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November, 2025
EXECUTIVE ORGANIZATION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President
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Toby Kravet – 808-224-1065
Vice President - Michiro
Iwanaga
Treasurer - Jonathan Carr
Secretary - Sandra Robbins
Michiro Iwanaga
Alan Teramura
Caroline Sluyter
Mike Tsutsui
Karl See
Nicole De-Witt
Larry Thurston
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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.
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
I'll begin by welcoming new members Alan Purcell from Encino, California, Ruby Pap from Lihue, Kauai, and Ken Maring/Karen Hix from Wells, Nevada: Doesn't look I'll be seeing you at any of our monthly meetings and activities but might get to meet you on a trip. Concerning membership, approximately 60 of you have not renewed for the 2025-2026 membership year which began on October 1: You can easily renew online by going to our website, www.hawaiiskiclub.com , clicking on the "Join/Renew" link, and signing up. A number of you bought new Club shirts at our Kickoff party on October 2, and Caroline will be bringing more to sell at our upcoming General Membership Meeting at Mangiamo (see below) on November 6: Shirts are $25.00 by cash, check. or Venmo. Finally, a number of you have been emailing me with questions regarding trips, membership matters, and other issues to which we have officers and other members assigned. Before emailing me, please check out the "Contact Us" page on our website, www.hawaiiskiclub.com , to find the address of someone who can possibly answer your question a lot more quickly and fully than I can. Hope to see many of you at our upcoming General Membership Meeting.
TOBY
UPCOMING SKI CLUB ACTIVITIES:
GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
MANGIAMO BY 604
NAVY MARINE GOLF COURSE
943 VALKENBURGH ST.
November 6 (Thursday), 5 pm
Come to Mangiamo on November 6 for our regular, first Thursday of month, General Membership Meeting. Club tee shirts will be available for sale. Look for us outside on the ocean side lanai over the putting greens, and don't forget to wear your nametag from a pervious trip if you have one handy.
TOBY
PAU HANA
at
BEASTSIDE KITCHEN
NIU VALLEY SHOPPING
CENTER
5724 KALANIANAOLE HIGHWAY
November 21 (Friday) 4:30 pm
Come join us at a hidden Gem on the East side.
Niu Valley Shopping Center to be exact – hidden behind Jack-in-the
box. This local kitchen has Happy Hour until 6:00pm and live music
starting at 7:00.
Beastside Kitchen. Lots of
free parking if you come early!!
KARL
SKI TRIPS FOR 2026:
HAWAII SKI WEEK, 2026
MAMMOTH MOUNTAIN
Mammoth Lakes, California
January 23 - January 31
Hawaii Ski Week, 2026 will be at Mammoth Mountain, Mammoth Lakes California which is in the eastern Sierras towards the Nevada border, a 5.5 hour drive northeast of LAX and a 3.5 hour drive southwest of Reno. If you have taken the air part of the package offered by our travel agent but no longer available on the group package, we will be flying from Honolulu to San Francisco and then on to Bishop, which is just 28 miles from Mammoth, and taking a 28 miles bus ride the rest of the way to our hotel, the Mammoth Mountain Inn where we stayed in 2018. We will be steps from the lift and a short 15 minute bus ride to town. The mountain tops out at 11,053 feet with the base at 7, 953 feet and a vertical drop of 3,100 feet. There are 25 lifts and 175 named trails with 19% novice, 48% intermediate, 24% advanced, and 12% expert over 3,500 acres of skiable terrain.
Our travel agent, again, is Ski.com, and you can sign up for the trip online,
https://meetups.ski.com/
TOBY
JAPAN
The first trip to Sapporo and Otaru is scheduled from February 13-22,
2026. We will spend the first 5 nights in Sapporo, where we will have a
full day guided tour of the city and its surroundings. On the second day
we will ski at the nearby Sapporo Tiene Ski Resort famous for hosting
the bobsled competition in the 1972 Winter Olympics. For those
interested in signtseeing and shopping the next two days are free days.
For those more interested in skiing/boarding we have the option to visit
several nearby ski resorts such as Sapporo Kokusai or Niseko. We will
spend the last 3 nights of the trip in Otaru, a small fishing port and
artisan village located on Ishikari Bay approximately 1 hour west of
Sapporo. On our first day we will enjoy a full day of guided sightseeing
of Otaru and its surroundings. The next 2 days we will take a private
shuttle bus and ski at nearby Kiroro Ski Resort, famous for its abundant
snowfall.
The second ski trip is to the legendary Hokkaido
resort, Rusutsu from February 21-March 1, 2026. It is a ski in ski out 4
star resort hotel combined with a mall-like mix of shops, restaurants
and entertainment. The resort is spread over 3 mountains, with long wide
runs which are separated by powder filled tree runs in the valleys.
Therefore it’s no wonder why 2/3 of those who go to Rusutsu are
returnees. Rusutsu is ranked as among the best resorts in all of Japan
for intermediate skiers due to its long, wide groomed runs, its also one
of the best resorts for skiing in the trees, and is ranked for having
the best lift system in all of Japan. Additionally the daily breakfast
buffet is awesome having a variety of Japanese and Western food options.
It also has one of the best onsens of any ski resort in Japan.
For the past 4 years approximately 25% of HSC members who went to Japan
booked both trips, taking advantage of the famous dry powder and
excellent dollar to yen exchange rate. Because of the savings on the
second airfare, the second trip is only $2600-$2700 more.
Call Shannon or Joey at Air and Sea Travel Center at (808) 951-9800 for questions and to make roommate arrangements. Please note: Although the deadline for reservations was October 31, both trips are currently sold out. You might want to add your name to a waiting list in case of cancellations. The HSC strongly recommends purchasing trip Insurance of you don’t already have.
For more details and a copy of the reservation form, please go to the Trips section of our website, www.hawaiiskiclub.com .
ALAN
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
HAWAII SKI CLUB IS ON FACEBOOK
Facebook is the best way to keep current on the Hawaii Ski Club. On your Facebook page on your computer, type "Hawaii Ski Club" into the search box on the top left. On your mobile device, tap the magnifying glass at the top to get the search box. Pictures from Ski Club activities and other items are posted as they are submitted. You can submit your own Ski Club pictures and other items you wish posted by emailing them to nicole@hawaiisnowskiclub.com .
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Contributions from the membership to future newsletters are encouraged and will be greatly appreciated: Please e mail them to Toby (see Contacts) no later than 12 calendar days from the end of the month. Thanx much.
Updated club info available at http://www.hawaiisnowskiclub.com and on our Facebook page.