New video from Okayama and 3,800km travel

The other day I was a snowboarder and

We traveled about 7 km between the 10th and 3,800th. I thought I'd write about that time together with the video I posted today.

Late at night on September 9th? (Or maybe it was early on the 12th? Because I arrived after 13pm) I moved from Myoko, Niigata to Utsunomiya, Tochigi for a meeting about the event the next day.

After a short nap, I headed to the east exit of Utsunomiya Station. A huge event called the "Utsunomiya Urban Sports Festival" was going to be held here the next day, September 14th, sponsored by the city of Utsunomiya. It was being managed by Murasaki Sports, and I was contacted by Daisuke Endo, who has always been very helpful to me, and acted as the MC.

Besides Endo-san, Jin-san, Hajime-san, Waga-san, Hirooka-san and others who have been helping me out for a long time were also there in my hometown of Utsunomiya, like the Murasaki Sports All-Stars, and it was a very refreshing experience!!!

And speaking of Utsunomiya Murasaki Sports, there are two stores, IPV store and FKD store, and Mr. Nagai and Mr. Fukuda, who are in charge of skating, were there, and I was able to meet Mr. Shirasawa, the store manager, and the Aspon guys, and also everyone from Color Gang (not a real gang, it's a snowboard shop lol), Akio-chan from the NCC Promotion Division of Utsunomiya City Hall, who was a junior from my club activities in school, and Mr. Kawashima from the Sports City Promotion Division. But! As is often the case when hosting an event, I didn't take any photos, so I have no photos to remember with everyone.

The memories of that day will continue to shine in my heart. . . I'm so sad ( ˃̣̣̥ω˂̣̣̥ )

Guests included Olympia Nagahara Yuuro, Sejiri Ryo, Ikeda Daisuke, Ikeda Daiki, a group of today's most skilled professional skaters, as well as the impressive BMX riders Matsuken and Higashi Shota.

September 9th: Host of the Utsunomiya Urban Sports Festival

I arrived at the site at 8am, greeted and interviewed all the exhibitors, and Mayor Sato also gave a speech from standby. The event started at 10am and ended at 17pm. I immediately got on the Shinkansen and headed to Hiroshima Prefecture.

My classmates from my school days came to pick me up at Hiroshima Station and took me to the site the next day, Masuda City, Shimane Prefecture.

I think I finally reached bed around 1:XNUMXam, already after midnight.

September 9th is Manyo no Sato in Masuda City, Shimane PrefectureHitomaro FestivalIt will be hosted by DJ TIJI, also known as Taiji Saito, who is an old acquaintance of mine and who lived in the same house as me in New Zealand and Canada.

I was the MC for the Future Revolution vol.2 Snowboard Jib Contest.

This event is a very relaxed atmosphere because Keiji Okamoto, who is also a judge, will be speaking with us (laughs).

After the snowboard jib contest, we moved to Majorleaf (a stylish fishing tackle shop? A cafe? A gathering place for young people that also has DJs and skateboarding) in the evening to enjoy the after-party.

From the left, guest riders and judges Tadashi Fuse, Keiji Okamoto, and Itaru. There was almost no script or outline, but thanks to the cage, it was an easy shoot lol
Us at the after party. From the left, guest rider Keiji Okamoto, Okayama Murasaki Sports rider Anju Matsuoka, who did a lot of demo runs, and Itaru. Cage also did the DJ! He's always there, no matter where he is! Respect~
This is us at the after-party venue, Major Leaf. From the left: Itaru, organizer Taiji-kun, Tadashi-san, Kana-chan, and Tai-chan's wife Shoko-chan.
The organizers of the Future Revolution Jib Contest, Taiji-kun and his beloved daughter Tsukihi-chan. Their password is "Gabo!" What is that?

On September 9th, I was taken from Masuda City, Shimane Prefecture to Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture, where I met up with former ELAN rider Norimasa Itano.

I had a session at my favorite surf skate park! Today I released the video of that day on YOUTUBE (everyone, please watch it! If you enjoyed it, please like, comment, subscribe, and press the bell for notifications!)

 

This park is owned by Tomoda, a Bali-style surfer. Its selling point is the impressive bowl, but it also has spines, mini ramps, flat spaces, and even a beginners section! It was the best park!
This is the son of the Yokonori Obayashi family, whose father is a professional photographer! We took a photo together, thank you very much.
The 1900 and 1700 size wooden bowls are gentle on the body.
A favorite sticker from TOMODA and a big moon sticker from Otsuki, who I had a session with that day (thanks for the skating and dinner session!).
From the left, Custom Bike Shop Big Moon Otsuki, Manami-chan who is a snowboarder who goes all over the country, Itaru wearing a hat, my servant Iriko who took me from Hiroshima to Shimane to Okayama, Nori Itano who is a snow mountain buddy, and Oto-chan who is an amazing technician. This photo was taken right after the set meal session after the skating session.
Nori-chan, who looked after me during my stay in Okayama, is a former Elan rider and pipe digger at Takasu Snow Park. *He took me to Okayama Station on 9/17.
Immediately after arriving in Tokyo, I had a meeting with Freelance Editor-in-Chief Sugai and Kasai-san in Okachimachi to discuss the articles to be published in the next issue.
Immediately after parting ways with Mr. Sugai and Mr. Kasai, we moved to Inage, Chiba Prefecture to shoot a video for a web article with Mr. Imai from Free Run magazine.
Immediately after parting ways with Imai, I moved to Tokyo Station. I had a meeting with SURF SKATE YOUTUBER "LUFFIN SKATE TV" MAKIKO, Tamago no Ousama, and Uzura MG! ? A drinking party? ? ? We discussed future developments.

This was the end of 9/17, and I returned to Ueno and went to bed. As soon as I got in bed, I was unable to do anything and passed out instantly. The next day, September 9th,

I went to Lotus International, where I have been using GIRO, Level Gloves, and Dominator Wax. I talked with Uchiyama about the future.
Moving from Kanda to Shinbashi! I'm sure all snowboarders who often go abroad have had the opportunity to use this service. Snowbum Obata-san made time for me during lunchtime despite his busy schedule. I used to go to Air Mix, so I used to use their service every year.
After that, we went to Burton, which is helping us with STEPON®︎. We talked to marketing representatives Ishihara-san and Haneda-chan. We were lucky enough to also be able to say hello to Oe Hikaru and Izumi-san! We look forward to working with you at Snowbank!
I went to say hello to the Boardriders.

I visited senior rider Tomoda Ken at Boardriders, a DC that has been helping me out with clothing and skate shoes for several years. Ken is also the operator who used to cut the super pipe at Takasu Snow Park. Everyone calls him Ken-san, but his real name is Keiichiro-san! He does chuck flips and stuff like that!

The Snowbank team met at Horikiri Shobuen Station. Daze-kun, Iku-chan, and Mari Mizukami joined us.
By the time we dispersed, everyone was completely drunk (lol)

The next day, September 9th, we returned to Utsunomiya, picked up our car, and headed to Myoko.

On the 20th, we met up with students from Myoko JWSC and headed to Makuhari X-GAMES in Chiba Prefecture.

Oh? I took the photo in Inage three days ago, right? It was less than 15 minutes away from Makuhari Messe...lol

Mr. Taira, the boss of Channel Square, joined X-GAMES as a manager.
Kazuki Tatemoto was there as a judge. We worked together on a how-to book together before!
Thai idols came to try out skateboarding! I wonder if Quadlips is a member of BNK48? But he's already good at it, so there's nothing to teach him! When he got good at pushing, I said, "Maybe... This Lesson is Over!" and everyone laughed.
Emma, ​​who shocked the world with three consecutive 900s, and Taiyo Morikawa (asics skateboarding) took a photo with all the JWSC students as friends. It was so cute! Thank you to the fathers!

 

 

So, after the x-GAMES ended and I returned to Niigata Myoko, I felt like my trip was over for now. I felt a bit jet-lagged and got sick afterwards.

Lately, colds seem to affect the throat! We've had some chilly nights, so please take care of yourself!

 

Ah, so here's the video I just released! Check it out!