Summer skiing, which is gaining popularity year after year as a place for off-season training and skill improvement, will see a series of exciting competitions taking place in the fall of 2026 in Hakuba and Nozawa Onsen in Nagano Prefecture, utilizing inline skiing and summer slopes (piste labs)
This guide also introduces the details of notable events, including the "All Japan Student Summer Ski Championships," which determines the top student skier, as well as the "Hakuba Inline Ski Technical Championships" and "Nozawa Piste Lab Ski Technical Championships," which offer opportunities for a wide range of competitors from juniors to masters
[Held on September 6th] The 2nd Hakuba Inline Skiing Technical Competition
The inline skiing technical competition will be held on a specially prepared course along the Hakuba Matsukawa River. A wide range of categories are set up, from rookies and elementary school students to elites and masters, and a training session led by a lineup of top instructors will be held the day before
- Date: September 6, 2026 (Sunday) *September 5 (Saturday) Reserve day/Official practice session
- Venue: Hakuba Matsukawa Riverbed (Special course downstream of Hakuba Ohashi Bridge)
- Organizer: Japan Inline Skiing Federation
- Categories: Rookie/College Freshman, Elementary School Elite, Women's Elite, Men's Elite, Masters, College Women/Men
- Events: Giant slalom, small slalom, small slalom with rhythm variation, and overall downhill (※Varies by class)
- Judges: Tomoaki Yoneoka, Yasuhide Saito, Junya Maruyama, Masahiro Okiyama (tentative)
- Entry period: August 1st (Sat) to August 31st (Mon), 2026, until 23:59.
- Pre-training session: Held on Saturday, September 5th (Instructors: Yasuhide Saito, Tomoaki Yoneoka)
[September 17-18] The 15th All Japan Student Summer Ski Championships in Hakuba & Nozawa
This traditional competition combines inline skiing and Pislab (summer ski slopes) to determine the champion of student summer skiing. The overall ranking is determined by the inline skiing competition at Hakuba Matsukawa and the Pislab competition at Nozawa Onsen
- Event dates and venue：
- September 17th (Thursday): Inline skiing competition (Hakuba Matsukawa riverbed)
- September 18th (Friday): Piste Lab Skiing Competition (Nozawa Onsen Ski Resort)
- Organized by: Student Summer Ski Competition Executive Committee
- Categories: Rookie competition (first-year university students), Elite (university students), Team competition (inline skating)
- Judges and prospective runners: Mirai Kuriyama, Katsutomo Ishimizu, Koya Morita, Ryo Yamada, Koki Karasawa, Yasuhide Saito, Masahiro Okiyama, Tomohiro Kubota, Tomoaki Yoneoka
- Entry period: August 17th (Mon) to September 7th (Mon), 2026
[Held on September 26th] The 1st Nozawa Piste Lab Ski Technical Competition
This new competition will be held exclusively on the Pislab slope at Nozawa Onsen Ski Resort. A wide range of skiers, from elementary and junior high school students to adults and masters, will compete on the summer slope
- Date: Saturday, September 26, 2026, 13:00 onwards (Private event)
- Venue: Nozawa Onsen Ski Resort, Pislab Slope
- Organizer: Pislab SKI Tournament Executive Committee
- Categories: Elementary and Junior High School Students, High School Students, University Rookie Tournament, University Women's/Adult Women's Tournament, University Men's Tournament, Adult Men's Tournament, Adult Masters Tournament (55 years and older)
- Events: Giant Slalom, Downhill (Note: General Masters category has 4 events)
- Judges and prospective runners: Mirai Kuriyama, Toshiaki Okada, Koya Morita, Tsuyoshi Tokutake, Shunsuke Ishida, Takashi Katagiri, Katsutomo Ishimizu, Tomohiro Kubota, Tomoaki Yoneoka
- Entry period: September 1st (Tue) to September 18th (Fri), 2026
This is a great opportunity to get into the swing of things for the start of the snow season. For details on each competition and how to enter, please check the information provided by the organizing body (Japan Inline Ski Federation / each organizing committee)
Information
Japan Inline Ski Federation
Official website:https://jisa2018.web.fc2.com/index.html