Round 4 BLACK PEARL Cup @Noboribetsu Sanlaiva Dual Slalom

The weather was fine on the second day of San Lavia Ski.The floating clouds bring out the blueness of the sky.

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Two pairs of courses fluttering on the central course The start gate overlooking the finish area quietly waits for the players to grid in.A set by Hiroki Tozaki, the chairman of the NPO Global Challenge Project, will begin on a course with a total length of 2m and an altitude difference of 140m, which will start from a shelf 340m below the start position of GS yesterday.From the start, it is guided straight toward the maximum slope of 65 °, and it descends to the right at the deep banana gate at the 26th gate so as to go against one slope and changes the rhythm.On the course that hangs down to the left as a whole, small changes in the hang down, especially in the middle of the red course on the left, bother the players from the inspection.Is it possible to speed up the gentle slope at the end of the course and connect to the finish?After that, Tosaki's exquisite set became a game that exceeded expectations.

23625068-DF88-43D1-BDBC-C69BA67D35D2The start was started in the order of DU qualifying and ranking.
First of all, on the left, the right blue course # 2 Miki (T-Alive), which starts after the start of the red course # 1 Shitaka (OGASAKA), gradually closes the distance to the finish. Line up to the line.Marked the best time of the first run with 32.64 Shitaka against 33.89 Miki.The following # 1 Yoshii (BLACKPEARL) is 3, and # 35.93 Yujo (SG) is 4, waiting for the next appearance. When # 36.35 Tamao (Sasakijuku) put 5 behind Yoshii, the leading figure of this tournament, followed by # 36.21 Miyatake (SIG-NATURE), attracted a fast run as if unleashed, and put it right after Miki with a good time of 7 33.83 I will ask you the truth.

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For boys, # 1 Kawashima (AMICSS) is on the right blue course and # 2 Kawaguchi (PANDA STUDIO) is on the left red course.When you get off the start, you will run in parallel and run down the slope with the same rhythm. Line up on Kawashima on the line.At Kawashima 30.09 and Kawaguchi 29.81, we set the best time for each course and watched the following.The following # 3 Narita (AMICSS) and # 4 Sawai (monster ja) are 33.01 and 32.48, respectively.After this, the following players interrupt during this time.Continued # 5 KIMUTOMO (F2)ALBERTA) was 31.77, and # 6 Sugimoto (SG JAPAN), who was on the podium the day before and was doing well, was also 31.71. # 18 Imai (F2)VOLTAGE) is 32.46, # 19 to Toda (SG * UPZ) is 31.41. From # 22 now (YONEX.MAC) is 31.39.And Noto, who won the championship yesterday and completed the professional registration and started backward from # 23, will visit the second run in a good position just like the day before.

Each person will be on the grid in the order of the second and first qualifying runs.
As for the girls, Miki and Shitaka will switch courses and start off as in the first run.The course also shows some roughness, and the change in the drooping of the red course slightly misleads the players and delays the clock.Miki is 1 and Shitaka is 35.50, which is thin.Miyatake continued to engage with 35.70, and at the same time he hesitated Shitaka and secured a grid superior to KO in 35.76nd place.Yugami is 2, Yoshii is 37.74, and Tamao is 38.54.

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Starting from boys, Kawashima, Kawaguchi, just changing the course is the same as the first one, passing through the gate without giving up to each other.As if Red Kawashima had returned his debt, he approached the goal in front of the goal, but again, he escaped to Kawaguchi by a small margin, but Kawaguchi 1 and Kawashima 31.23 each set the second best time.

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Noto, it's still doing well.Trace on the line of the previous two people and run in parallel.Now 2, Noto 32.08 and immediately behind, watch the next runner with a goal.Sugimoto and Toda are sent out to the course, and when they whip themselves, Sugimoto loses balance and Toda leaves them behind.Toda took 32.83rd place at 31.69 with a run of conscience.Sugimoto made a mistake 3. KIMUTOMO, Imai, and KIMUTOMO caught in the red course that gradually began to peel their fangs lost control and became DQ, while blue Imai kept the position with a good time of 34.97.Narita and Sawai are behind Imai with Narita 32.46 and Sawai lagging behind Sawai who is ahead of the start with Suru Suru.When Hashimoto closed the position at 35.21, the players after that did not extend the time and the grid was fixed.The slight undulations that upset the player's sense of balance, such as dripping in front of the gentle slope of the red course with a slight dripping → flat → dripping, will divide the victory or defeat of KO.

The men's KO final with a grid of 16 people

1st Round

Heat 1,16, 1th Kawamura vs XNUMXst Kawaguchi

Heat2,9, 8th Tajima vs XNUMXth Sugimoto

Heat3,12, 5th place Kikuta vs XNUMXth place Noto

Heat4,13, 4th place Otsuka vs XNUMXth place now

Heat 5,14, 3th place Kuroki vs XNUMXrd place Toda

Heat6,11, 6th place Hashimoto vs XNUMXth place Imai

Heat7,10, 7th Narita vs XNUMXth Sawai

Heat8,15, XNUMXth place Kojima vs XNUMXnd place Kawashima

As a result, the top qualifiers will advance the pieces to the 1/4 final.

A game in which 8 men and XNUMX men are all in the same room and start moving.Drag the player who lacks concentration off the stage.

8 girls 1st Round

Heat 1,8, 1th place Kanazawa vs XNUMX. Miki

Heat 2,5, 4th place Yujo vs XNUMXth place underground

Heat3,6, 3th place Yoshii vs XNUMXrd place Shitaka

Heat 4,7, 2th place Tamao vs XNUMXnd place Miyatake

It starts with the order of. In the first run, Miki, who can afford to pull away from the opponent, loses operation in the middle of the second red course, and the board turns sideways and chases after everything, but everything is absent. Will end up.Yugami who was saved by the mistake of the other party and picked up the victory in a dangerous place is Shimogami.Yoshii's good fight is also empty, and Shitaka rises properly.Miyatake, who enjoyed KO with a fulfilling run without showing the tiredness of preparing for this tournament, defeated Tamao exactly and advanced the piece to the semi-final.

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When Kawaguchi defeated Sugimoto exactly according to the qualifying time difference, the thin now in the qualifying time leads Noto by 0.26, and the second run, now is the poisonous fangs of the red course, giving momentum to Noto.
Toda, who chased by 1 in the first run, went off the course and sank, and Imai who got into KO and got more tuned was spurred.Sawai, who connects the gates immediately after the start in the shortest time and earns time, lines up with Kawashima and approaches the first run to 0.82, but Kawashima who does not move wins over Sawai.

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In the qualifying, the women's 1st and 4th place, the boy's 3rd and 4th place disappeared and the appearance of a melee battle, and when the girls entered the semi-final and Yujo defeated the lower rank while showing a dangerous scene, the qualifying was at the same time. Shitaka and Miyatake attack Miyatake, who carefully captures the blue course of Burn that he knew, while Red Shitaka holds down the board and pursues Miyatake so as not to be late.

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In the second run, Reed and Miyatake, who made the best use of the land, defeated Shitaka at the will of the home.

 

For boys, Noto saved 0.81 to pull up the line without breaking the rhythm with a slight gap in Kawaguchi's waist due to the processing of bananas, and Kawaguchi who attacked the second line lined up, but the edge was at the edge. Kawaguchi will go to the small final.Kawashima jumps out of the start without any adjustment to Imai who is struggling with the timing of the start gate, assuming the final regardless of the first run that took the lead, or attacking the second run of Red.With a dangerous offensive run, Imai is left behind and wins.

In the small final girls, Shitaka defended the podium by keeping a good distance from Kanazawa, who had a good fight from 8th place in the qualifying.

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For the boys, Kawaguchi, who had the first savings without danger, and Imai, who had won over Tsuki on his side, did not give up on the last run and chased after with a heavy charge. I got the podium from 1th place in the qualifying.

The final is a girl, Miyatake vs Yujo.Miyatake is fast enough to expect the big cheers of the locals against Yujo who has won from 5th place in the qualifying.The mood of the venue is also dyed in one color.Enter the grid with various thoughts in the tournament that he created.Miyatake's run, which opens the start gate and runs down a familiar course that is a bit different from usual, is deeply emotional to the viewer.

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The delight of the Hokkaido horses surrounded Miyatake, who had slipped through the two and landed safely in the finish area where the students were waiting.

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The boys are Kawashima vs Noto.With yesterday's offense and defense, I can't take my eyes off even for a moment.At the same time, the two of them slumped into the slope, and after entering KO, Noto pulled up the line against the offensive Kawashima.Although they are in conflict, they line up at the same time and go through the gate.If anything, I don't want to keep up with the difficult red course, and I want to save even a little in blue.When Noto skillfully processed the red course that many people dragged into the abyss and increased the speed, it began to grow toward the finish line.Noto's body broke the line slightly in front of Kawashima as if tangled.
The second gate opens with a difference of 2.When Kawashima's savings are cut off with Kawashima's good start, Kawashima, who twists the board further, pulls Noto in front with a banana, just like the first one.Kawashima, who attacks Red's Onimon point, is slightly clogged on the heel side, and when Noto sticks out his head, Kawashima is impatient and stalls on the last gentle slope.

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Noto's calm and calm offensive stance, which has fought against the world, raised his army and won the guts pose victory.

Noto Theater, a reversal drama for two days in a row.The BLACK PEARL Cup @ Noboribetsu Sanlaiva DU, who did everything from the tournament invitation to the management planning, and finally attracted the excitement with Miyatake, who won the championship for the first time in a while, and the dramatic final.Under the careful management of the Hokkaido Snowboarding Association and the Noboribetsu Ski Association, the curtain is closed safely thanks to the cooperation of the local Noboribetsu sponsors who agreed with the passion of Miyatake players including Noboribetsu City. It was become a thing.We would like to express our deep gratitude to the local people.

The next AL race will return to Honshu, and please look forward to "2th CSBA on SNOWFESTA DU" at Kurohime Kogen Snow Park on February 10th!

All Photo: Gokatsu