Slope Style

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04/04/2010

Slope Style held at Tangram Ski Circus, Nagano Prefecture on April 4nd (Sat) and 2rd (Sun).
The winner of SlopeStyle '2, which was contested by 16 people who won in the qualifying on the 7nd and 05 invited players!
SlopeStyle / WILD CARDS / Rail JAM / Rail JAM challenge

SlopeStyle / WILD CARDS / Rail JAM / Rail JAM challenge

A hot rail jam was held on April 4st (Friday) at Tangram Ski Circus, Nagano Prefecture.
A special jam session limited to 50 amateur riders.
Five sessions were divided into 10 people each, and a final session was contested by 5 people each from the top two people, and a session with bare style was seen.The top three selected by the special judges were given the right to participate in the next day's "SlopeStyle Rail Jam" and set up a session with superstars from around the world.

Rank Bib Name
1 10 Daisuke Ebuchi
2 02 Yuji Suzuki
3 04 Jun Maesaka

Special Judge & MC
Atsushi Ishikawa, Satoshi Shimada, Kenichi Takizawa

Rail JAM RESULTS
★ BEST TRICK Award:T.J. Schneider
★ BEST JIBBER Award: Simon Chamberlain
★ EPIC Award(Most Impressive Rider): Yuichi Ohnobu

4/2 SlopeStyle Day XNUMX Weather Sunny.
According to the forecast, it will rain from the afternoon, and it will be a little cloudy when I wake up in the morning.However, when I opened the lid, the weather was such that the sun was shining all the time during the tournament and I was worried about sunburn.Today, one of the largest rail contests in Japan was held, including the three who won the "Wild Card Battle" and yesterday's "Rail Jam Challenge", which determine the 16 players who will challenge tomorrow's main race.
There is a promotion area in front of the course, and in addition to the headquarters tent and rider's tent, tents of each manufacturer are lined up on both sides, and you can see boards, clothing, goggles, backpacks, etc. next season. It was quite busy as the riders came and went frequently.And since the large-scale vision (run vision) is installed facing the course, you can check each item perfectly from the starting point, which is hard to see from the course!Perhaps because of that, the gallery on the side of the course and the gallery in the promotion area had a great sense of unity.
At our "Yukibancho" booth, Satoshi Shimada and C ☆ 2,500 are blaming the fans for signing, but the booth is lively.During the tournament, one snow bancho chair is sold for 27 yen for charity, but thanks to the tournament MC Neil and 67,500 calling with a microphone, 20 legs of XNUMX yen gathered in a blink of an eye. I did! !!This money will be donated to the disaster area of Niigata through the Japanese Red Cross Society.Thank you to everyone who cooperated!Also, I'm sorry for many people who couldn't buy because they were sold out. After tomorrow's tournament, we will finally sell the snow bancho chair used by judges and riders at the tournament.When I checked the number, there are about XNUMX legs left, so I think that it will disappear soon, but please understand.
When you try to sell charity on the spot in this way, you will be impressed by the large number of snowboarders with hot hearts.

By the way, it was Mutsuo Yamaguchi, Kenji Taguri, and Yat Yoshino who survived the wild card.As the name suggests, the pattern is uploaded along with the image in the real report of Yukibancho, so please check it out.
The result of the rail jam was that the three amateur riders who came up in the challenge yesterday also made a great struggle, but the result was the best trick award, TJ Schneider, the best gibber award, Simone Chamberlain, and the epic award, Yuichi Oshinobu!

Today's tournament goes smoothly, and there is a good hour of promotion time such as rider autograph sessions in the promotion area, and the galleries are having fun with the SlopeStyle tournament T-shirts getting autographs and stickers. have become.However, the procession waiting for the signs of Matt Hammer and Simone Chamberlain was terrible ... It seems that there were lightly over 100 people.
Well, tomorrow is finally the SlopeStyle main race!What kind of tournament will it be?I'm so excited from now on that I can't sleep tonight. .. ..

WILD CARDS RESULTS

1st.Place: TJ Schneider
2nd.Place: Mutsuo Yamaguchi
3rd.Place: Matt Hammer
EPIC Award (Most Impressive Rider): Yasuhito Yoshino
★ The SlopeStyle final was canceled due to bad weather (dense fog), and the result of the qualifying was the final result.

SlopeStyle / WILD CARDS / Rail JAM / Rail JAM challenge
4/3 SlopeStyle Day XNUMX Weather Cloudy then rain (dense fog).
This day is ahead of the most fun final of the three-day festival.I woke up in the morning and looked out the window and was disappointed.Rain ... The sun that made me tan yesterday didn't show up.The faces of the staff, who had begun preparing for the venue early in the morning, also felt cloudy.
At one point, it was so gas that I couldn't even see the second section when I looked up from below.I was ready to start anytime, but even the management staff didn't know if I could really start.
However, at the time when it was marked as public practice on the schedule, the gas that had been dripping up to that point was miraculously rising! !!A total of 16 selected the SlopeStylers, 7 from yesterday's WILD CARDS match and 23 invited players, jumped out as soon as they were waiting.
Powerful riding is carried out one after another as if it is not slippery due to bad weather, and the side watching the game with rail judgment and stable spin with a tight style is also delighted.Great cheers continue to rise for the best performance.It seemed that the judges had to make a very difficult decision.
The nine selected people are as follows.Actually, eight people were supposed to be eliminated, but Uemura "Ue" Nosei and Sato "Yasu" Yasuhiro were tied and the eighth place was two people, and the final was to compete with nine people.

At the time of the announcement of the finalists, they were in front of the tent where Yasu Sato and Mutsoo Yamaguchi were, but they were concentrating on the announcement of the MC with a serious look.At the moment of the announcement, Yasu jumped up and was overjoyed (a little jumping ...), and Mutsoo laughed happily and quietly covered his face with his hands as if to bite the joy of passing second place.Applause and cheering were also happening from the fans around me who were watching it.
Immediately after that, however, the venue was swallowed by a thick mass of gas in a blink of an eye, and the visibility 10 meters away was jeopardized.I waited until 3 o'clock, but the gas is getting thicker and thicker.Even just standing, my hair got wet.After all, it was judged that it was impossible to continue, and the final was canceled unfortunately.Therefore, the ranking of the qualifying was advanced to the final result as it was.So, following yesterday's RAIL JAM, TJ Schneider will monopolize this year's podium! Second place is our Mutsuo Yamaguchi. Third place was Matt Hammer, who loves Japan and participates in SlopeStyle every year.
Mutsuo Yamaguchi, who was on the podium for the first time in two years as a Japanese, said, "I haven't been able to get results so far, but I'm really happy that the fans are finally pleased. I want to practice more and more. Please give me time! He gave me a comment.But after that, he said, "I want to go fishing tomorrow. It's okay to relax for about a day and then do my best again ...".of course!Charge a lot and impress us again! !!

It was very disappointing that the final was canceled, but (I wanted to see this hot fight until the end!), So the time for fan service was set up slowly, and the riders could relax and interact with the fans. I was able to do it.That's what fans are happy with!The inside of the venue was so hot that it was steaming.In front of the "Charlie" booth, where Yasu Sato and Mutsoo Yamaguchi, who were particularly active, rushed to cheer for people!It was hard for me to walk with humans !!
We respect all the people involved in the tournament who held such a wonderful event, the riders who showed the best performance, the fans who made the venue lively, and all the people!

* By the way, the result of today's charity chair sales was 29.I'm really sorry for those who came to the store but couldn't buy it because the sale ended in a blink of an eye.Thank you very much for your cooperation!