Where does Sven play?

I took this picture today at the ski hill! Here in Furano, due to the great ski hill which attracts many foreign tourists, especially from Australia, there is a program called Furano Ski Hosts. To be a ski host volunteer you need to live in Furano and speak a bit of English. Then you go to the ski hill and ski with foreigners while utilizing your English ability to converse with them. Originally I had been unable to join this program due to time conflicts in the weekends (and there is a minimum volunteer rate per month if you do it). But during these weeks when we are not on vacation, but when the schools are still on winter break, the office decided that us going up and helping the ski volunteers with their English could acceptably fall under the category of "internationalization": the ALT prime directive. So... for this week I have been put to the difficult and unfortunate task, of, regrettably, having to force myself to go up to the ski slopes every morning (with my board, naturally) and complete the most arduous tasks of speaking in English and snowboarding, sometimes simultaneously. It's a hard job, I know, but I'm just the kind of selfless individual that is willing to give up my diligent time at the office to persevere in this endeavor.