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
~A collection of columns about skiing~
For those who want to fall in love with skiing - Moe Kurita
Music that accompanied time spent skiing -
Daisuke Koguchi 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 fuses skiing and art - Ranyo Tanaka
SUSTAINABLE To ski on good snow tomorrow - SKI CLUB
FASHION Thinking about cool skiing styles - Shinsuke Nakata
MOVIE The greatest ski romance movie - Ranyo Tanaka
LOVE Going to the ends of the earth for skiing - Shuko Yoneyama
GEAR Buying all sorts of gear is all for liberation from gravity - Morihiko Sekita
APRES Apres skiing starts in the taproom - Takuro Watanabe
BOOK A book that every skier should read - SKI CLUB
MONEY A ski lesson to beat inflation - Hideki Inoue
■ Hoshino's thoughts on "Ski Magic"
Yoshiharu Hoshino, CEO of Hoshino Resorts, continues to protect Japan's ski industry.
What does Mr. Hoshino believe is the "ski magic" that 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 Store
RESEARCH DOORS Kuzuha Mall Store
URBAN
URBAN RESEARCH DOORS Minamisenba Store URBAN RESEARCH DOORS Lalaport Toyosu
Store URBAN RESEARCH DOORS Namba Parks Store
URBAN RESEARCH DOORS iias Tsukuba Store
URBAN RESEARCH DOORS Nishinomiya Gardens Store
URBAN RESEARCH DOORS Lalaport Shin-Misato Store
URBAN RESEARCH DOORS Tama Plaza Store
URBAN RESEARCH DOORS Urawa Parco Store
URBAN RESEARCH DOORS Futako Tamagawa Rise Store
URBAN RESEARCH DOORS Amu Plaza Hakata Store
URBAN RESEARCH DOORS Lalaport Koshien Store
URBAN RESEARCH DOORS Terrace Mall Shonan Store
URBAN RESEARCH DOORS Lumine Shinjuku Store
URBAN RESEARCH DOORS Marugamecho Green Takamatsu Store
URBAN RESEARCH DOORS Aeon Mall Nagoya Dome-mae Store
URBAN RESEARCH DOORS Celeo Hachioji Store
URBAN RESEARCH DOORS MARK IS Minatomirai Store
URBAN RESEARCH DOORS Lalaport Kashiwanoha Store
URBAN RESEARCH DOORS Lalaport Yokohama Store
URBAN RESEARCH DOORS Otocalite Senri Chuo Store
Kobe Harborland umie Store
URBAN RESEARCH DOORS Hiroshima Parco Store
URBAN RESEARCH DOORS Sapporo Stellar Place Store
URBAN RESEARCH DOORS Niigata Bandai LoveLa 2 Store
URBAN RESEARCH DOORS Solaria Plaza Tenjin Store
URBAN RESEARCH DOORS Coredo Muromachi Store
URBAN RESEARCH DOORS Ikspiari Store
URBAN RESEARCH DOORS Lala Terrace Musashi Kosugi Store
URBAN RESEARCH DOORSat Aeon Mall
Odaka, Lalaport
Izumi, Joinus Yokohama,
Aeon Mall Kyoto Katsuragawa,
Grand Front Osaka, Amu Plaza Oita,
Clefy Sannomiya,
Cocoon
City Saitama Shintoshin,
Lalaport EXPOCITY, Lalaport Tachikawa
Tachihi, Ginza
Marronnier Gate 1,
mozo Wonder City
, Espal Sendai
, Seven Park Ario Kashiwa
Sendai Izumi
SELVAat Lalaport
at Aeon Mall
Hiroshima Fuchu,
URBAN RESEARCH DOORS at Marui Kichijoji,
URBAN RESEARCH DOORS at Perie Chiba, URBAN
RESEARCH DOORS at Atre Kawasaki,
URBAN RESEARCH DOORS at Gran Emio Tokorozawa, URBAN RESEARCH DOORS at Kyoto Fujii Daimaru,
at Kinshicho Termina 2,
URBAN RESEARCH DOORS at Tennoji Mio Plaza,
at Lalaport Numazu
, URBAN RESEARCH DOORS at Amu Plaza Kokura,
URBAN RESEARCH DOORS at Shizuoka Parco,
EKAL LIMITED SHOP, RISONARE Yatsugatake
TINY GARDEN, and Tateshina - Camp, Lodge & Cabins.
■SALOMON
Salomon, Arc'teryx Karuizawa Store
, Salomon Store Sapporo Experience Base
, Salomon Store Tokyo Shibuya,
Salomon Minami-Machida 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 Store
, Himalaya Kasugai Store
, Himalaya
Nagaoka Store,
Himalaya Yamaguchi Store
, Himalaya
Ibaraki Store,
Himalaya Takasaki Store,
Himalaya
Himalaya
,
Sanda Store, Himalaya Tokai Store
Himalaya
Unics Kamizato Store
Himalaya Okayama Kume Store, Himalaya Takayama Store
Moraju Shobu
, Himalaya Mago Seki Store, Himalaya Kashiwazaki
Echizen Store
, Himalaya Niiza Store
, Himalaya Laspa Mitake Store
, Himalaya Tottori Store
, Himalaya Libre Toyota Motomiya Store
■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
, Super Sports
Xebio Asahikawa Nagayama Store
, Super Sports Xebio Nagano Minami Takada Store
, Super Sports Xebio Sapporo Taihei Store, Super Sports
Xebio Sapporo Shin Hassamu Store,
Super Sports Xebio Kitami Store,
Super Sports Xebio Morioka Seinan Store
, Super Sports Xebio Koriyama Nishinouchi Store,
Super Sports Xebio Aizuwakamatsu Machikita Store
, Super Sports Xebio Dome Tsukuba Gakuen Higashi Odori 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
, Super Sports Xebio Hakodate Showa Town Plaza Store
, Super Sports Xebio Or Park Mikawa Store,
Super Sports Xebio SenSuper
Super Sports Xebio Taizumi Chuo Store,
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
Xebio Piadu Hachinohe
Store,
Super Sports Xebio Tomakomai Yanagimachi Store, Super Sports Xebio Tendo Store
, Super Sports Xebio Toyama Ninagawa Store
, Super Sports Xebio Obihiro Ikkyu Store
, Super Sports Xebio Morue Muroran Nakajima Store, Super Sports
Xebio Utsunomiya Hosoya Store, Super
Sports Xebio Joetsu Store
Sports Xebio Nagaoka Riverside Senshu Store, 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 LeFRONT Store,
Super Sports Xebio Lalaport Yokohama
Store Sports Xebio Apita Town Kanazawa Bay Store
, Super Sports Xebio Ario
Soga Store, Super Sports Xebio
Akita Ibarajima 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
Super Sports Xebio 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 Stage Sukagawa Store
Super Sports
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 Peony Walk Higashimatsuyama Store
Super Sports Xebio Goshogawara Elm Store
Super Sports Xebio LINKS UMEDA Store
Super Sports Xebio Full Garden
Yachiyo Store
Super Sports Xebio Hiroshima Alpark Store
Super Sports Xebio Shibata Store
Toyota Higashishin Store Super Sports Xebio iias Takao Store
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 Store
Super Sports Xebio Kobe Harborland Store
Super Sports Xebio Tamasakai Store
Super Sports Xebio Moraju 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
Super Sports Xebio Hidaka Mall Store
Super Sports Xebio Yume Town Izumo Store
Super Sports Xebio Higashi Osaka Hishie Store
Super Sports Xebio Xebio LaLaport EXPOCITY Store
, Super Sports Xebio Nagareyama Otakanomori S.C. Store
, Super Sports
Xebio Ario Washinomiya Store, Super Sports
Xebio Ishinomaki Store, Super Sports
Super Sports Xebio Okazaki Inter Store
, Super Sports Xebio LaLaport Shonan Hiratsuka Store
, Super Sports Xebio Ario Ageo
, Super Sports Xebio Nitori Mall Hirakata Store
, Super Sports Xebio Kobe Gakuen Minami Inter Store
, Super Sports Xebio Aeon Town Furukawa Store
, Xebio Sports Tsubame Sanjo Store,
Super Sports Xebio Aeon Mall Kisogawa Store,
Super Sports Xebio Matsue Higashi Tsuda Store,
Super Sports Xebio Matsuyama Tonya-cho Store,
Super Sports Xebio Yume 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, January 2025 issue (1 issue per season / free magazine)
Format: B5 modified / 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.
112-0014
1-44-4 Sekiguchi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo
5F, Shin-Arai Building,
https://www.cast-inc.co.jp/