Cover Design: Akiko Uchida
Cover Photo: Tenpei Takeuchi Tempei Takeuchi
Skier: Shikaichi Ueki
Location: Bella Coola, BC. CAN
CONTENTS
"TO THE FUTURE-- Message to the future"
Yuichiro Miura “Because I have memories as a skier”
Akira Sasaki “Probably the only one in my life, lockdown Japan without war experience”
Yusuke Hirota “New sail – adventure theory in the corona era”
Hitoshi Ishibashi “Continuation is
continue” Katsuro Taguchi “The rut is to continue”
Makoto Asakawa “Days of skating on the sofa”
Naoyuki Kato “That is the proof of life”
Takeshi Kodama “Thinking about the value of skating now” , Hiroshi Suganuma, Yusuke Hirota, Yoshiro Higai, Mark Durand, Makoto Kuroda
The 2019-2020 season, which got off to a shocking start with record low snowfall, was forcibly terminated due to completely unexpected circumstances. What did our slippers think after going through the complete self-restraint from there? We asked eight slippers to write sentences with the request that "theme = free, amount of text = as much as you like".
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"MORRISON'S HOTEL"
Text by Shikaichi Ueki Photo by Tenpei Takeuchi
Bella Coola, northwestern BC, Canada. The whole story of Shikaichi Ueki, who challenged the steep spine face "Morrison's Hotel" named after Seth Morrison, the father of big mountain freeriding, who descended for the first time. It is a realistic super steep pride that became the cover shot of this issue.
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“Following a phantom route—Mt. Hakkoda in an era when there were no ropeways.”
Written by Hiroyoshi Soma Photographs by Hiroya Nakata
The history of skiing in Hakkoda started in the Taisho era. It is said that in times when snow removal from the roads was inadequate, they crossed the mountains from Aomori City on skis. Where did our predecessors reach Sukayu Onsen, the starting point of the tour course? Together with Hiroyoshi Soma of the Hakkoda Mountains Guide Club, I followed a phantom route that still quietly hides in the mountains.
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“15 Years of HEART FILMS — Keiji Tajima Interview”
Text by Terakura Chikara Photo by Tajima Keiji
"Heart Film" was established 15 years ago based in Whistler, BC, Canada. We asked Tajima, who does everything from production to shooting and production all by himself, about the past 15 years. why Canada? Why snowmobile? How do you shoot videos, photos, drones and three roles? Etc. I will send you a full episode that I have not heard until now.
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"Aka no Groom Canada Part 1: Traveling Locally"
Text by Hitoshi Ishibashi Photo by Tenpei Takeuchi
Fall Line's classic series "Around the Locals". This time, I traveled to the outback of BC, Canada. The first is the city of Rossland and the Red Mountain ski area. For Jin Ishibashi, Canada is a special land. He encountered telemark skiing while wandering Canada 30 years ago, and remembers when he was 20 years old and a novice to toddle.
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"Slider's Sliding Equipment, Its Selection and Reason"
Impression = Yu Sasaki, Kenji Kono, Kazuya Furuse, Wataru Sugimura, Yoko Nakamura, Kazushige Fujita, Takaoki Hashimoto, Kei Sato
An impression of the gear used by 8 skiers, snowboarders, and photographers. This time, we narrowed it down to skis, boards, boots, and bindings, and we asked them to select different situations, such as ski resorts and backcountry, and asked them to report in detail on each.
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■Columns
Hobo Jun "The Melancholy of a Big Mountain Rider (Self-proclaimed)"
Hodaka Endo "Skiing and Corona, or Consideration on Diversity
" Tsutomu Terakura "Really Easy to Switch to Natural Energy"
■ Regular
"PHOTO GALLERY"
"PREMIERE DVD & MAGAZINE REVIEW"