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Japan in January. Rome's team riders. Need I say more?

Rome Snowboards already had the internet buzzing when it dropped Swarm earlier this winter. Derek Lemke's footage alone was enough to generate video of the year talk.

Now, head into the backcountry with the Rome team. Keegan Hosefros pitched a trip to Hokkaido. January 2025 saw historic snowfall hit the northern island, and Rome's "bootpack bandits" were lucky enough to be there for most of it.

Watch the film below:

Riders are: Ståle Sandbech, Rene Rinnekangas, Keegan Hosefros, Martin Lässer and the hometown heroes Yuri Okubo and Kaishi Obata.

Tsutomu Nakata served as a guide, and Devin Bernard filmed and edited.

The crew didn't step foot on a resort a single time. Now that’s good livin’.

This article first appeared on SNOWBOARDER and was syndicated with permission.

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