Yusaku Horii is a snowboarder from Japan that definitely rips. I think that its always cool to get the perspective from the riders around the globe of what they think of snowboarding. Japan has a very good snowboarding culture that Yusaku refers to as being "Americanized". Check out the update from Japan on Snowrev | The Global Riding Community
Name: Yusaku Horii
Age: 24
Birthplace: Japan Hyogo Tatsuno city
Hometown: Hyogo Tatsuno city
Gear:
Board: Signal snowbords
Boots: Deeluxe
Bindings: Union bindings
Outerwear: Signal outerwear
Goggles: Ashbury
Gloves: Defcon
Where are you from?
Japan far east island country.
Where do you spend your season snowboarding?
Almost spend my season some where in Japan. Hyogo, Hokkaido, Nagano, Niigata, Gunnma, Gifu,,,anywere!
How many years have you been riding?
15 years. Maybe. .Im forgot.
When did you first hear about snowboarding and skateboarding?
3 years old .
What is your favorite thing about snowboarding?
Snowboardings are awesome.Any thing I do. Its my feel so good thing. And also center of my mind.
Do you ever come to the USA? What resort in the US is your favorite?
Yeah! I love Powder Mountain Utah. That was awesome!
What is the first thing that comes to your mind:
Riding in the trees: Like an expedition, watch my back！
Sushi: with beer.
Shaun White: PS3 .
Snowrev: all day every day.
McDonalds: In`n out is better than this.
What is the snowboard culture like in Japan?
Americanized.
Who are your top influences?
Jake Olson Elm.
Who are the top ten best riders in Japan?
1 Kazuhiro Kokubo
2 Takaharu Nakai
3 Fumiyuki Murakami
4 Kotarou Kamimura
5 Yuta Kiyohara
6 Hiroki Shimizu
7 Ruiki Masuda
8 Hiromi Takahashi
9 Hiroki Ishihara
10 Ryousuke Horii
What is the coolest snowboard shop in Japan?
PANASH
What is your favorite snowboard contest in Japan?
Picnic in the garden
Who do you shoot photos with?
Any where has any photographer. We must look after myself.
When you read snowrev and it translates the page to Japanese, does the content make sense?
I don`t know,but all hard core Japanese snowboarders should be check SNOWREV!
What does it mean to you to get an interview on snowrev?
Its like my 1page of life. we have freedom of expression to all over the world! And we are dreamers of dreams!
Anyone you want to give a shout out to?
Absolutely fuckin tax collector`s system.
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