The Rising Gaijins

12 July, 2016 Rupert Orchard

A short film by Jake Munro featuring three freeskiers and two snowboarders from New Zealand who set aside their differences on a trip to the backcountry of Japan & later become... “The Rising Gaijins’.

Rupert Orchard
Rupert Orchard

Rupert works for HT Holidays and returned to Niseko full-time in 2014, seven years after first discovering the resort's famous powder as a ski instructor. In between, he has worked in the ski industry in China and Canada, but in the end, couldn't resist a return to the resort that made him fall in love with the sport and the industry.