Kumi Yama 2011, Pictures and report
July 13th, 2011 by admin received Comments Off TweetPictures: ©Yanis Ourabah. Visit his website here -> www.yanisourabah.com
Under a bright sun took place the 4th edition of KUMI YAMA, the unique ski and snowboard event in the northerh emisphere. More than 200 riders joined the glacier of Les2Alpes with the aim of help Japan to recover from the recent disasters.
A big thank you to Yanis Ourabah for the super cool pictures you can enjoy in this article. We warmly suggest you to visit his website www.yanisourabah.com, the guy has a great talent!
Some of the best riders from 15 different countries showed up, and among them also 10 of the best Japanese riders like the star Kazu Kokubo. They traveled more than 10 000 km to take part at the event. And if you’re wondering about what does Kumi Yama mean, it’s simple: gang of the mountains, in japanese of course.
The Kamikaze Contest was the highlight of the weekend. A slopestyle contest made of several structures (tables, hip, rails and bongs of every kind) that allowed the creation of countless lines.
Riders battled in group of 3 and their combos were judged depending on the use of the structures, the style and the harmony of their run.
Moreover, the contest was entirely dedicated to the Japanese culture, featuring a lot of video games such as taïko, gong, tori, sumo, Tetris, Pacman and so on.
It’s important to congrats the 2 finalist teams, that decided to run the final together, performing a series of tricks «Japan Airs», devolving their money prize to the WE RIDE FOR JAPAN association.
Kazu Kokubo’s team wasn’t on the podium, but it surely marked this edition with its great style!
Results:
1-TEAM BURN // Valerian Ducourtil (FR) – Olivier Gittler (FR) – Arthur Longo (FR)
2-TEAM APO SNOW // Gerome Mathieu (FR) – Tyler CHORLTON (GB) – Christian Weber (SWI)
3-TEAM MEATBALL // Benjamin Lestage Konig (GB) – Ludvig Billtoft (SWI) – Theodor Hjellstrom (NOR)
Talking about freeski, a lot of great names were present such as the Italian Markus Eder and the Canadian JF Joule, Kevin Rolland (FR), Xavier Bertoni (FR), and Richard Permin.
Just like in the snow comp, 16 teams (10 pros/ 6 amateurs) battled one against the other, and creativity really made a difference here. The double cork Japan and double cork 1200 tail grab of JF Houle were cheered by the jury, and the team ended in third position. Lauri Kivari, with a 180 through Pacman, made his team to end up in second position. But it was the creativity of Markus Eder (1er) that surprised the judges the most and his team gained the first place.
Results:
1-TEAM DOWNDAYS // Markus Eder (ITA), Nicolas Vuignier (SWI), Gaute Silseth (NOR)
2-TEAM DOWNDAYS YOUNG DIRTY BASTARD // Lauri Kivari (FIN), Anti Ollila (FIN), Jesper Tjader (SWI)
3-TEAM HOOLIGANS // JF Houle (CAN), Adam Delorme (USA), Simon Ericson (SUE)
The best trick competition of Sunday saw the snowboarder Thomas Delfino with a great method and the skier Jérémy Pancras with a double cork 1080 mute as the winners.
And a great surprise came from the kids too. Aspen Spora (9 years old, USA), Kelly Sildaru (9 years old, ESTONIE), Laurie Blouin (14 years old, CAN) and Francis Jobin (12 years old, CAN) had been anticipated as prodigies, since their videos on the web had a huge audience. And they showed all their impressive talent during the kids contest of Sunday.
Kids results:
9-10 years – snowboard
1-TEAM LITTLE SUMO // Elliot Pentecote, Oscar Ney
2-TEAM SUSHI // Gauthier Gallas, Lenny Oliver
10-14 years – ski
1-TEAM NO NAME // Dylan Florit, Alex Hall
2-TEAM LES MARINS // Marin Gaillard, Tangy Richard
3-TEAM LES BABIES // Megane Tollong, Emma Hogland
10-14 years – snow
1-TEAM MEATBALL // Benjamin Lestage Konig, Ludvig Billtoft, Theodor Hjellstrom
2-TEAM LES FRANCO SUISSES // Cloé Sillières, Agatte Sillières, Boris Mouton
3-TEAM BANZAÏ GIRLS // Lisa Michel, Lisa Clery
Best trick Snow : Boris mouton – backside rodéo
Best trick ski : Alex hall – 1080 mute
Pictures: ©Yanis Ourabah. Visit his website here -> www.yanisourabah.com
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