"COREXTREME WINTER GAMES" is the largest comprehensive sports event not only in Japan but also in Asia, which was started last year by Sports-i-ESPN and Yoshimoto Kogyo.
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Japan's largest X sports festivalSpeaking of Naeba, Yumin?No, of course Yumin is still great.However, now in the 21st century, extreme snow stylers are performing brilliant and stylish transcendental tricks with the Prince Hotel in the background.Ah, what a cyberpunk landscape (what an anacro expression).Until a decade ago, the Mecca of World Cup skis was now a sanctuary for acrobatic skiers and snowboarders.Please relive such a festival that is rare in the world on this site!
X-games is the festival of action-active sports.It is an event sponsored by the world's largest American sports CATV "ESPN".This "COREXTREME WINTER GAMES" is Japan's largest sports event that started last year in collaboration with ESPN and Yoshimoto Kogyo, a CS sports specialist station where you can watch ESPN via Sky Perfect TV and CATV.
Not only Winter but also Summer has been held in Odaiba since last summer.It has grown to become the largest comprehensive sporting event in Asia as well as Japan.
By the way, what is action active sports?What is extreme sports?I think there are people who say that, so let me explain briefly.
Action active sports are sports that you can enjoy in the wilderness like so-called snowboarding.Rafting and surfing are typical examples.Extreme sports are sports played by adventurers who are always pursuing the last minute of the sport.
It is also a genre that pushes the limits of yourself and the sport while always being in danger of death, such as going snowboarding in the Himalayas.Did you understand this?So, they are collectively called "X sports".It's hard to understand.
3/9 Snow cross on the first day
A competition game was played in three categories: skiing, skiboarding, and snowboarding, using a special course next to the third high-speed quad lift in front of the Naeba Prince Hotel New Building.The next day at the exhibition, Snowscoot and MTB were used on the same course, and a snowmobile was also held on a lap course using about the lower third.
The simple point of this snow cross is that the one who gets off first wins.The excitement and bargaining due to the simplicity of the game stood out.The course is a high-speed course that prioritizes speed rather than technical.So a momentary mistake was fatal.Skis that accelerate more with stock and two boards are especially faster.The power seen from the side was exactly the FXNUMX of skiing.
Expected Japanese people, Tenkai (K2), Hiroki Chihara (YONEX), Daizo Fukushima and others are entries for snowboarding.Unfortunately, Hiroki Chihara was injured in the X-trail Big Air held at Tokyo Dome in February and was absent, and Tenkai was unfortunately defeated in the semi-final.I couldn't get on the podium.Among the Japanese, Burton's Ishibashi No. 5 was the highest in XNUMXth place.
In skiing, Hiroomi Takizawa got the podium in 3rd place.Salomon's Masayuki Ueno has won the skiboarding that the Japanese are most good at. Of the six finalists, four were Japanese.
Snowscoot, MTB, and snowmobile snowcross competitions were held at the exhibition, with a slight time lag next to the quarterpipe.Snowscoot can now be seen and experienced at ski resorts here and there.You can glide like a bicycle with a sled.The snow cloth using the Snowscoot was quite powerful and interesting.We are scared of such a full-scale course, but there is no doubt that if we make a course for beginners, we can play a lot.
And MTB with a huge spike pin driven into the tire.The fact that a bicycle is running on the snow is far from everyday, but it was also quite fast and powerful.Snowmobiles will be the first attempt in Japan for an event of this kind. Racers on four racing snowmobiles were firing big, acrobatic air.I was deeply surprised that I often control and fly such heavy objects.
The world's largest quarterpipe appears
We, the SBN interview team, had one big goal for this core game.It was a direct interview with "Keir Dillon", a very popular snowboarder who owns his own HP, which he couldn't do at the time of the Nippon Open.
And it is said that he will participate in the quarter that Kia is good at.It's a great opportunity to get closer to Kia's super big air sequence and his true face.It's not an SBN that misses this (laughs).T and K of the special investigation team get Kia immediately.I folded one of the twin beds and succeeded in infiltrating the widely used Kia's room.There is a separate page for the interview, so please take a look there.No, I've got a glimpse of the awesome secret behind him.
The essential quarterpipe has grown to become the world's largest big quarter, which is one size larger than last year.No, it's a great quarter.For skiers who have an advantage in approach, a lot of big air is popping out in practice.
And finally, Kia appears in snowboarding practice.
An incredible height of air was delivered from a slow approach.Where does that anti-gravity air come from?The triple-over super big air was fired in rapid succession, showing good condition.
And qualifying.Kia passed the top of the margin.
Among the Japanese, Junji Kobayashi, Takaharu Nakai, Hayato Totani, Hayato Doi and Masakazu Fukuyama heated up to the final.In the final, Kia was the top in the super final at the height of Dantotsu.
Then, my newcomer, Takaharu Nakai, a high school student, succeeded Kia in second place, followed by Burton's Nicolas Müller.
In the Super Final, which was held late at night, Kia still came out and won the championship.Takaharu Nakai was unfortunately the same point in the total of the best two runs, but fell short of the highest point and settled in third place.
Hmmm, sorry!Takaharu Nakai's super upper deck was a wonderful performance that was brilliantly carved into the history of my snowboarding.
Finally big air
The final day will end with big air.For skiers, the world's top level free skiers gather.Of all the events in the world, this core game has the most luxurious members in skiing.Of course, snowboarding is also a big lineup of riders, but it feels a little out of reach compared to the luxury of skiing.It's because there are many players who missed due to injuries, but I personally felt a little lonely that Peter Line, Rob Kingwell, Tod Richards, etc. who are active in the American X-games are not seen.
Regardless of my feelings, this year's Big Air was a hot battle.
With the taste of a high level air battle, I wonder how many rotations Japanese people have, such as Masakazu Fukuyama, who is known as Fukuchan, and Nosei Uemura's super stylish slow spin, and despite the amazing rotation, I have decided to wear pita all the time. Kenji Ishikawa, who was in great shape, stood out.
Keiko Yanagisawa, a Salomon who participated only in ladies', went around the rodeo from a very high position and landed from the face.It felt pretty dangerous, but I got up safely and everyone was praising her for her consideration.If I wore it with that, I would have got a lot of high points.
In the final, Nicolas Müller, Quint Robins, and Kenji Ishikawa advanced to the Super Final in the best three, but the tournament was interrupted due to the fall accident of Jean Gagnon in the Super Final and skiboard, and the tournament ended there. Therefore, the ranking became the result as it was.
Kia doesn't seem to like straight air so much that she doesn't land well and is in 1th place.Kenji Ishikawa, who was spinning like a cat and deciding to land, was a big air that left a strange impression on me.I really wanted Kenji to fly to the end.
