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Join Soichiro and the rest of the Valo team for the past two years of traveling, tours, and good times in Valo4life. Here is an exclusive video interview with Japan's finest.
Back in the day there was Japan's posterboy Chiaki Ito appearing on all the major contests (XGames, ASA etc.) worldwide. Today there are some new faces and talents stepping up the game and drawing a lot more attention to Japan from the rest of the rolling world again. We approached Yuto (one of the new talents) two weeks ago and received this edit almost 24 hours later. This guy not only impressed us with his dedication, but more with his solid skating talent that you can see in this edit. When he answered the questions that we sent him there was one answer that made us smile. His favorite skater from back in the day is Alex Broskow (and not for example Chiaki Ito). Yuto seems to be just too new-school to know any of the legendary skaters. But seeing his One Minute One Spot there is no sign of being new school anymore...he already seems to be conscience-proof and talented like the older guys.
Pro Comp: 1st place: CJ Wellsmore (from Australia) 2nd place: Chaz Sands (from Scotland) 3rd place: Soichiro Kanashima (from Japan) stay tuned for more updates!
Thanks to all of our readers and supporters for yet another successful year of Be-Mag! We are proud that this year marked our 30th anniversary issue as well as the relaunch of our website...
Welcome to the first trailer of Be-Mag's new DVD, Featuring the World, to be released in April. See skating from all around the world. More info to be released soon.
Starting out as a Vert skater 11 years ago, Shintaro moved on to street skating and is now one of the most creative skaters I have ever seen. He can come up with the most creative lines that will make any skater nod...
What comes to your head when you think about Japan? Sushi? Tenpura? Pokemon? nahh, you guys are way off! You guy are skaters right!? "Chiaki Ito" is the name that needs to pop up. How many of you remember him?
Jero is back from the travels to Japan and Mr. Choley is now hitting Australia with a vengeance to film for the up and coming Be-Mag dvd. So enjoy the tour diary with an intense look into the Japanese skating scene.
When I first saw the cover of More I was really puzzled. I could not pronounce any of the names which were printed there. This is because this DVD is from Japan and all the names sound pretty funny for me.
In this edit you can see Chiaki Ito taking down a local skatepark in Japan. Together with his friends Hidekazu Ito, Hiraku Kajiyama, Jiro Nagetro, Kei Takanashi, Shigero Mori, and Tomohisa Hayakawa they make sure they lace every obstacle available. Enjoy!
Yet another MTFBRAND edit filled with talented skating of Chihiro Azuma, Eiji Sakihara, Itsuki Kochi, Koichi Iguchi, Mitsutoshi Yoshitani, Ren Fujiwara, Soichiro Kanashima, Toru Shirai, and Yoshiki Kimura. Enjoy!
It doesnt matter how long the edit is or what tricks Soichiro does, it just always flows over with style! Check out Soichiro Kanashima in this short but sweet MFT Park edit.
Soichiro Kanashima, Yuto Goto, Eiji Sakihara and Koichi Iguchi are showing their sick skills doing a little rail session in Okayama, Japan. The switchups these guys are doing are absolutely breathtaking.
Finest Japanese steez in this edit by MFTBRAND. Soichiro enjoying himself on a beautiful day in Okayama, Japan.
Koichi Iguchi skates for SSM in Japan. This edit explains why.
Check out this edit from Japan's up and comer Eiji Sakihara and the new member of the MFT brand family.
Here is a brand new edit featuring Japan's legend Chiaki Ito. Chiaki Ito used to skate in the XGames back in 1995 and he is still rocking it. Check it out.
These days a lot of great skateparks have to face financial difficulties. Unfortunately the ASPO skatepark (Japan) - home to the infamous MFTBRAND Crew - is one of them. Even though the local skaters tried everything they could to avoid the final shutdown - in the end - it just wasn´t meant to be. Despite this being a sad occasion Soichiro Kanashima, Yuto Guto and the rest of the guys and girls made an effort putting together this sweet edit of their last session for us to enjoy.
Ever wondered how all these Japanese cats have this immaculate style?! Maybe this guy is the reason!? Check out this old section of Chiaki Ito ripping up Japan.
Japan's finest rollers featuring Chiaki Ito, Soichiro Kanashima, Katsuhiko Sagata, Koichi Iguchi etc. embark upon a country trip. If you are from Japan we recommend you to follow their tour van.
Skater: Chiaki Ito
Trick: Wallride
Photographer: Jeremy Stephenson
Location: Japan
Skater: Ken Ken
Trick: topsoul
Photographer: fUmiyA
Location: Izumo / Japan
Nike Miyashita Skatepark Shibuya, Tokyo Bowl and street course
High kink rail and standard rail in Omotesando downtown Tokyo (Shibuya ward) Close to Omotesando and Meijijingumae station
This skatepark located in Okayama is the local skatepark of Yuto Goto and Soichiro Kanashima. Nice ledges, huge quarters, miniramp, flybox - this skatepark offers a big variety of obstacles.
