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September, 2022
EXECUTIVE ORGANIZATION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President
– Toby Kravet – 808-224-1065
Vice
President - Anita Hodges
Treasurer - Jonathan Carr
Secretary - Stewart Taggart
Michiro Iwanaga
Alan Teramura
Caroline Sluyter
Mike Tsutsui
Karl See
Nelson Dang
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Newsletter Editor
Toby Kravet
(Click on Contacts for e mail addresses)
CALENDAR OF EVENTS:
Every Monday evening (except on holidays and, of course, during Hawaii Ski Week), at 4:30 PM, a group of ski club members and their friends play tennis at Keehi Lagoon Courts, off Lagoon Drive. Stay in shape and enjoy a "careful social hour" afterwards.
August 26, (Friday), 4:30 PM. Pau Hana at et al Restaurant and Bar, Kahala Marketplace by Foodland, 4210 Waialae Ave., Suite 401.
September 1 (Thursday), 5:00 PM, General Membership Meeting at Mangiamo by 604. Please try to get there at 5:00 PM or shortly thereafter so you can get "situated" before we begin our business at 5:30 and conclude before the music begins at 6:00 PM.
October 6 (Thursday), 5:00 PM, We are back to Rainbow Bay Marina, Pearl Harbor for the first new membership year Kickoff Meeting since COVID got in the way two years ago. As with July 7, the food, probably the same basic menu, will be provided by the club. unlike July 7, we'll have some door prizes to make things interesting, so "pencil" this into your schedule now.
December 10 (Saturday) Following a two year hiatus due to COVID (what else?) Sam Wright is inviting us back to the Esplanade in Hawaii Kai for our traditional holiday party.
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
First, I wish to welcome new members, Diane Voncina, Phillip Halsch, and Dylan Sakurai to the club. Hope to meet you at upcoming meetings and activities.
Secondly, I want to thank Michael Shintani for his feedback on the problems some, but not all, of us were having, for several weeks, with the credit card payment option via our website. For some (magical?) reason, the internet gremlins have gone back inside, at least for the present, and it seems to be working now. Although our ski club website is not a secure site, and a message to this effect may be displayed on your screen, don't let this deter you as the membership form and credit card payment option are on the secure Cognito site, not ours: When you click on the Join/Renew button, you are transferred to their site. Further, the payment information, credit card numbers, amounts, etc. are not saved: "Not to worry." New and renewing members need to complete the online membership form, regardless of how you pay, but if you choose to pay by check, it is after September 15, and you are coming to the Kickoff on October 6, you can just bring your check to Rainbow Bay Marina and save a stamp.
Third, for those of you who are planning on purchasing and using an Ikon pass for our trips, please be sure to read the update below to make sure you get/have the correct pass and don't click in to your skis or board in the morning only to find that you can't get there from here. Also, please note that Rusutsu is an Epic Pass resort: Ikon passes will not work there.
Fourth, I want to thank Sylvia (Sam) Wright for inviting us back to the Esplanade in Hawaii Kai for our traditional club Holiday party in December. It will be a pot luck with Secret Santa gift exchange, and maybe more. Everybody "comes out of the woodwork" for this one so stay tuned for more details as the season approaches.
And, finally, we will be having meetings and activities between October 6 and December 10: They are just not scheduled yet.
Hope to see you soon.
TOBY
UPCOMING SKI CLUB ACTIVITIES:
GENERAL MEMBERSHIP
MEETING
MANGIAMO BY 604
NAVY MARINE GOLF COURSE
943
VALKENBURGH ST.
September 1 (Thursday) 5 PM
We're back to Mangiamo for our September General Membership Meeting and, although the meeting itself won't begin until 5:30 PM, we'd like you to get there a bit earlier so you can get situated and order your food and drink. If you haven't yet been to Mangiamo, it is opposite the airport, off of Valkenburgh Street which runs between Nimitz Highway (under the viaduct) and Radford Drive. It is on the second floor of the golf course's club house. See you there.
TOBY
ANNUAL KICK-OFF
MEETING/COOKOUT
RAINBOW BAY MARINA
57 Arizona Memorial Drive
(next to Restaurant 604)
PEARL HARBOR
October 6 (Thursday) 5:00 PM
Come to our Annual
Kick-Off (to the new membership year) Meeting, where the food will be "on the house,"
at Rainbow Bay Marina, Pearl Harbor, Cabana A. This is
exactly where we had the July meeting, and this time, in addition to free
food, we will have some door prizes. If you haven't already paid by
credit card or mailed in your check for the 2022-2023 year, you can bring
your check to this meeting, but don't forget to complete the digital
membership form accessed through our website. Rainbow Bay
Marina is the outdoor picnic area with cabanas on the right hand side
(facing towards the ocean) of Restaurant 604. We have held
our October Kick-Off Meetings and, at least, a couple of Pre-Trip Packet Pickup
Parties here in the past. For those of you who unfamiliar with the
area, enter Pearl Harbor off Kamehameha Highway as if you were going to the
Arizona Memorial, take a right on the inner road (Arizona Memorial Place),
and drive approximately 1/4 mile. As soon as you go under the Ford
Island viaduct, you are there. This
is BYOB, and please carry out your drink containers rather than
deposit of them in the refuse receptacles at the venue or we will forfeit
the return of a
$100.00 deposit we gave them for cleanup.
Please
email me pres@hawaiisnowskiclub.com
TOBY
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
UPDATE ON SKI TRIPS FOR 2023
Big Sky January 13-22, 2023.
Presently 55 members have registered and we have
added 3 double occupancy rooms at the Village Center Condos, next door to
the Huntley Hotel which is totally sold out. We finally got the pricing
information for lift tickets and they have gone up more than originally
estimated. The ticket office rate for a one day adult lift ticket is $180
this year. We were able to get Senior rates of $120/day or $600 for a 5 day
pass. Senior rates apply to those 70 and above. Adult rates are $145/day or
$725 for 5 days. If you wish to ski additional days can buy lift tickets at
these discounted daily rates. Shuttle bus pricing also exceeded our
estimates by $50 pp. Your total land package will need to be adjusted by $75
if you are a Senior and by $200 if you are 69 or under, to account for these
lift ticket and shuttle bus price increases. For example if you are staying
at the Huntley Village View room your total package estimate was $2829 on
the Registration Form that you sent in if you are a Senior, but it's now
$2904. If you are under 69 it's now $3029. This additional cost will be
added to your final December 1 payment. Of course if you purchased an Ikon
Pass then the lift ticket price increase doesn't apply and you only need to
pay $50 more to cover the increase in your roundtrip shuttle bus fare.
Schewe Travel will be sending you a detailed accounting of any changes made
to your trip reservation. If you haven't already reserved a seat on the
shuttle bus through Schewe Travel you need to do so soon since only a few
seats are left. Otherwise you will need to book your own shuttle bus to and
from the airport.
Sapporo Snow
Festival & Skiing in Niseko, Japan February 11-19, 2023
Presently over 35 members have registered for this
trip. We only have 2 double occupancy hotel rooms left so if you are
interested in going you should book soon while space is still available. We
also need 4 more persons to take the group roundtrip airfare to Sapporo from
February 11-19 to make the minimum group airfare price of $1425, which is
currently $300 less than the online price. Niseko is an Ikon Pass resort so
if you have this pass you can ski for free and get a discount from the
published package price. See last month's HSC Newsletter or our website for
more detailed information.
Rusutsu, Japan February 18-26, 2023.
Presently over 35 members have registered for this
trip and we still have 13 double occupancy hotel rooms left. Rusutsu is an
Epic Pass resort so you can ski free with this pass. Rusutsu is more of a
Japanese visitor ski resort compared with Niseko which caters more to
international visitors especially Kiwis. It has a wonderful new
indoor/outdoor onsen. About two-thirds of those who have skied at Rusutsu
return again.
Sapporo, Niseko and Rusutsu February 11-26, 2023
Approximately half of the total group will
be going on both ski trips for a fabulous 2 weeks in Japan.
If you purchased an
Ikon Pass read the important information below:
There are several types of Ikon Passes.
The Ikon Pass is the most expensive and
currently sells for $1,179. It allows you to ski 7 days at Big Sky and
Niseko, Japan plus 48 other resorts with no blackout dates.
The
Ikon Base Pass (currently sells for $869) is cheaper for a reason, it
only gives you 5 days at Big Sky and Niseko, Japan and has blackout dates
including Sunday January 15, 2023 which is during the week we will be at Big
Sky. If you have an Ikon Base Pass and wish to ski on this day you will have
to buy a separate lift ticket!
If you have the
Military,
Nurse or College Epic or Base Passes read the fine print to see whether you
might have other restrictions associated with your discount.
New this year for Ikon Pass,
you need to reserve the days you wish to ski at Big Sky. Simply log
into your Ikon Pass account and click on "reservations." You have to select
and save each day separately. I was able to reserve January 15-20,2023 in a
few minutes. After you submit your reservation you will receive a
confirmation email from Ikon Pass. Take a screenshot of the confirmation
just in case but it's also on your Ikon Pass App once you link it to your
account. BTW I also suggest that you download the Big Sky app for additional
information and notifications.
If you are purchasing lift tickets from Schewe
Travel, none of the above applies to you. No need to make ticket
reservations since the days you are going to ski are already on the tickets.
For further information and reservation forms, go to the Trips Section of
our website,
www.hawaiisnowskiclub.com
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Updated club info available at http://www.hawaiisnowskiclub.com and on our Facebook page.