving on Saturday morning then met Ya-Chan for a great lunch. After that I headed to Hakuba to prepare for the next days private MTB lesson. A friend of a friend from France studying Japanese in Tokyo wanted to try some mountain biking. I said come on out and he jumped on the train and here we are.

Matthieu practicing some balance skills.....

practicing some bike body separation.

With this smile, I think I succeeded in converting him into an official MTBer!! For being a first timer, he did really well on the bike. Good job! We had an afternoon private lesson in Hakuba. I decided to ride the Hakuba Iwatake singletrack trails. They are in great condition right now and it was a perfect afternoon for riding....

I did manage to get in a bit of jumping fun as well. We warmed up on this mini jump park near Donguri grounds in Hakuba then off to the trails. On the way back, I just had to finish off the day with some rounds of jumping, fun fun.......

As we were driving back, we saw these in the parking lot. Just had to stop by for a picture, look at all of these cars??? They were having some kind of weekend meeting........