[Rider Interview with Kanami Okuyama] An Adventure Journey with an Infinitely Expanding Snowboard

This term head Three girl athletes who formed a female athlete team [UNITY] and held a one-point advice session, “Come Ride With Unity in Nekoma Ski Resort” talked about their activities.

QXNUMX: What kind of activities did you do this season?

OhYama: I was based in Hakuba. In addition to participating in PSA and FIS races and competing as a competitor, I also challenged backcountry and sidecountry.In addition, I was able to be involved in many shootings and shoot in various situations.And I was able to hold a head event with the head women's team.

QXNUMX: Among them, what was the most impressive?

OhYama: It was the first time I was in a position to teach at Nekoma's Athlete Lesson, and I was impressed by the opportunity to learn more about snowboarding.

Q3: Nekoma's lesson was held by head's female athlete team, but are the three of you usually good friends?

Okuyama: We also met at the Tateyama Kings in the off-season, so we talked and skated.

Q4: Do you skate and shoot together?

Okuyama: We skated and filmed when we got together at head during the season.

Q5: Is this your first lesson with Nekoma?Was there anything that was fun or difficult?How was it?

Okuyama: It was my first lesson.I had never been in a position to teach, so I thought it would be difficult to explain in words, but I wanted to be able to do things that I hadn't been able to do by actually doing it myself and seeing examples. I was happy when it happened and it was fun.Next year is still undecided, but I would be happy if I could hold it.

Q6: This was the first time you had a wonderful experience standing in the position of a coach.What was it like for PSA, FIS, and as a competitor who are your main competitors?

Okuyama: I was able to win the professional tournament again this year, but I was disappointed that I wasn't able to achieve satisfactory results at cowday and bookoff.

Q7: Please tell us your goals for the next season or any challenges you would like to try..

Okuyama: I plan to be based in Hakuba again next season, so I want to try a lot of backcountry and freeriding.

Profile] Hanami Okuyama/Born August 2002, 8 ■Height/25cm ■Stance/Regular 157cm ■Angle/49 degrees in front, minus 12 degrees in back ■Snowboarding history/9 years ■Home Mountain/Hanagasa Kogen, Hakuba 11 ■Used Item/Board:EVERYTHING LYT boots:EIGHT BOA Vine:NX SIX ■ Instagram/@kanamiokuyama