A photo contest held in collaboration with the yukiyama app, an app that enriches snowboarding, skiing, and other activities in the snowy mountains and enables information transmission and communication at ski resorts. This year, Yu Yoneya was invited as a guest judge, and the three winners were carefully selected. We would like to take a closer look at the winners of the prestigious Grand Prize.
The first winner is "Tomita@Tomita no Nichijou"
In the contest submission, I was introduced to a Youtube video that recorded the challenge using the yukiyama app, and I was very impressed by the fact that I was enjoying the charm of skiing through the app and SNS, and I was selected. Also, when he commented, "Even when I'm skating alone, I can share numbers and time with people all over the country by using the app." We look forward to many more activities in the future. STEEP Editorial Department
──Please introduce yourself.
Enjoying skiing in Park Main! I also post videos to increase the number of free skiers on the YouTube channel "Tomita no Nichijou".
──Please tell us about the best memorable day of this season (ski resorts, impressions, etc.)
Free run with friends at Pecan Hakuba Goryu!
It wasn't a special challenge, but it's just a memory of being able to play comfortably!
──Why did you start the yukiyama app?
I started to see posts that I used on SNS and YouTube, and I started thinking about leaving my own skiing record.
──Please tell us how you use the yukiyama app.
Save your skiing record and get various badges!
──What is your home slope? Please tell me the recommended points of the ski resort.
Hakuba47/Hakuba Goryu
Park is the best, and you can see other skaters from the lift! And you can challenge with confidence because you can always maintain it in the best condition. It is also connected to Goryu, so it is a ski resort where you can enjoy all genres for a whole day, such as free running, sunrise sales, and night skiing.
Tomita's Instagram account also has information about hauntings
──If you have a favorite ski gear, please introduce it.
ARMADA B-DOG
──What does skiing mean to you? in one word
The same "daily life" as waking up in the morning and washing your face.
──If you have any additional information you would like to post, please let us know!
It's going to be an advertisement, but I'm telling you about my own challenges and lifestyle through skiing on the "Tomita no Nichijou" channel. Please take a look at it as one of the ways to enjoy skiing! Please say hello if you see me on the slopes! Next season, I would like to use the yukiyama app to interact with others.
──Finally, please make a comment.
One of the pleasures of winter sports is being able to interact with many skiers and snowboarders through the yukiyama app and SNS! Enjoy endless fun!
The second winner is "Yuta"
Achieved 38 days of running in spite of the busy situation of returning home by late-night taxi for more than half of the weekdays. I was impressed by his enthusiasm for skiing and was selected. Also, I was very impressed by the comment that the real pleasure of skiing is to increase connections with people. From now on, please connect with various people by facing skiing with high heat. STEEP Editorial Department
──Please introduce yourself.
A complete Sunday skier. I work as a civil servant in Tokyo on weekdays.
──Please tell us about the best memorable day of this season (ski resorts, impressions, etc.)
If I dare to mention it, it is the event “UZUMAKI” held at Palcall Tsumagoi Ski Resort in April this year.
It is a course that can be said to be the ultimate in freestyle, and I was greatly inspired by the original lines and skiing of riders such as Kazuhiro Kokubo, Ryo Aizawa, and Taiyo Kawai. I forgot the time and continued skating, and by the time I realized it, the event was over. The weather was perfect and it was a perfect day.
──Why did you start the yukiyama app?
It all started when I started competing with my friend for top speed.
──Please tell us how you use the yukiyama app.
It is useful when joining with friends in the ski resort.
Also, although it may sound cliche, being able to check and share your running distance and speed on the app is an unprecedented way to enjoy skiing, and I think it's groundbreaking.
──What is your home slope? Please tell me the recommended points of the ski resort.
It changes depending on the season, but Ishiuchi Maruyama may be my favorite.
Besides the high quality of the park, I also like the fact that it has a somewhat local feel to it.
Yuta's Instagram account has many photogenic photos
──If you have a favorite ski gear, please introduce it.
K2 Marksman ('19-20 model).
It is a heavy but very solid board, and I use it for versatile. I get bored easily, so I change materials quickly, but I like this board and ride it.
──What does skiing mean to you? in one word
Time is a small part of our lives, but it's also a big part of our ikigai.
──Finally, please make a comment.
Thank you for giving me this opportunity. I also look forward to articles on STEEP every day. I would appreciate it if the readers would have the opportunity to join us at the ski resort.
The 3rd person who won the award was "Ski Beginner Lemon & I Love Skiing"
In my second season of skiing, I have checked in 65 times and visited 40 ski resorts! ! I was selected because I was naturally addicted to skiing and got a smile. I hope that this contest will be the essence of enjoying ski life in the future. STEEP Editorial Department
──Please introduce yourself.
2nd year skiing beginner level.
──Please tell us about the best memorable day of this season (ski resorts, impressions, etc.)
I thought the sea of clouds at Ontake Ski Resort was wonderful.
──Why did you start the yukiyama app?
Introduced in the LINE group.
──Please tell us how you use the yukiyama app.
Records of days spent at ski resorts
A record of steadily going to the ski resort remains even though it is the second year of the season
──What is your home slope?
Washigatake Ski Resort
──Finally, please make a comment.
Skiing has enriched my life, and I have more friends with the yukiyama app. Thank you.
Thank you very much for participating in this event.
And congratulations to all the award winners! This year's season was blessed with snow, so all the posts conveyed that they had a wonderful season!
Thanks to that, the selection process was quite a struggle (laughs). By the way, the theme shared by the winners of this year's competition was "connection with others through skiing and yukiyama."
We chose those whose moving experiences, which we would not have been able to share without being there, were physically conveyed through logs, photos, and texts. Individuals who should not meet at all become deeply connected through the lifestyle of skiing. And by sharing the experience, I was very excited to see how the impression spreads! Guest judge Yu Yoneya
SPECIAL THANKS
Yu Yoneya
A skier from Asakusa, Tokyo.
He is a former World Champion and World Cup representative. He was the first free skier in Japan to enter into a contract with a corporate team, and after retiring from competition, he became the manager of the corporate team.
He is doing a wide range of work related to snow, such as promotions using web media and online schools. YouTube / Instagram / Twitter
yukiyama
"yukiyama app", an app that enables information dissemination and communication at ski resorts This app enriches snowboarding, skiing, and other activities in the snowy mountains.
https://www.yuki-yama.com/