Eric Jackson, frontside 360 tree tapper beneath Buna, in a zone where we spent the better part of a day while the storm cleared. Eric Jackson transfers from barrier to barrier in the Akakura backcountry. An etched stone tablet in the woods at Sekiyama Shrine, home to over 1,300 years of human history. It was once a training hall for Shinto Yamabushi, or mountain priests. 046 THE SNOWBOARDER’S JOURNAL