This Myoko trip started with rider driven by accident.
The trigger was The World Heli Challenge.
What I was always asked by interacting with riders from all over the world
"Snow in Japan is the best. Which place do you think is good for Japanese people?"
Hokkaido and Tohoku areas, Kanetsu to Shinetsu, Gifu areas.
There are many areas that I immediately remember when I cross.
But I never said where is the best,
Whenever I tell him, he always says, "I like it."
After all, everyone has their own hearts about what is the best.
Thinking so, it ’s the roots of my snowboarding,
A place where many friends and benefactors are still slipping ...
So the final word was the same every time.
"I like Myoko after all."
Pick a Finnish snowboarder and filmer who landed in Haneda, Tokyo in mid-February.
Riders are good friends Antti Autti and newcomer Saku Tiilikainen, who is new to powder photography this time.
Filmer's Sami, and Mattti.
They had finished shooting in Hokkaido and then went to Haneda and Myoko.
Saku, Sami, and Matti, who were the first to come to Tokyo after running along the Gulf and the Metropolitan Expressway, were taking pictures.
These words were impressive.
"How Crazy this bad traffic and numbers of cars"
(What a lot of cars and the amount of traffic)
Go straight to Myoko and stay overnight.
And the two-day riding of this Myoko trip started.
DAY1
Joined Yuta Kiyohara, who participated as a Japanese rider, in good conditions with a clear view of the sun.
Based in Hokkaido, he skates in Hakuba and Myoko every year for about a month in the main season, so Antti is active this time.Antisworld.comParticipated as a rider in the filming of.
At the base of Hikarigahara CAT, he is already a producer of Hikarigahara CAT, and produced boards for Burton AK457 and Family tree board lines.
Joined Masanori Takeuchi (MASA), who is doing R & D of Burton products based on this.
And Filming started. Get MASA's accurate advice and condition briefing
Each rider is a Japanese photographerAkira OnozukaAnd filmer'sTomohiro Fujii, Sami, Matti started the session with a total of XNUMX shooting staff.
Antti's soft board handling and speed, Jump that maximizes buoyancy, Yuta Kiyohara's characteristics of line taking and spray size, which are his characteristics raised in Hokkaido, and outstanding riding sense, Myoko's snow and Hikariga Masa's smooth and sharp turn, who knows all about Hara,
Take a line that gives a glimpse of Saku's fresh ideas,
Everything is a fusion of the best riders and cameramen, and time goes by in a blink of an eye.
In the afternoon session, in the momentary balance between the characteristic undulations of Hikarigahara and the sunlight.
In this one, the condition that can not fail,
Each rider showed a great ride.
Meeting about serious shooting with each cameraman and rider,
And with the riders who commit it by riding
The cameraman's session, which surely captures the moments that cannot be missed, is serious.
The moment of tranquility before the rider dropped in was very impressive.
It was the best, and it was a session of Hikarigahara CAT in a blink of an eye.
I was able to finish Masa's beautiful riding, and thank you for the wonderful advice and operation.The Hikarigahara CAT Tour is held from mid-January to late March.
It is one of the few tours where you can enjoy the abundance of snow and smooth powder that is not too light, which is peculiar to Myoko, with a small number of people. There is.
If you have a chance, please join us.
Click here for more information on Hikarigahara
DAY2
DAYXNUMX is in the forecast of snowSeki hot springWhat.
This is also the root of my snowboarding,
It's like having learned everything in this place.
I asked for the guidance of the dayMitsugu Toyoda.
He is also an ever-evolving legend snowboarder who guides Hikarigahara while riding based on Seki Onsen.
There are many riders, including myself, who have learned snowboarding from him.
Under his guidance, I arrived at a mash and drop point in good condition,
Filming started.
The shooting location of DAY2Seki hot springWas a wonderful place that did not disappoint again.
A place where you can definitely experience things that can only be experienced here, such as snow quality, slopes, and the support of ski resort staff.
An open barn from the 3rd lift when it snows, and a ski resort that offers not only natural swamps and powder but also slopes that you will never get tired of all day long.
During heavy snowfall from January to February, you will surely experience a wonderful no-track powder.
And you can slide until the beginning of May with the amount of snow unique to heavy snowfall areas.
Mitsugu Toyoda who guided me this timePrivate schoolAlsoSeki hot springIs being held in.
By all means, onceSeki hot springWhy don't you visit?
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Each rider has a different approach point and a different riding style.And the sessions were held in different countries, and it made me realize again that the appearance of pushing each other is universal.
This riding sessionAntisworld.comWill be released in the next movie produced by.
It was a Myoko session for only two days, but it was a very rich session,
At the end, everyone vowed to meet again and each was divided into different next session locations.
The session between overseas riders and Japanese riders showed a new side this time.
Meeting new people is also an attraction of the snowboarding lifestyle.
And reuniting with old friends is also a re-suggestion of the snowboarding lifestyle.
Have a great Snowboarding Lifestyle.
Special thanks to
Hikarigahara Cat tour
Seki hot spring
Antisworld.com
Snowboarding Starting Point
Akira Onozuka(photographer)
Tomohiro Fujii(Filmers)
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