Kirk here with a little note on the Winter Olympics. I’ll be following Kumamoto’s own Miyabi Onitsuka – the amazing snowboarder this southern prefecture has produced. Her first event is tomorrow (Saturday). See the attached images for the schedule.
Here’s a blurb about her:
— start quote — Took up snowboarding when she was five at an indoor practice field (Alts Bandai Snow Park), in Fukuoka City, Japan, winning her first domestic competition in the first grade. Signed her first sponsorship deal at seven. In 2017, she begged the park operators (Hoshino Resorts), to make a world-class training slope where she could base herself - and they did, calling it “Miyabi Park.” (nitrosnowboards.com; olympics.com, 22 Nov 2021) — end quote