PSA ASIA Snowboard Pro Tour
2017/3/2
Round 12
slope style
47week SS
On March XNUMX, XNUMX, the "XNUMX Week SS" slopestyle event, which will be the XNUMXth round of the PSA Pro Tour this season and the XNUMXth round of the freestyle event, was held at "HAKUBA XNUMX Winter Sports Park" in Nagano Prefecture. rice field.
This season, only the winner of this season's freestyle event, the top players in last year's tour ranking, and the top rankers in this season's freestyle challenge ranking will participate in HAKUBAXNUMX, a big race with a total prize pool of XNUMX million yen, "Grand Championship (Grachan). ) ”Was held, and this tournament became an important battle for the players in order to create a good flow to Grachan and to get the right to participate, along with the“ XNUMXweek straight jump ”on the previous day.
In addition, XNUMX parks, the venue of the tournament, has a permanent half pipe produced by the HYWOOD team, which is a movie crew, and is designed to satisfy a wide range of park enthusiasts from park beginners to expert level riders.
47parks ~ HakubaXNUMXTERRAINPARK ~
http://www.hakuba47.co.jp/area/snowpark/
"XNUMXweek slopestyle" was held using XNUMX sections in such XNUMXparks advanced lane.
The first section where players will try first
XNUMX-way jib section with a choice of flat down box or double down rail
From there, the riders take a longer approach and become the second section.
To XNUMX meter kicker
And the third section that finally challenges from the landing of the jump to the speed
XNUMX meter kicker
In the above three sections, the players will assemble their routines and aim for victory.
The double-up system is adopted in the qualifying, and when the author MC Fujinuma looks at the data on the player's desk and finishes calling the name and sponsor of the player who finished slipping, the next player has already slipped down to the vicinity of the first section. It was often coming, and the players slid down the course at a fairly good tempo.The athletes who will run are divided into 1 heat and XNUMX heats alternately, and soon after the previous athlete finishes slipping, the next athlete will start the race, and XNUMX out of XNUMX judges will take turns. Therefore, the timing of the start will be considerably quicker.
Many of the participating players flew the main jump even in the straight jumping match the day before, so both men and women had a fairly difficult trick made from the qualifying, despite the slightly darker view.
For both men and women, many spin-in and spin-out to the flat down box and XNUMX-XNUMX to board slides are seen in the double down rail, and in the jump section, female players who decided tricks such as XNUMX, XNUMX and back flip are boys. Then, XNUMX, XNUMX, XNUMX, double cork XNUMX, etc. were clean-made up to the third section, and the players who were firmly connected advanced to the final.
In the straight jumping game the day before, the sun shined brightly all day long, but the sky of Hakuba after dawn was a little darker and cloudy than the day before.In the slopestyle battle that was held in such conditions, the conditions inside XNUMX parks changed to the condition where moist snow danced.
Twelve boys and six girls who won the qualifying round competed for the final.
As the final approached, the wet snow that had accumulated thinly on the course seemed to have had a considerable effect on the feeling that the finalists had during qualifying and public practice, as well as the air distance and flight time during the actual performance. I did.
From the first section to the second section, it seemed to be a somewhat generous approach, but especially in order to release the tricks that you want to try in the final third section, you need to land in perfect position in the second section. I think it was a difficult condition.Meanwhile, the players who demonstrated their abilities and won a prize are as follows.
woman
XNUMXst place Reira Iwabuchi (Murasaki Sports)
XNUMXnd place Kokomo Murase (Murasaki Sports)
XNUMXrd place Tokuko Suzuki (FANATIC)
Tokuko Suzuki decided a XNUMX-XNUMX to board slide on the double down rail, and in the jump of the second section, the back flip tail grab boasting a threatening make rate that can be said to be a tokuko flip now is huge. I made up, and at the last kicker, I made a clean make-up on the backside XNUMX of the cork axis where my head was once down, and I got into the third place, a corner of the podium.
And Kokomo Murase, who is in great shape this season, made a huge backside XNUMX in the second section from the XNUMX-XNUMX to board slide on the stable double down rail.Furthermore, in the XNUMXrd section, the front side XNUMX was made clean and finished, and it was the XNUMXnd place.
It was Queen Reira Iwabuchi, the tour rank champion of last season who wore a yellow bib, who scored more points than Suzuki and Murase who slipped in such a spirit.
Iwabuchi decided XNUMX-XNUMX to board slide to fakie on the double down rail and switched approach to the second section, decided the winning trick cab XNUMX that was shown in the final the day before, and connected to the backside XNUMX in the third section. I showed it.
Double down rails in the first section, which is an approach to the cab XNUMX, which can be the highlight of the run, as many players choose low-risk tricks or flat down boxes in preparation for big tricks in the second section during the tournament. I also felt the dignity of the queen in the high board control ability that allows me to choose and connect to the fakie out with plenty of time.
All of the top three female athletes increased their scores in the second run of the final to secure the podium, which made them feel their mental strength.
The players following the top three were Teru Ogawa (November) who decided on a clean backside XNUMX and a cab XNUMX.While many female players were able to land on the main instance and chose tricks that made it easy to connect routines, the attitude of aggressively attacking with the backside XNUMX was impressive.
Boys
XNUMXst place Ryo Aizawa (YONEX)
XNUMXnd place Yuri Okubo (RIDE)
XNUMXrd place Keitaro Hiraoka (FLUX)
XNUMXth place Sota Umehara (NOVEMBER)
XNUMXth place Soki Wakita (Moriyama Sports)
XNUMXth place Yusho Yamane (YONEX)
The boys are routines that interweave double cork XNUMX, etc., and Yusho Yamane, who made an aggressive run that does not feel the influence of the first severe crash, is XNUMXth.
Soki Wakita, who brilliantly jumped out of the start gate and connected the cab XNUMXinXNUMXout in the box to the backside double cork XNUMX, the frontside double underflip XNUMX, and the throwing kiss in front of the camera, was in XNUMXth place.
Sota Umehara, who has a beautiful long limbs and a beautiful landing, such as a cab XNUMX nose grab and roast beef two grabs and a front side XNUMX roast beef at the kicker, is in XNUMXth place.
Keitaro Hiraoka, who made the most of the venue with the cab triple underflip XNUMX shown in the final of the straight jump game the day before, connected the cab XNUMXin lip slide in the flat down box to the cab double underflip XNUMX and backside double cork XNUMX. XNUMXrd place.
Yuri Okubo, who passed the first place in the qualifying and was the last runner in the final, made a beautiful make-up of the cab XNUMXin lip slide to forward, backside double cork XNUMX, and frontside XNUMX from the switch approach to the flat down box and the camera. MC Fujinuma, who took off his helmet and balaclava in front of him, but kept looking at the camera without saying anything, had no choice but to rush in, "Say something! (Laughs)", a surreal but audience. With his exciting performance, he exploded his joy and entered the second place.
And in the straight jump game on the previous day, I tried backside XNUMX and excited the venue, passed the XNUMXnd place in the qualifying on that day, Ryo Aizawa was XNUMX-XNUMX to on the double down rail.
By connecting the front side XNUMX out, the back side double cork XNUMX, and the front side XNUMX in a clean manner, he won the championship by hitting a high score of over XNUMX points, which is the only one in the final.
In addition, Daisho Ogiwara, who was the only amateur player to advance to the final in this tournament and finished XNUMXth, got the right to acquire a professional qualification.
In addition, during this tournament, following the straight jumping match on the previous day, Tomo Wakita (BURTON) on behalf of Team HYWOOD and Kenta Tokai (FTWO) on behalf of XNUMX parks made the tournament exciting as the previous runners.
"XNUMXweek, SJ, SS" showed an unusual excitement due to a battle that was too hot at a transcendental high level, but many players made a trick in their routine that could win the international tournament several years ago. I felt that the future of the Japanese snowboarding world was bright.
The pattern of "XNUMXweek" is Ustream.
You can watch it on "PSA ASIA Snowboard Pro Tour Channel", so please be intoxicated by their overheated feats.
47week SS final videoPSA ASIA TVThan
47week SS Award Ceremony Videoplease use this form.から
As I wrote at the beginning of this season, the big event "PSA ASIA GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP Straight Jump" with a total prize pool of 22 million yen will be held at HAKUBA 23 from March XNUMXnd to XNUMXrd.
WORLD SNOWBOARD TOUR
http://www.worldsnowboardtour.com/events/47week-ss-2017-2/
It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a world-class PSA Tour-The XNUMXth round "XNUMXweek Slopestyle" was successfully completed, and the Pro Tour continues until March XNUMX-XNUMX PSA ASIA GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP. increase.
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