The free magazine "SKI CLUB" Vol. 04 2025 (68 pages/free) will be distributed at outdoor/camping/ski/select shops/ski resorts/accommodation facilities nationwide from Saturday, January 16, 2025. This magazine condenses the various charms of skiing
Theme: Enchanted Skier
When you see snow, you get the urge to go skiing. Snow falling from the sky is an invitation to ski. When this snowy invitation arrives, your mind is filled with thoughts of skiing and you can't concentrate on anything else. Skis are like magical wings. When you start skiing, you feel like you're flying in the sky and you can't stop smiling. It's okay to fall, just keep skiing again and again. The fun of skiing never ends. SKI CLUB vol.4 introduces the stories of skiers who have been captivated by the magic of skiing. Read on and you'll understand why skiing is so much fun. And we're sure you'll start skiing this winter too. Welcome to SKI IS MAGIC!
Contents
■Ski Club Room
~Collection of columns about skiing~
For those who want to fall in love with skiing - Moe Kurita
Music that has accompanied the times related to skiing - Daisuke Oguchi
A skier's cafe that loved vintage skis - Goro Obata
■Dancing in the Mountain Snowflake
What is it about skiing that makes it so much fun? The sense of speed, the cold, beautiful snow, and the crisp air. What is it about that indescribable sense of satisfaction after finishing a ski? As I pondered these things, I remembered a certain skier. His name was Snowflake, an eccentric skier nicknamed "Snowflake."
■Simon Billy KING OF SPEED
The world of speed skiing with French speed skier Simon Billy, who set the world record of 255.5 km/h in 2023
■Ski Bum Life Bruno Compagne
Spending the whole winter just skiing. That must be the dream life. Chamonix is a town in France, located in a valley surrounded by 4,000m-class mountains. Many enthusiastic skiers have flocked to this valley, both in the past and present, to enjoy the high-quality snow and thrilling steep slopes. We spoke to the bearded Bruno Compagne, who founded Blackcrows, a ski brand for skiing in such places, and whose skiing is more exciting than anyone else's, about skiing and life
■Effortless gear for recreational skiers Yardsale
Do you have any particular preferences for your ski poles? And can you confidently say that yours are the perfect poles? (If you're not sure, check out SKI CLUB Vol.2!
■Ski Style of Japanese Skiers
We asked Japanese skiers of all ages, occupations and skiing experience, including a model, stylist, distiller, sock designer, banker and photographer, to talk about the appeal of skiing
■I'm Feeling Good!
"You have to be patient when it comes to fashion!" said Pico. But you can't stand the cold. But don't worry. You can wear something warm. The SKI CLUB editorial team introduces the base layers we recommend this season. So, don't let them say it's cold anymore. Say goodbye to the cold!
■CLUB HOUSE BOARD
QUEST A cutting-edge snow resort that combines skiing and art - Ranyo Tanaka
SUSTAINABLE For skiing on good snow tomorrow - SKI CLUB
FASHION Thinking about cool skiing style - Nakata Shinsuke
MOVIE The greatest ski romance movie - Ranyo Tanaka
LOVE I'll go anywhere for skiing - Yoneyama Shuko
GEAR Buying all kinds of gear is all about freedom from gravity - Sekita Morihiko
APRES Apres skiing starts from the taproom - Takuro Watanabe
BOOK A book every skier should read - SKI CLUB
MONEY A skiing lesson that will help you beat inflation - Inoue Hideki
■ Hoshino's thoughts on "Ski Magic"
Yoshiharu Hoshino, president of Hoshino Resorts, continues to protect Japan's ski industry.
What ski magic does Hoshino think will increase the number of skiers?
■Vintage Ski Catalogs
We introduce some of the valuable collections of the Outdoor Recreation Archive, which collects and researches outdoor sports-related catalogs from around the world
■SKI CLUB SKI RESORT GUIDE & HOTEL GUIDE
Apres-ski sounds great, doesn't it? It gets you excited when you imagine all the fun things you can do after skiing. After a day of skiing, you can enjoy the ski resort's famous gourmet food, relax in a nearby hot spring or sauna, return to the hotel for some quiet time with friends and family, or head out to a snowy town and enjoy some local cuisine! Make the most of your apres-ski experience on your next ski trip. It's sure to be an unforgettable one
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Free distribution locations for "SKI CLUB"
The product will be distributed free of charge at the participating stores listed below starting January 16, 2025. Please note that quantities are limited
■Urban Research Doors
URBAN RESEARCH DOORS AEON MALL Sakai Kitahanada storeURBAN
RESEARCH DOORS Kuzuha Mall
storeURBAN RESEARCH DOORS Minamisenba storeURBAN
RESEARCH DOORS LaLaport Toyosu
storeURBAN RESEARCH DOORS Namba Parks
storeURBAN RESEARCH DOORS IIAS Tsukuba storeURBAN
RESEARCH DOORS Nishinomiya Gardens storeURBAN RESEARCH DOORS
LaLaport Shinmisato
storeURBAN RESEARCH DOORS Tama Plaza
storeURBAN RESEARCH DOORS Urawa Parco
storeURBAN RESEARCH DOORS Futako Tamagawa Rise
storeURBAN RESEARCH DOORS AMU PLAZA HAKATA storeURAN
RESEARCH DOORS LaLaport Koshien storeURBAN
RESEARCH DOORS Terrace Mall Shonan storeURAN
RESEARCH DOORS LUMINE Shinjuku
storeURBAN RESEARCH DOORS Marugamemachi Green Takamatsu
storeURBAN RESEARCH DOORS AEON Mall Nagoya Domemae
storeURBAN RESEARCH DOORS Celeo Hachioji
storeURBAN RESEARCH DOORS MARK IS Minatomirai
storeURBAN RESEARCH DOORS Lalaport Kashiwanoha
storeURBAN RESEARCH DOORS Lalaport Yokohama storeURBAN RESEARCH
DOORS Otokariite Senri Chuo
storeURBAN RESEARCH DOORS Kobe Harborland umie
storeURBAN RESEARCH DOORS Hiroshima Parco
storeURBAN RESEARCH DOORS Sapporo Stellar Place
storeURBAN RESEARCH DOORS Niigata Bandai Labra 2
storeURBAN RESEARCH DOORS Solaria Plaza
Tenjin storeURBAN RESEARCH DOORS Coredo Muromachi
storeURBAN RESEARCH DOORS Ikspiari
storeURBAN RESEARCH DOORS Lala Terrace Musashikosugi
storeURBAN RESEARCH DOORS AEON Mall
Otaka storeURBAN RESEARCH DOORS Lalaport Izumi
storeURBAN RESEARCH DOORS JOINUS Yokohama
storeURBAN RESEARCH DOORS AEON Mall Kyoto Katsuragawa
storeURBAN RESEARCH DOORS Grand Front Osaka
storeURBAN RESEARCH DOORS AMU PLAZA Oita storeURBAN
RESEARCH DOORS Clefy Sannomiya storeURBAN
RESEARCH DOORS Cocoon City Saitama Shintoshin storeURBAN
RESEARCH DOORS Lalaport EXPOCITY
storeURBAN RESEARCH DOORS Lalaport Tachikawa Tachihi
storeURBAN RESEARCH DOORS Ginza Marronnier Gate 1
storeURBAN RESEARCH DOORS mozo Wonder City
storeURBAN RESEARCH DOORS S-PAL Sendai
storeURBAN RESEARCH DOORS Seven Park Ario Kashiwa
storeURBAN RESEARCH DOORS SELVA Sendai Izumi storeURBAN
RESEARCH DOORS Lalaport Shonan Hiratsuka storeURBAN
RESEARCH DOORS AEON MALL Hiroshima Fuchu
storeURBAN RESEARCH DOORS Marui Kichijoji
storeURBAN RESEARCH DOORS Perie Chiba
storeURBAN RESEARCH DOORS Atre Kawasaki
storeURBAN RESEARCH DOORS Gran Emio Tokorozawa storeURBAN
RESEARCH DOORS Kyoto Fujii Daimaru
storeURBAN RESEARCH DOORS Kinshicho Terminal 2
storeURBAN RESEARCH DOORS Tennoji Mio Plaza
storeURBAN RESEARCH DOORS Lalaport Numazu
storeURBAN RESEARCH DOORS AMU PLAZA Kokura
storeURBAN RESEARCH DOORS Shizuoka Parco
storeEKAL LIMITED SHOP RISONARE Yatsugatake
TINY GARDEN Tateshina - Camp, Lodge & Cabins
■SALOMON
Salomon Arc'teryx Karuizawa Store
, Salomon Store Sapporo Experience Base,
Salomon Store Tokyo Shibuya,
Salomon Minamimachida Grandberry Park
■Full Marks
FULLMARKS Sapporo Factory Store,
FULLMARKS Tomamu Store
, FULLMARKS Daikanyama Store
, FULLMARKS Harajuku Store
, FULLMARKS Hakuba Store
, FULLMARKS Kyoto Store
, FULLMARKS Osaka Store
■Ski resort
Hoshino Resorts Nekoma Mountain
Hoshino Resorts Tomamu
MT.T by Hoshino Resorts
Naeba Ski Resort (Whistler Cafe)
■ Accommodation
Hoshino Resorts RISONARE Tomamu
Hoshino Resorts RISONARE Yatsugatake
OMO7 Asahikawa by Hoshino Resorts
OMO3 Sapporo Susukino by Hoshino Resorts
OMO5 Otaru by Hoshino Resorts
■The Himalayas
Himalaya Main Building
, Himalaya Kasugai Branch,
Himalaya
Nagaoka Branch,
Himalaya Yamaguchi Branch
,
Himalaya Ibaraki Branch,
Himalaya Takasaki Branch,
Himalaya
Branch, Himalaya
Mita Branch
Himalaya
, Himalaya Fukuchiyama Branch
Himalaya
Kamisato Branch, Himalaya Mallage Shobu Branch,
Himalaya Okayama Kume Branch, Himalaya Margo Seki Branch, Himalaya Kashiwazaki
Echizen Branch,
Himalaya Niiza Branch,
Himalaya La Spa Mitake Branch,
Himalaya Tottori Branch,
Himalaya Libre Toyota Motomiya Branch
■THE NORTH FACE
THE NORTH FACE+ Sapporo Factory
THE NORTH FACE GRAVITY HAKUBA
THE NORTH FACE Mountain
Goldwin THE NORTH FACE (Goldwin / The North Face) Kanda Store
THE NORTH FACE Akishima Outdoor Village Store
■Super Sports Xebio
Super Sports Xebio Dome Sapporo Tsukisamu Store
Sports Xebio Asahikawa Nagayama
Store, Super Sports Xebio Nagano Minami Takada Store,
Super Sports Xebio Sapporo Taihei Store, Super Sports
Xebio
Sapporo Shinhassamu Store, Super Sports Xebio Kitami Store
, Super Sports Xebio Morioka Moriminami Store, Super Sports Xebio Koriyama Nishinouchi Store,
Super
Sports Xebio Aizuwakamatsucho Kita Store,
Super Sports Xebio Dome Tsukuba Gakuen Higashiodori Store
, Super Sports Xebio Niigata Kameda Store, Super
Sports Xebio Hirosaki Takada Store,
Super Sports Xebio Matsumoto Yoshikawa Store,
Super Sports Xebio Asuto Nagamachi Store, Super Sports Xebio Aomori Chuo
Store, Super Sports Xebio Seven Park Ario
Kashiwa Store, Super Sports Xebio
Yamagata Yoshiwara Store, Super Sports Xebio Hakodate Showa Town Plaza Store,
Super Sports Xebio Park Mikawa Store,
Super Sports Xebio Sendai
Super Sports Xebio Takikawa
store , Super Sports Xebio Nagaoka store
, Super Sports Xebio Fukushima Minami Bypass store,
Super Sports Xebio
Sakudaira store, Super Sports Xebio Yonezawa store
, Super Sports Xebio Pia Do Hachinohe store
, Super Sports Xebio Tomakomai Yanagimachi store
Xebio Tendo store
, Super Sports Xebio Toyama Ninagawa store,
Super Sports Xebio Obihiroikkyu
store, Super Sports Xebio Morue Muroran
Nakajima store, Super Sports Xebio Utsunomiya Hosoya store,
Super Sports Xebio Joetsu store
, Super Sports Xebio Nagaoka Riverside Chiaki
, Super Sports Xebio Apita Toyama Higashi store, Super Sports Xebio Toyohashi
Mukaiyama store,
Super Sports Xebio LaLaport Toyosu store,
Super Sports Xebio Ario Ueda store, Super Sports Xebio Kawasaki LeFron store,
Super Sports Xebio LaLaport Yokohama
store Sports Xebio Apita Town Kanazawa Bay Store
, Super Sports Xebio Ario
Soga Store, Super Sports Xebio
Akita Barajima Store, Super Sports Xebio Fukui Owada Store,
Super Sports Xebio
Oyumino Store, Super Sports Xebio
Ashikaga Store,
Super Sports Xebio Iwaki Store, Super Sports Xebio Viva Mall Saitama Shintoshin Store
, Super Sports Xebio AEON Mall
Omagari Store, Super Sports Xebio LaLaport
Tachikawa Tachihi Store
, Super Sports Xebio Natori Store, Super Sports Xebio Fair Mall Matto Store
, Super Sports Xebio Vivit
Minami-Funabashi Store,
Super Sports Xebio Utsunomiya Ishii Store, Super Sports Xebio Mega Stage Shirakawa Store
, Super Sports Xebio Vispo
Yokosuka Store,
Super Sports Xebio Kushiro Store, Super Sports Xebio Oyama Store
, Super Sports Xebio AEON Mall Kusatsu Store,
Super Sports Xebio Hama Matsumiya Take store
, Super Sports Xebio Tsu Rats store,
Super Sports Xebio IIAS
Tsukuba store, Super Sports Xebio
Maebashi Minami Mall store, Xebio Sports Express Ario Sapporo store,
Super Sports Xebio Saitama LaLaport Fujimi store
AEON Mall
KYOTO store
, Super Sports Xebio Osaka Moriguchi store, Super Sports Xebio AEON Mall Kanazawa
Hakusan store,
Super Sports Xebio Suwa store,
Super Sports Xebio Mega
Xebio Mito store, Super Sports Xebio
Fukushima Yanome store,
Super Sports Xebio Nagoya Tomita store, Super Sports Xebio Niigata Sakuragi Inter store,
Super Sports Xebio Iida
Kanae store, Super Sports Xebio Honjo Waseda store,
Super Sports Xebio Pioni Walk Higashimatsuyama store,
Super Sports Xebio Goshogawara Elm store,
Super Sports Xebio LINKS UMEDA store,
Super Sports Xebio Furu Garden Yachiyo store
, Super Sports Xebio
Hiroshima Alpark store
, Super Sports Xebio Shibata store,
Super Sports Xebio Toyota Higashishin store, Super Sports Xebio
IIAS Takao
, Super Sports Xebio Apita Niigata Nishi store,
Super Sports Xebio AEON Mall Hinode store, Super Sports Xebio Suzuka Rats store
, Super Sports Xebio AEON Town Narita Tomisato
Super Sports Xebio Kobe Harborland store, Super Sports Xebio Tamasakai
store Sports Xebio
Mallage Kashiwa store, Super Sports Xebio LaLaport Shinmisato store
, Super Sports Xebio DiverCity Tokyo Plaza store, Super Sports Xebio
AEON Mall Kawaguchi store
, Super Sports Xebio Hitachi Jonan store
Xebio Hidaka Mall store, Super Sports Xebio Yume Town
Izumo store, Super Sports Xebio Higashi
Osaka Hishie store,
Super Sports Xebio
EXPOCITY store
Super Sports Xebio
Nagareyama Otakanomori S.C. store, Super Sports Xebio Ario Washinomiya store,
Super Sports Xebio Ishinomaki store,
Super Sports Xebio Shiwa store,
Super Sports Xebio Okazaki Interchange store,
Super Sports Xebio LaLaport Shonan Hiratsuka store, Super Sports Xebio Ario Ageo
store, Super Sports Xebio Nitori Mall Hirakata store
, Super Sports Xebio Kobe Gakuen Minami Interchange store,
Super Sports Xebio Aeon Town Furukawa
, Xebio Sports Tsubame-Sanjo store
Super Sports Xebio Aeon
Mall Kisogawa Super Sports Xebio Matsue Higashi Tsuda store, Super Sports Xebio
Matsuyama Tonyacho store, Super Sports Xebio
Town Kurume store, Super Sports Xebio Emifull Matsumae
store, Super Sports Xebio Annaka store,
Super Sports Xebio Oita store,
L-Breath Nagoya Minato store,
Super Sports Xebio LaLaport Sakai store
Other ski and outdoor shops nationwide
Media overview
Ski Club VOL.4 Published in January 2025 (Once a season / Free magazine)
Format: B5 variant / 68 pages
Creative Director: Ranyo Tanaka (Steller's Jay)
Editor: Takuro Watanabe / Hideki Inoue (MONKEYWORKS)
Designer: Yuta Ukai
Back Cover Photo: Ranyo Tanaka
Printing: SANKO PRINTING
Publisher: Hiroshi Owada
Published by: Cast Inc.
5F Shin-Arai Building
, 1-44-4 Sekiguchi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-0014 https://www.cast-inc.co.jp/