I booked a 3hr pvt boarding lesson with FastFun yesterday afternoon and met my instructor, Tanya at Hanazono. Even though the school's offices are located at the base of the beginner lifts in Hirafu, she agreed to meet me at Hanazono as it was pretty blowy and low visibility (Hana is a bit more protected). We talked about the level I was at and got going straight away, heading up the mountain a few lifts. Within no time she had pointed out a few things I could improve on and we worked on them for a couple of runs. After about an hour I was linking my turns, gaining more confidence and speed and we were taking some great and more challenging runs through the trees.Tanya even took video footage so I could see where I was going wrong with some points of my technique! This was incredibly helpful and I progressed further in an afternoon that I would have over many days normally.Big thanks to Scott and the crew at FastFun and of course, to Tanya!I'll be back later this week to fine tune more!Arigatou Gozaimasu!!!Sam
Am experienced skier but wanted a refresher lesson after a few years learning bad habits...Booked a private 3hr lesson with Max his 1st season in Japan but experienced in Europe so i was comfortable with that.Spent first 30mins assessing my skiing style and then worked on a few tips and tricks by the end of the lesson i had made improvement and although 1 day on i am sore from the skiing its only because i got comfortable enough to push myself a little bit more than if i didnt have the lesson.Booking and meetup very easy and no hassle.
Recently I spent a week in Niseko on a family holiday, and of course we needed lessons. We were recommended fastfun by the guy who picked us up so we organised ourself a bunch of lessons. I wanted to snowboard and had one on one lessons with instructor Sam B. He was so much fun and really taught me the ropes quickly and made me feel really comfortable. We also just had a great laugh and he pushed me to improve even when I was being a baby. I definitely recommend SAM B, he is the best.It was a fabulous time, great weather and loads of fun!Thank you fastfunn xxxx
Having settled in to Niseko and got the kids sorted with ski school etc I reckoned it was time to focus on me and how to maximise the time in Niseko. Happened across Fast Fun, who are located immediately below Larry Adler Ski Rental. I had considered the main ski guide/school agency in Hirafu - NBS - but opted for the small and friendly option of FastFun, and am very glad I did. I wanted to get more confident Powder Skiing, and with this brief in mind set off with Elliot, my Aussie instructor/guide. Really impressed by the flexibility, passion and seriouslness with which Elliot approached the afternoon. As a 1:1 session he was able to customise part ski & powder lesson/part guiding/part NIseko history lesson. Given I had never had a formal lesson in my 30 years skiing, the balance of time came down on the lessons, with lots of helpful tips for on and off piste techniques. Thoroughly enjoyable three hours, for a very reasonable price. Thanks FastFun for really making my holiday.
We (family of 4, 2 adults and 2 kids - 13y/o and 11y/o) visited Niseko in Dec 2014. We had booked lessons online earlier and on the first day, Damien from FastFun came to pick us up from our accommodation to the office, which is just at the base of the slopes. Hubby had a private snowshoe trek with Damien while the kids and I had ski lessons with Tanja. We all enjoyed ourselves and Tanja was professional, experienced and fun to hang out with. We were skiing quite comfortably on the beginner slopes by lunchtime (we've only every skied once before, in 2013). Hubby also said that the snowshoe trek was very enjoyable. On day 2, we all had ski lessons with Tanja again, hubby included. On the whole I would say that I would recommend FastFun. The instructors and people at the office were great to deal with.
We did the 3 hour snowshoe activity with the guide Rosa back on 24 Feb 14. We had a great time and thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Rosa was very knowledgable and inserted a little bit of 'fun' into the adventure.They picked us up from our hotel, gave us a good brief about what we were doing and where we were going and included tea and a snack half way round!All of us had a great time and have some beautiful pictures to remember the trip by. A worthwhile activity for a day off the slopes.
We took a morning family lesson. Very reasonably priced compared with the competition. They picked us up for the lesson. Instructor worked at individual pace for each family member and we were all skiing the slopes before the morning was over.
A trip to Niseko wouldn't be complete without a snowshoeing experience! This tour is a must especially if you can go when there is a full moon. Rosana and Sam from Fastfun.jp Snow Sports were outstanding guides and knowledgeable about the area. If I had 5 hands I'd give them a 5-thumbs up!
这是我第—滑雪,hirafu这里的真旳好赞喔~雪真的非常粉!而且教练好专业喔~让害怕的我,也能享受滑雪的乐趣!我在这里学了sonwboard,—开始真的不好学,不过经验丰富的教练,总会知道问题在哪里,现在我不用现慕别人了,我也可以很帅气,谢谢sam^^
Hello MarkVery sorry to hear this through this wayBecause our lessons have a different pricing for a full day (JPY 47 000) and half day (JPY 27 000) there is a difference of JPY 7 000 (equals almost 1 free hour!). Although we would grant you lessons not given on any day as a favor to the customer we still have to stick with the terms & conditions. The terms & conditions which you have agreed to on your sign up state: "There will be no refunds in the event that: - Your further participation in the snow sport activity is terminated because of your choice."Because we want to give our customers a more beneficial lesson, I proposed you to upgrade your remaining lesson time into a half day 3hrs lesson as 1hr has almost no benefit, I think I gave you a fair option. As we take feedback seriously we will do our best to inform customers more thoroughly about our terms & conditions and will try to check with the customer how long the lesson should be for according to fitness level and the needsThank you anyhow for your feedback we appreciate it very much!