Myoko is also a heavy snowfall area, close to the Sea of Japan, and can be said to be an area where many local riders love to ride sideways.There are various riding styles that take root there, but this time the shop is loved by the locals.NEVERLANDI was able to hear about the current Myoko area from the owner, Kazuya Hirose.
If you have been snowboarding for a long time, the snow depth in the Myoko area is a well-known fact.The mountainous areas that gradually increase in steepness from the sea are moist and not of good quality, but a lot of snow falls.It's also rough to fall XNUMXm overnight.Snowfall in the Myoko area is also modest this season.
First of all, the amount of snowfall is overwhelmingly small.It rains so much that I ask you to stop every year, but this year I haven't been hit by that feeling.It's just a feeling. .. ..However, when I go up to the mountain, I feel that there are obviously few.In the average year, the bushes, swamps, etc. that are hidden at this time are slightly exposed from the snow surface, which confirms that.
Even if you say "doesn't fall" or "less", isn't it a powder paradise for visitors because of this area standard?This area is not easily accessible from metropolises, but I feel that the number of people visiting here for powder has clearly increased over the past few years.Isn't this area unique to a place where you can experience powder that fills your waist and chest if you're not good at it?Also, since it is an hour from the mountainous area to the sea, if the timing is right, you can get powder in the morning and surf in the sea in the afternoon.
We can not say anything about this location, but if you wanna know, come to his snowboard shop.
Actually, this season is only once, but I did such a luxurious thing.If this is an indoor skate park, it's a paradise for horizontal skateboarding. Neverland.That is the origin of the name of my shop.The story is off, but the fact that there is so much snowfall also entails some difficulty.It's okay if only the slippery place falls, but the world isn't so sweet.If it snows, you will be chased by snow shoveling and you will be able to do muscle training in your daily life.For those who live in this area and don't play in the snow, winter may be nothing more than pain.
Also, due to the large amount of snowfall, the difficulty in managing the park at the resort will be immeasurable.Ikenotaira Ski Resort is the one that pushes the park all over in the Myoko area.This ski resort has attracted snowboarders from all over the country for the purpose of skiing in the park in the last few years, but it is in other areas to maintain countless jib items and high quality kickers in this amount of snowfall. Isn't it completely different from that?
Excavate and install the installed items for snowfall, and then snowfall, dig up, and install. .. ..How often do you repeat these things during the season?Imagine their work and you have to give a bow when you slide down the park.
I mainly go to Seki Onsen and Akakura sightseeing, but these two resorts are truly free riding paradises, taking advantage of the amount of snowfall in this area.The day after it snows, the face is crowded with the usual local, sharp-sucking visitor snowboarders.
The recent trend is the increase in foreign tourists.The number is more noticeable than local on weekdays.It's a bit more crowded than the previous super mellow area, but it's still a mellow atmosphere overall compared to other areas.
Seki-Onsen is one of great locations for powder and mountain riding.
I feel that there are many riders who have a mellow atmosphere here as a base for their activities so as to be in tune with that atmosphere.Legend riders who have built up the Japanese snowboarding scene, local riders who are derived from the mainstream that flows from there, riders who are fascinated by this place and set up a base there.
Recently, the appeal of free riding has been reviewed in magazines, etc., and such riders have become crowded with paper, but their stance has not changed so much from long ago, they just continue to do the snowboarding they want and improve themselves. It looks like it's going on.Of course, it is nice for me to set up a shop in this area that the riders who are slipping in this area are attracting attention all over the country.
Somewhere @ Seki-Onsen
It's been about XNUMX years since the play of snowboarding was introduced to Japan, and in terms of generations, it's about XNUMX generations.What was a bad play (my personal image at that time) has permeated so many people, and now it has been adopted for the Olympics, and it is in the middle of it.
I don't think anyone knows what the future of snowboarding will be, but if each and every snowboarder continues to snowboard in their respective stances, that will build the future of snowboarding. ..
Kazuya Hirose. He is quite guy, but he always focuses about riding. Of course he got his own ski-doo.
Life with sideways.Life with horizontal.May snowboarding be with you and my life all the time.
By all means when you come to visit the Myoko areashopPlease come and visit us.We will tell you the raw information that can not be obtained on the Internet, such as recent conditions, conditions in the near future, recommended spots, etc.I hope I can be with you someday even on the snow.
Kazuya Hirose
In that area, including Myoko, there must be riders who love each area and continue to slide in order to carefully connect the current situation to the next.It will take time to do it alone, such as searching for wonderful spots, things that must be observed in order to take good care of the area, and information acquisition.However, interacting with shops and riders who love the local area will be irreplaceable, such as hints and advice on how to deal with snowboarding, and will be your treasure.
Unfortunately, there aren't many shops in the Myoko area, but if you have any questions, information sharing, advice, damaged parts, or purchase requests in this area, please come to NEVERLAND.I'm sure you'll be satisfied.
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