The towering peaks of Mt. Fuji shine brightly beyond the hills that you can see far away.The sun shining on the clear blue sky without clouds illuminates the Grand Prix course and raises the temperature.
With a total length of 510m, the two pairs of gates lined up across the start house run down a maximum slope of 2 ° immediately after the start and extend to the goal.As usual, the red course hangs down to the right, and at the right time, it goes to the shelf in the latter half of the course, and when the blinds are over the drop, the finish at the foot of the altitude difference of 25m is reached. The gates, which are about 160m or so, are arranged on the left and right on a steep slope with a tight base as if to counter gravity, and the finish is heard from the banana in front of the shelf. GSS representative, Mr. Matsusato's elaborated set waits quietly as if ridiculing the players.
This is the first PSA ASIA CHAMPION SHIP to be held.With Chinese players, the fight to win the new title begins.
It was a great match that was different from the tour, and it was a game that was different from the point battle, and it was a spectacular match.
It will be the KO final after completing the usual two qualifying rounds, but this time it will be the first single format to be adopted, and the explosive power of one in the KO final will greatly affect the whereabouts of the game.
After qualifying, each person fills the grid of the KO final.
On the left side of the first run, Shitaka (OGASAKA), who crossed the line with 1 on the blue course, attracted the speed of 37.92 on the second run, showing the appearance of traveling alone. On the right side of the first run, Ossaka (Blackpearl), who showed a speed of 1 on the black course, swept the board in the middle of the second blue course and dropped the time to 2. Maruyama, who ran fast to 38.48 on the second blue course and moved up the ranking, hesitated Ossaka and took the second grid. Murata, who set a time close to Shitaka at 1 on the 38.99th grid, secured the 2th grid with a good slide and put him in a good position for KO.Following that, Yugami (SG), Mitsuka (AMICSS) Tsukamoto, and Shibui (GREX, SW-S) continued to fill the grid by a small margin.
Now (YONEX.MAC), who has set an amazing time of 1 on the right and black courses in the first qualifying run, the second run is 33.64 on the left blue course, 2 in total, ahead of him.
On the other hand, the top group crowded in the first blue course is a melee in the 1 seconds range with 34.82 of Kawaguchi (PANDASTUDIO) at the top. Kawaguchi on the 35nd grid is now chasing after the second run with 2 and a total time of 35.47. Noto (MOSS) was 70.29, Toda (SG * UPZ) was close to 2, and Kawashima (AMICSS), the second 2, was 35.Shinohara's 71.10, 71.25 Goto (RABANSER) behind, and 2 Kojima ([SN]) defended the 36.04th grid.Below, Sawai (monster ja) and others in the 71.26-second range will be crowded later.
KO order is
woman
Heat1,8.Shibui vs1.Shitaka, H2,5.Yugami vs4.Murata, H3,6.Mitsuka vs3.Ossaka, H4,7.Tsukamoto vs2.Maruyama
Boys
Heat1,16.Sagawa vs1.Now, H2,9.Sawai vs8.Kojima, H3,12.Kuroki vs5.Kawashima, H4,13.Sugimoto vs4.Toda
H5,14, 3. Imai vs 6,11. Noto, H6, 7,10. Omori vs 7. Shinohara, H8,15, XNUMX. Shimizu vs XNUMX. Goto, HXNUMX, XNUMX. Miyao vs XNUMX. Kawaguchi
I got it.
Unlike the tour, the top performers will select the course for this tournament, which has adopted a single format, and the KO final. Each player who carefully examines the course in the inspection before KO.Lower-ranked players who do not have the right to choose will also face the match with two strategies.How is the choice of the upper ranks?On the right side of the course, which is relatively beautiful, the black course has a hard time with the timing of the spurt where the dripping is tight.On the other hand, the left blue course, which welcomes bananas from a high position before going down the steep slope, is fast in the second half, but the pain of the course is severe and if you make a mistake, it will be difficult to recover.Even for the viewer, the game started to move suddenly even before entering the grid, who would play the game on which course. If you win only one, you will advance the piece.One of the whole body will settle.
Men's 1st Round. Heat1. Is the fastest in qualifying, and the current choice is to show the speed of the first godly possession again or the black course on the right.Sagawa (F1), who is a thug, raises the voice of a sword.When Sagawa attacks the gate with a deadly attack at the start dash, he is about to pull away from the second gate.Now that he is half-length behind Sagawa, who runs fiercely, he raises the line.Furthermore, when Sagawa's forefoot vine, which was about to be pulled away, was released and slipped down to the current course, Sagawa was hesitated by a small amount, and now he has finished calmly.
Heat2. Kojima who chose the blue course gets stuck at the 4th gate.Sawai, who is devoted to his own slip, keeps his pace and goes forward a little, but Kojima who is impatient can not stand it, and when he throws the board again at the 7th gate and is separated by Sawai, he chases after 1 gate to catch up. On a gentle slope, he approached Sawai at a high speed, but did not reach the finish slightly, and Sawai was given an army.
Heat3. Kawashima also chose blue.Kuroki (MOSSFLUX) who is trying to eat is gradually pushed out and won by making a difference of 2 gates.
Heat4. Toda also chose blue.Immediately after the start, Sugimoto (SG JAPAN) made a tight attack and came out before, but Toda who pulled up the line searched for the game.Toda cut the finish after confirming Sugimoto who was unbearably clogged at the 8th gate.
Heat5. Similarly, Noto chose blue.Imai (F5 * VOLTAGE)'s heel side flowed slightly up to the 2th gate, and Noto's high pace could not be broken, and Noto scored 1 gate difference without shortening the distance. do.
Heat6. Shinohara, who chose the black course, slips without hesitation and advances the piece to Omori by one gate.
Heat7. Goto also chose black, and Shimizu, who was late for the start, quickly self-destructed, and Goto, who made a big difference at a stable speed, proceeded to the 1/4 final.
Heat8. Kawaguchi is also a black course.This also leaves behind Miyao (ALC-OGA), who self-destructed early, and wins the quarter.
Given the situation of the men's 1st round, the women's grid selection is intriguing. Of the 4 people, 3 chose the black course.
Heat1. Shitaka drove the black course and pulled Shibui far apart.
Heat2. Murata ran fast on the black course, and Yujo, who was greatly delayed due to a mistake in the early stages, caught up in the second half but did not reach it.
Heat3. Ossaka and Mitsuka run side by side.It was Ossaka that came out slightly ahead on the black course that he chose, but he was caught by the droop and the heel side flowed.Mitsuka, who does not collapse, calms down and processes the gate, suppresses Ossaka who is eating down, and fulfills Gekokujo.
Heat4. Maruyama, who chose blue, made a big difference to Tsukamoto and filled the grid of the semi-final with a marginal victory.
Boys also reach 1/4 of the thinness.It seems that the upper ranks chose the black course when they came here.Is the blue course painful?Is there an aim to drive the black course that remains beautiful on the surface and invite the opponent's mistakes?The selection of the upper ranks is shifting to the black course.
Now that he has selected the black course again, Sawai, who rides the waves on Gekokujo, will face each other immediately after the start.When Sawai came forward in the middle of the course, it took a long time to connect the speed well toward the gentle slope.Now that the extension in the second half has won slightly, he won the close battle.
In the first round, they chose the blue course for each other.Toda and Kawashima.Toda who chooses a black course and has a plan for the steep slope, always half body, slightly in front of Kawashima, has a gentle slope entrance, spurts from a high position and hesitates Kawashima, even if Kawashima runs just before the finish, it will reach slightly figure.Toda won by a small margin.
When Noto, who changed his choice from blue to black, came forward immediately after the start, Shinohara was unbearably self-defeating and was exposed to dust.Noto who calmed down cuts the finish with a margin.
Kawaguchi still chooses black. Goto, who was black in the first round, went down the blue course as if he was exploring in the early stages, and Kawaguchi went ahead.Goto, who put up with the steep slope behind Kawaguchi, sprinkled bananas and spurts toward the second half and lined up at Kawaguchi, but he could not catch up with Kawaguchi in front of him.Kawaguchi, who was calm, defeated Goto.
Deployment is fast with the adoption of the first single format.The physical strength of each of the four people who appeared in the semi-final is also more than usual.A new tactic that selects a course and devotes itself to one slip makes the game fun.The system that progresses at a good tempo makes the audience less stressful.The shining sunlight pierces the skin hot.The temperature has risen further, and it has become more difficult to adjust the wax for the sticking sole. A large amount of resin fell on the snow surface due to the spring storm three days ago, and the black sticky fat stains the sliding surface.
Women's # 1 Shitaka vs # 4 Murata, # 6 Mitsuka vs # 2 Maruyama.
Men # 1 Now vs # 4 Toda, # 3 Noto vs # 2 Kawaguchi
A spectacular face solidifies the grid.
セ ミ フ ァ イ ナ ル
Shitaka, who does not give up black, leads, and Murata who eats down is behind, but if he does not endure at the 6th gate and self-destructs, the difference that is far away will not be filled, and Shitaka hopes for the final with a marginal victory.
Maruyama did not give up Blue, connected a short gate vertically and pulled Mitsuka apart, and also saved his physical strength in the final with a marginal slip.
Now that we are always defending the black course, will Toda, who has a perfect start, run in front of his chest?Toda's heel side, which is aggressively attacking, catches the snow surface earlier than it is now.Even now, I'm shaving time on the toe side and eating up at Toda, and I'm still raising the line and lining up with Toda.It looks like they are running in parallel, but they run down a steep slope with only a slight difference in the start.When Toda, who had read the blue course and set the stage for the banana, shortened the rhythm further, he lined up with Toda again without delay, but he cut the finish with a short distance that could not be shrunk.
Kawaguchi's choice of moving here is the blue course.Both of them jumping out at the same time go through the gate.Noto, who drives Black earlier, did not have the right to choose, but he made good use of his memory to increase his pace.Kawaguchi, which looks like an offensive squirrel, is seen elsewhere, and Noto, who connects the gates at a high position, appears in front.Kawaguchi, who seemed to be stuck in the middle, dropped from the front of the banana to reset it, and lined up with Noto, who seemed to be slightly swollen.Kawaguchi's momentum that pops out of the shelves as if entwined is superior.Kawaguchi's board, which stretches like stepping on the accelerator, reached the finish first.
In the 3rd and 4th place deciding match, Murata who won Mitsuka got the podium for the girls, and the boys started to enter the KO and chose the blue course. I got 1rd place.
In the women's final, Shitaka is black and Maruyama is blue.Both of them got off to a good start, and Maruyama, who attacked vertically, narrowed down the line to get out in front of the gimmick, but it collapsed at the 4th gate in the early stage and it was settled early.Shitaka jumps from the shelf and hits the Kashiwa hand from the front of the 3rd gate to cut the finish with a guts pose.He won a series of battles and squeezed his joy.
woman
Winner Akari Shitaka (OGASAKA)
2nd place Miki Maruyama (AMICSS)
3rd place Nozomi Murata
4th place Miyuki Mitsuka (AMICSS)
5th place Ayana Koshisaka (Blackpearl)
6th place Hanako Yugami (SG)
For boys, Kawaguchi who changed the tactics to the blue course, rather blue is convenient for Toda.Wait for the grid to open without hesitation on both courses.At the same time, the movements of the two people who jump into the course disappear to the steep slope at the same timing.The time signature does not change, but they accelerate each other by increasing their pace and synchronizing.Toda's board, which attacks the gate big and low, moves comfortably.The next moment when Kawaguchi's board, which has a heavy and compact edging and saves smoke, aimed tightly at the gate and seemed to come out slightly in front of Toda, he made a big smoke on the heel side.Kawaguchi's board, which lags behind, never gives up aiming for the goal.Hurry to a gentle slope while maintaining the limit of grip.Once reset, Kawaguchi's speed immediately recovers to the top speed.
Toda's board, who unknowingly uses his upper body to the fullest and runs away, also screams in the marginal area.When Kawaguchi, who was chasing him, appeared on the shelf with the anti-gateway difference, Toda, who escaped, leaned down a little and jumped in from far in front of the goal.Just before Kawaguchi caught up, Toda stretched out his left hand and ran through the finish with his brain, but when he looked back at Kawaguchi, he was convinced that he would win and received the glory of the first champion of PSA ASIA CHAMPIONSHIP.
Boys
Winner Daiya Toda (SG * UPZ)
2nd place Kohei Kawaguchi (PANDA STUDIO)
3rd place Yuki Nofuji (MOSS)
4th place Takuhiro Ima (YONEX.MAC)
5th place Kosuke Kawashima (AMICSS)
6th place Ryusuke Shinohara
7th place Tomoki Goto (RABANSER)
8th place Kyosuke Sawai (monster ja)
PSA ASIA CHAMPION SHIP showed excitement with the participation of Chinese players.We are looking forward to the future activities of Chinese players who are steadily gaining strength.Unlike the tour, the battle of the players in one race made the game exciting and it became a spectacular new race.With the cooperation of Sugadaira Kogen Pine Beak Ski Area, which was the venue for the tournament, we were able to successfully complete the event thanks to many people involved, including Mr. Matsusato, the representative of GSS.I am deeply grateful.
Please look forward to the hot battle of PSA ASIA AL PRO TOUR next year!
ALL PHOTO by GOKATSU
