2009/1/31 Snow Bancho Slope Style Ski Jam Katsuyama Tournament
Ski Jam KatsuyamaThe second year of the event, "Snow Bancho Slope Style," was held in the same way as last year, with skiers and snowboarders having a gachinko battle.
AREA 51s will set up a limited-time snow bancho park this year as well.Despite the rain, it provided a park in good condition.
It is inevitable that this tournament will be a heated battle as the top two snowboarders will be able to qualify for The SLOPE TRIAL.
□ Schedule: Saturday, January 2009, 1
□ Location Ski Jam Katsuyama(Fukui Prefecture)
□ Weather Light rain, snow and sometimes cloudy
□ 78 participants (53 general boys, 14 general girls, 11 fan classes)
□ Competition format SlopeStyle format (2WAY jump x XNUMX, straight box or flat down box, quarter)
□ Judge
Yuzo Atsuchi (Glass Eye, Marmot)
Daiki Shimizu (Endeavor, Dragon)
Shinjiro Hayashi (Glass Eye, AFD)
□ MC: alee
□ Sponsored by Studio Japanaho Co., Ltd.
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The lobby was full of people because it was Saturday.Participants who couldn't wait for the reception started the reception a little earlier than the scheduled time.We asked the participants to act early in consideration of moving to the ski jam Katsuyama park course and the illusion site.Did you have enough time for public practice?
This item is a large / small 2WAY jump → up table top large / small 2WAY jump → flat down box or straight box → front quarter XNUMX hit slope style format.
This time, the right to participate in THE SLOPE was applied, so if the first jump failed, the second one would not reach, which was a fairly technical setting.Although it was a spectacular jump battle with occasional snow and light rain, the park was in the best condition thanks to the efforts of the Ski Jam Katsuyama Digger team.
At the opening ceremony, MC alee, who will liven up the tournament with a light MC this year, introduced three judges, Yuzo Atsuchi, Daiki Shimizu, and Shinjiro Hayashi.Mr. Yukibancho explained the judge method and the tournament, and the tournament started immediately.
The qualifying session is a 3-minute jam session in which general boys are divided into 30 heats A, B, and C, and general girls and fan classes are jointly divided into D heats.
It was divided into those that hike to slip as much as possible due to jam, and those that choose lift rotation to preserve physical strength.
When the total of the best 2 runs becomes a point, each one becomes an important riding.
Riding that got a lot of tension from the A session continued, and the judges would have had a hard time scoring.
The B session is also difficult to match with various faces such as last year's winner, Ski Jam Katsuyama active digger, and 12-year-old monster rider. The C session is full of spectacular appearances with the winners of the Snow Bancho Park Yeti SNOW BOMBING session and regular players of the tournament.The qualifying for general boys was over for the time being with a series of full jumps.
The general women's qualifying and fan class were held in the same heat.The weather is still windy and in the snow mixed with rain.Is it harsh weather for kids and girls?However, it is as good as a boy to hike up with mokumoku.Even girls decide on stylish air and rotation systems.Is this a fan in the fan class?The venue is excited by the appearance of skier's backflip that can be said to be.The kids were doing their best to do what they could.
[Final Tournament]
After a break, the final knockdown battle begins.
Who will you win in the tournament? .. ..This is also luck.The final was held with 16 boys (4 in each heat, 4 in total) and 8 girls.A battle that is decided promptly by raising the flag of three judges.The winner will be transported by mobile by Ski Jam Katsuyama's digger team.
The first round of men's battle begins immediately. 1 and 540 are natural, and high perfection and style are required there.And of course it doesn't make sense if you don't land properly.How do you feel when you are waiting in the starting position, despite the occasional strong winds?It's an unimaginable pressure.
After the men's first round, the women's first round will start, and the ranking will be decided one after another.Knockdown battles are all about one result, so it's interesting for both those who are watching and those who are doing it.
The level of girls is also quite high.You can't feel the difference between skiing and snowboarding, the ones that win with the skill of iron plates, the ones that produce backflips.
Most of the men's second round is a skier vs. snowboarder battle.The battle between 2-year-old Yuki Kadono and skier Natsuki Endo was particularly hot. The height of the Rodeo 12 from the Switch 12, which seems to be a skier, or rather an adult's intention, against the smooth and stylish BS720 and F540 combo that does not seem to be 540 years old was a masterpiece.The confrontation that the judges would have been in trouble was the victory of skier Natsuki Endo.
I was impressed by the firm handshakes of both parties after the results came out.
The women's semi-final will also be a ski-snowboard battle.Skier Yukiko Hayashi's brave attack against Akiko Furukawa's no-miss slip, which won the championship last year, unfortunately failed to land.Surely she said she was injured, but I would like to applaud her guts to attack that much.The women's final was a snowboard showdown between Akiko Furukawa and Saori Okada.
In the men's semi-final, if you win with this, you will get the right to participate in The SLOPE TRIAL, so there is no reason not to heat up.
In the battle between Ryokan Ishimi and Keiji Aoki, Aoki's bold attack on CAB720 failed against the stylish Iwami of shuffle 540 in the tail grab of 900.Iwami advanced the piece to the final.
The battle between snowboarder Takanori Hirai and skier Natsuki Endo is a Vita battle.Endo confronts Switch 540 with the biggest rodeo 360 against Hirai who has no mistakes with Shuffle CAB 540 and Big B 720.The judge's gunbai also went up to Endo to the extent that a sigh spilled from Hirai who fought.
In the women's final, Akiko Furukawa landed BS360 Indy, which can be said to be an iron plate technique, without mistakes 6 times, and definitely decided 180 on the table top, finishing with a smooth box and quarter.Saori Okada, who was the second player, tried the last big move BS540 but failed to land. .. ..
The men's final was a memorable match in the history of Snow Bancho SlopeStyle.Big rodeo 720 with a considerable run-up to Endo's Switch 540 against Iwami's 540 tail grab and shuffle 720.Wasn't it a battle that brought out the best of each snowboarder and skier?
Both final results were announced at the awards ceremony.
The closing ceremony was held at a rapid pace because the lift closing time was shortened due to bad weather.
First of all, the announcement of the fan class, the results are as follows.
[Fan class result]
1st Takanori Yamamoto 25 years old
2nd Kuya Kuya 11 years old
3rd Ohata Ryo 23 years old
4th Shinko Imai (Log) 11 years old
5th Yuuki Imai (Rig) 8 years old
Next is the announcement of the girls.
The winner will be decided by standing on both sides of the Judge's thick ground and raising his hand.
The winner is ...
Akiko Furukawa!It was the second consecutive victory.
The winner, Akiko Furukawa, was presented with a prize of 10,000 yen.
[General female results]
1st Akiko Furukawa
2nd Saori Okada
3rd Yukiko Hayashi (SKI)
3rd Mai Imamura (SKI)
→ Click here for the tournament table
Finally, the announcement of the boys. The right to participate in The SLOPE TRIAL was planned to be acquired by the top two snowboarders, but with the conviction that these three people would be able to defeat as the representative of the snow bancho, they hurriedly contacted the THE SLOPE executive committee and three people were able to participate. ..
Takanori Hirai, Keiji Aoki, and Ryokan Ishimi have been decided to participate in The SLOPE TRIAL as representatives of Yukibancho.
Now, the result of the ultimate battle between skiers and snowboarders is ...
Skier Natsuki Endo! !!
It was a battle in which Tsuyoshi controlled the softness at that height that would defeat even the perfect stylish Iwami.
The winner, Natsuki Endo, was presented with a prize of 30,000 yen.
[General Men's Results]
1st Natsuki Endo (SKI)
2nd Ryokan Ishimi The SLOPE TRIAL Participation right acquisition
3rd Takanori Hirai The SLOPE TRIAL Participation right acquisition
3rd Keiji Aoki The SLOPE TRIAL Participation right acquisition
→ Click here for the tournament table
The second year of Snow Bancho SlpeStyle Ski Jam Katsuyama was also successfully completed, and finally all the participants were handed the participation prize.
We were planning to hold a lottery at the very end, but we had only a few minutes left until the end of the lift, so we hurriedly went to the prize balamaki tournament. .. ..
After receiving all of them, everyone dashed back to the lift.
This tournament wasn't sunny all day long, but the weather wasn't so bad and it survived to the end.
The skier-snowboard battle peculiar to West Japan may only be seen here.That big jump is still burning in my eyes.
I would like many skiers and snowboarders to participate again next year.
text: HAL
