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.
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.
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 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 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 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
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!