PSA ASIA Snowboard Pro Tour round 7
Giant Slalom
February 2017, 2 PSA ASIA Pro Tour Round 4
The second round of PSA ASIA Tour AL will be held at Yomase Onsen Ski Resort, sponsored by the Chubu District Association, which will be the fourth time this season, and the opening of "2th CSBA on SNOWFESTA, GS".
Kawaguchi, who was on his way home three days before the tournament, landed in Japan the evening before.Kawaguchi, who was absent from the expedition in the opening round, is on the entry list.For other athletes, it was rather a fun race for young people to measure the distance to the world.
The temperature on the morning of the day was -XNUMX ℃, and the burn was moderately tight, and the burn condition was excellent.It is also interesting to see when the forecast that the temperature will rise sharply during the day will affect the race.The course spec is a big bear with an altitude difference of XNUMXm and a total length of XNUMXm.The biggest difficulty is that the process before and after the dip, which falls to the right while passing under the lift line, reveals the player's degree.
Mr. Nagaoka, the representative of "C UNISON" who started full-scale activities from this season, will serve as a set for this difficult course as last year.Although it is a difficult course to set before the players, the swing width is suppressed a little while heading for the drop from the open set with a slightly longer interval from the start, and immediately after processing with the heel while passing through the banana that passes through at the maximum speed to the right. Exquisite arrangement where the toe side of the toe starts to hang down to the left.Immediately failing to dodge bananas on the uphill heels that are facing XNUMXD will have a big impact on time.The three shelves up to the goal have a layout with a width that is interwoven slowly and quickly.Is it possible to calmly capture the course while being eroded by wrinkles and physical strength?It's an exquisite set that won't let you down until you cut the finish line.The inspection starts on time, and each player ponders his thoughts and balances his skills while rushing into the course.
The start of the first girl
First of all, starting from Yujo who drew the first lottery in the draw, he captured the beautiful burn in an advantageous way and summarized it as 70.710, and Shiiba on the podium of the 3rd place in the previous race immediately exceeded 70.120 and asked for the follow-up at the finish. ..Miki (Together Alive), who started around that time, said that he was even more motivated by not being able to win the Super Final of the previous race. From the first one, Shiiba and others are pushed out with a heartfelt attack, showing the appearance of traveling alone as early as 1.Shitaka (OGASAKA), who was frustrated by the last devastating defeat, started off at the timing after hearing Miki's time.Then Maruyama (AMICSS-Kisui) also entered the course.Shitaka's charge did not reach Miki at 65.570, but he still firmly grasped Shiiba and put him in 67.780nd place.Maruyama puts it in the 2-second range, right behind Shiiba and Yugami, and gives a glare to the podium battle.
1st boy
In the previous race, it was a fall from the 1st and 4th place, but it is regrettable to start from Sawai (F2 / Monster) and set the standard.The burn is still less rough and the finish is in the 66 seconds range. From 2nd place, Sugimoto (SG Snowboa), who was one step closer to the previous prize-winning range, took advantage of the starting order and raised the threshold to 63.950 before the pain of Burn appeared.Kawaguchi (OGASAKA), who should be tired of traveling from 5th place, will start and process the gate while examining the snow in Japan after a long time.The time I was worried about on my way home was 60.980, and I repainted the leaderboard at once.The next Wakabayashi (OGASAKA) 65 seconds and Goto (VOLKL) will change 64th in the time of 4 seconds.Kawashima (UP-Z), who won his first victory last time, challenged Kawaguchi's time from 7th place, but even though he could not attack himself, he was aiming for a consecutive victory with 2 in 62.360nd place.After that, while the time was sluggish, Narita (AMICSS) calmed down from 13th place and captured the course, interrupting to 63.870rd place at 3 and looking at the top two people.
If the second set was a standard, everyone would have expected a technical set with a wider range than the first set.
Mr. Nagaoka prepared a surprisingly straight speed set.Immediately after the start, up to the 5th gate, the swing width was slightly wider than the 1st one, but immediately after that, the set narrowed down toward the big bear's diving speeds up as if the gear is raised by 1st speed. I will put it on. When the dip is processed on the heel side opposite to the first one, the gate on the heel side, which is one step ahead, opens the frontage and invites you to the straight set in the latter half of the course.I want to handle the connection before and after the right turn of the second shelf that gently turns to the right and speed up to the finish.Blessed with fine weather, the rising sun illuminates the south-facing big bear course. The first run did not have much effect, but at this time of the second run, the temperature rose and the burn loosened at once.As in the previous race, the inspection will start based on the third Super Final, and the course will be checked while predicting changes in snow quality and conditions.
Women's top order XNUMX Yujo, XNUMX Shiiba, XNUMX Shitaka, XNUMX Miki
The boys are XNUMX Wakabayashi, XNUMX Goto, XNUMX Sugimoto, XNUMX Narita, XNUMX Kawashima, XNUMX Kawaguchi.
The women's second run started, the first castle (GSS) was in the 2 seconds range, and the time went up with a straight n set from the first run.After 1 seconds by Yoshii (GSS-BP), Maruyama put pressure on the upper ranks with 69, and immediately after that, Yujo made a mistake and disappeared out of the service area.The following Shiiba also stalled slightly, surrendering the ranking to Maruyama and confirming Maruyama's podium. Shitaka, who cannot be content with 1nd place, pulls Maruyama away from 68.Miki, who has an advantage, pulled away from Shitaka with 66.530 with an overwhelming slip without worrying about the ranking, and attracted the unquestionable speed with consecutive wins from the first victory in the previous race.
Winner Tsubaki Miki (Together Alive)
2nd place Akari Shitaka (OGASAKA)
3rd place Miki Maruyama (AMICSS-Kisui)
The boys took advantage of the snow conditions and started the 3rd run Kojima (Nanotech Japan).The burn situation changed from moment to moment, and after the course where the pain became severe, it was not possible to keep the ranking with the time around 59.490 seconds across the board.When Toda finally jumped from 63th place to the leader due to a slip of conscience, Goto, who was in 10th place in the 12st run in 1th place, hesitated Toda at 5 and took the lead.Sugimoto did not reach Toda in the 61.290 seconds range and lowered the ranking. From 63th place, Narita, who was in 13rd place, calmed down and captured the course, and while he was 3, he hesitated Goto and became the leader.Kawashima, who won the previous race, made a fierce attack, but was blocked by a rough course and although it was in the 61.500 seconds range, he slightly hesitated Narita and jumped to the top.Kawaguchi, who was traveling alone, had already started with the advantage of the first run, but he went down the slope with a light slide unlike the others.He was caught on the course several times and appeared at the finish while recovering from small mistakes.The goal was Kawaguchi, 62.In total time, he was far behind Kawashima and below, and won a margin.When I checked the ranking on the electric bulletin board to see if it was a very good slide, I gave a voice of relief.
Winner Kohei Kawaguchi (Panda Studio)
2nd place Kosuke Kawashima (UP-Z)
3rd place Satoshi Narita (AMICSS)
4th place Tomoki Goto (VOLKL)
5th place Daiya Toda
6th place Koji Sugimoto (SG Snowboa)
Miki, who won the first victory in the previous race, had already won the second victory, and Kawaguchi, who returned from the expedition, blocked the second victory for the boys and Kawashima, and won the championship for the first time in three years.
Super Final
For the girls, Shitaka narrowly beat Miki to win the championship.The boys were far behind Narita's pursuit, and this was also Kawaguchi's overwhelming victory.
After the race, "Let's skate with professionals !!" (Kids event) was held as it was last year.
Between the end of the race and the award ceremony, we had a good time with the top players including Kawaguchi and Shitaka who won the race, and the kids + father and mother who participated.
At the awards ceremony, we received a gift from a professional, and it seems that the accompanying parents also enjoyed it.
We are planning for the next term as well, so please join us! !!
This season's AL is also one of the best tours in Japan.
We would like to thank MacEarth Yomase Onsen Ski Resort for providing a wonderful course every year, and CSBA for their efforts in management.
Please look forward to the PSA ALPINE Pro Tour, where the next race will be even hotter!
