高久 智基 Tomoki Takaku
Representative of POWDER COMPANY GUIDES, Hokkaido Niseko Backcountry Guides
Bio
Tomoki Takaku is a freeride snowboarder who has been active in the world of extreme and freeride snowboarding since the early 90’s. He has climbed and descended the highest peak in Mongolia (4,378m) and has skied many big mountains abroad, including Alaska, Siberia, and South America. He has filmed on the steep slopes of Alaska, camped on glaciers, and appeared in numerous films. Based in Niseko, Hokkaido, Tomoki has been active as a backcountry snowboard guide since 1999, leading the winter mountain skiing guide group "Powder Company Guides”. Through ski clinics and tours, he seeks to improve guests' skills and advocates safe and fun snowboarding. Tomoki is also involved in the product development for various brands, such as THE NORTH FACE. His own pro snowboard models are sold as GT and BIG FLOATER by GENTEMSTICK. He also operates the Test Center & Guide Office in Niseko Annupuri International Ski Resort. In the summer, he runs "SUPniseko," a SUP guiding service in the rivers and ocean around Niseko. In order to connect “oceans and mountains”, he also established a surfing lesson, SUP guiding, and snowboard shop by the sea in Shonan, Kanagawa in 2017.
Message
Powder Company Guides offers you a "once in a lifetime" opportunity to focus on backcountry snowboarding and skiing with peace of mind. Since our founding in 1999, we at Powder Company have been pioneering backcountry tours designed around the theme of “conveying the essence of enjoying nature!” We are committed to fulfilling our mission as a pioneer in backcountry tour guides. We look forward to sharing with our clients experiences that cannot be conveyed through a screen and the joy that can only be obtained in that time and place.
Guide Q&A
Q: What is your most memorable experience in nature?
It is so quiet that you forget that time is passing, and so stormy that you reject everything.
Q: What does nature represent to you?
All the benefits that I have been given in my life.
Q: What has nature taught you?
Doing sports in the outdoor world, bliss and danger are always two sides of the same coin.
Q: What do you hope that people will get out of experiences with you as a guide?
Experiences and impressions that can only be obtained "at that time, in that moment" in harmony with nature.
