Washigatake Slopestyle Session -Round 13-

PSA ASIA

03/19/2019

18.19 PSA ASIA SNOWBOARD PRO TOUR

Round 13

"Washigatake Slopestyle Session"

Gifu Prefecture "Washigatake Ski Resort"

Weather ☃ / 🌤 / ☃ Temperature −2 ℃

Round 4 of the PSA ASIA Freestyle Tour.

Moved from Nagano to Gifu and held here at Washigatake Ski Area.

It has been very difficult to maintain the course condition for the past two weeks due to temperature and rainfall, but thanks to THE ACTIVE DIGGER CREW led by Mr. Kosuke Tanaka, the tournament course is in the best condition.

However, the situation changed from the situation until last week, and the competition started in the weather like re-entry into the winter season from the heavy snow on the previous day.

The course specs are 3m and 12m in 8 sections, and 10m missile rails from 8WAY jump sections of 2m and 6m.

After all, the players are worried about speed stall due to the snowfall from yesterday.

First of all, the men's qualifying starts.

In the official practice, there were many riders who adjusted the timing of the flight, but when they started the trial, it was a professional who finished it perfectly.

Among them, the previous Freestyle Session in X-JAM champion, Atsuhiro Suzuki, decided cleanly from 720 to 1080.

In this condition, 720 and 900 are likely to become the standard, but the place where the number of revolutions is increased is truly riding.

Following that, Ryuki Morii and Seinan Ogasawara made a perfect missile rail clean from 1080.

It seemed to be difficult in a situation where this speed could not be achieved, but the venue was excited by the wonderful double cork 3 of three people, Kensei Yamase, Maifuyu Shirakawa, and Makoto Kimata.

And this time, US OPEN finalist Ruki Tobita participated in the Pro Tour on the second day of his return to Japan.

According to the person himself, he was in a state of lack of sleep, but the first one that attracted attention was a light decision on switches 1 and 900 to finish.The men's qualifying is over after passing the top of the margin.

According to the weather forecast, it should have recovered by the time the women's qualifying started, but it will continue to start in the snow.After all it is difficult to increase the number of revolutions, but the key is how to decide the trick perfectly without mistakes.

Yusuke Murase, who has won two consecutive victories this season, finishes the first run with a smooth switch 2, backside 540, board slide to fakey out and a flowing routine.

Next, Maoi Kunitake also puts out a style with 270 out from the board slide with a missile rail.

In the women's qualifying where 360 became the standard skill, amateur Yukino Kiyohara entered the professional promotion range by passing 1rd place with no mistakes in the first run.

The weather forecast doesn't hit at all.

Snow that continues to fall even in the final.

The women's final starts in a situation where luck depends on the starting order.

First of all, Tokuko Suzuki, the oldest female legend, puts out a style with Tokuko flip (back flip) tail grab, and in the second section, make up the big front side 360 melancholy love exactly.The final section has definitely earned points on the frontboard slides.

Maoi Kunitake, who is good at high rotation on the front side.The front side 360 to the back side 360 indie grab are perfectly decided, and in the rail section, the back 270 in to forward style is expected and a high score is expected.

Yusuke Murase, who passed the top in the final run, attacks with the same routine as in qualifying.In the final rail section, the finish was slightly increased with 270 outs from the backboard slide.Was the second expected run aimed at the backside 2 in the second section?Unfortunately, I stopped at 540 and couldn't improve my score.

The final result of the women's race was that Yusuke Murase, who continued to show off the same slides in both the qualifying and the final, finished with a feat of three consecutive victories this term.

Women Result

1 bit Yusuke MuraseProfessional

2 bit Makoto KunitakeProfessional

3 bit Tokuko SuzukiProfessional

Even in the men's final, it snows and stops repeatedly, and Teikatsu Hasegawa, who has won in 900 configurations, is fascinated.Finished with a switchback of 900in900out from a switch 270 to 450 tail long grab with a higher degree of perfection than the qualifying.

Makoto Kimata, who passed 3rd place in qualifying.The front double cork 900 from the switch back side 1080 is decided.The final rail section is also expected to score high with a back 270 in 450 out.

Ruki Tobita who passed the top of the qualifying.From the qualifying, the first section Switch 900 Indie Long Grab is perfect and decides the front side 1080 first. In the second run, the second section was changed to 2 on the back side, and the final rail section also finished in a guts pose with a back 1080 in 270 out without slowing down.

Ruki Tobita, who scored a high score of 2 points in both of the second run, finished the competition safely with the victory since Kandatsu last year.

Men Result

1 bit Ruki TobitaProfessional

2 bit Emperor HasegawaProfessional

3 bit Makoto KimataProfessional

4 bit Maifuyu ShirakawaProfessional

5 bit Jinguji AmaProfessional

6 bit Atsuhiro SuzukiProfessional

I was suffering from unreadable weather even with the forecast peculiar to March, but thanks to the hard maintenance of THE ACTIVE DIGGER CREW, the slope officials who provided the best park even in the snow shortage this year. I was able to finish it safely.