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PSA ASIA Snowboard Pro Tour round 5

Snowboard cross

Kinseiryuho TAKAHIRO Memorial CUP in Kurumayama

January 2017, 28.Snowboard cross "Muscle rectification method TAKAHIRO Memorial CUP professional game" was held at Kurumayama SKY PARK, Nagano Prefecture.

This is the third round of this season.
The course starts with an irregular wave, and the bank section in the latter half can be accelerated by taking a line, and it is a speed course with a lot of highlights.
A wonderful course with a spectacular gallery.

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In the men's quarter final, Shinya Momono, who continues to win the domestic championship, and Yuki Motoki, who is always in the upper ranks, will hit in the same heat.It was expected that Momono and Yuki Motoki would win if they went in order.However, there is a collision between men's intentions here.Motoki, who came out in front at the start, stepped more than usual and passed the first bank in 1st place and entered the second bank.However, he couldn't stand the return of the board that he stepped on too hard, and he fell in the second bank, and he was defeated here.
In the final, the amateur Tekeidake, who was doing well that day, remained.However, I couldn't beat the veteran race feeling, and it was a beautiful final race without getting involved in the order of Momono, Kohei Motoki, Shoki Iino, and Mt.

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Winner Shinya Momono
2nd place Kohei Motoki
3rd place Shoki Iino
4th place Taketaka Tekei (amateur)
5th place Ryo Kake (amateur)
6th place Yuta Hagiwara

Who will be the next heroine this year when girls, previous year's champions and top players have retired and there is no heroine?Kanae Maeda, who won the two tournaments this season, was thought to be the heroine of the future.
Maeda made a mistake in the final and was completely late.Higashida, who was running in front of him, fell in front of the first bank, and Maeda and Tomoko Kamada, who followed him, clogged up and slowed down.Kaori Terayama, who had appeared before the start, won the championship without danger.

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Winner Kaori Terayama
2nd place Tomoko Kamada
3rd place Kanae Maeda

On this day, an amateur category tournament was held at the same time as the professional match.Amateur players who participate in professional games will be given the right to be promoted to professionals if they are ranked high, but they will not be given points as amateurs.
Meanwhile, there were some amateur players who entered in the professional category.From them, I feel the urgency to fight in the pros and win, and the tremendous momentum.
Snowboard crosses in the future are likely to become more interesting.