Highlight video released, looking back at the excitement of 3 days at the world’s top international action sports competition “X Games Chiba 2024”
INSTYLE GROUP Press release: October 7, 2024 Highlight video released, looking back at the excitement of 3 days at the world’s top
international action sports competition “X Games Chiba 2024” 80 participants from 14 countries around the world participated. 30,000 people visited over three days. September 20th (Friday), 21st (Saturday), 22nd (Sunday) Makuhari Messe (Chiba City)
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participated, further deepening the interaction between the local community and the competition.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/43296/169/43296-169-f0c7c597f1ff698d39ec1685c0fb410e-3000×2000.jpg Rinmu Nakamura’s second silver medal at BMX Park | Photo: Hikaru Funyu / X Games In terms of competition, Japanese skaters dominated the podium in the men’s skateboarding street, with Sora Shirai winning his first gold medal, Kairyu Netsuke taking silver, and Ginun Onodera taking bronze. In addition, in the men’s skateboarding street best trick competition, Keino Ike suddenly won the gold medal in his first appearance. Rinmu Nakamura won her second silver medal at BMX Park. In women’s skateboarding street, Miyu Ito won a silver medal at this tournament, following her gold medal at “X Games Ventura 2024.” Rinne Akama has won medals in six consecutive tournaments, and this time she also won a bronze medal. In the freestyle motocross bike competition Moto 3 days filled with live music, breaking, BMX flatland, art, and more!
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/43296/169/43296-169-050d43c0fa1003a2c0d12b8e8602bdbb-3000×2000.jpg BMX Flatland by Yohei Uchino | Photo: Hikaru Funyu / X Games In between competitions, five talented B Boys & B Girls from the breaking team “Ⅻ AFTER OURS” led by Shigekix appeared. A showcase and exhibition battle of “breaking,” which attracted attention at the Paris Olympics, was held, captivating the audience. Furthermore, the BMX flatland performance by Japan’s top rider Yohei Uchino (Ucchie) greatly excited the venue. At the award ceremony of “JAPAN ACTION SPORTS AWARDS 2024 NEXT GENERATION”, which recognizes riders who have contributed to the development of action sports and are responsible for the future, in addition to skateboarders Ginun Onodera and Rinne Akama, who were participating in the competition, Surfer Gen Ono, snowboarder Ryusei Yamada, Mari Fukada and others appeared on stage. They were presented with trophies in front of a large audience. Image
URL: https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/43296/169/43296-169-a5a8b41c5bff8b839cdca7c4d33a2cdf-3000×2000.jpg Live music by hip-hop legend Zeebra | Photo: Hikaru Funyu / X Games Sports aren’t the only fun at the X Games. At the music performance on Friday the 21st, seven male artists IMP. performed the tournament theme song “BAM-BOO” for the first time. The following day, the 22nd (Saturday), the entire venue was filled with music live performances by hip-hop legend Zeebra, Shonan no Kaze HAN-KUN who leads the Japanese reggae scene, and MC TYSON, who is scheduled to perform at Nippon Budokan next January. I was surrounded by a single energy.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/43296/169/43296-169-27bc8722f37228f12426b597918dc09d-3000×2000.jpg Live painting by Reki Yamaguchi | Photo: Hikaru Funyu / X Games Image
URL: https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/43296/169/43296-169-8acc6a67b618a56a885ebcecb3d33ec6-3000×2000.jpg Live painting by Reki Yamaguchi | Photo: Hikaru Funyu / X Games Inside the venue, a live painting by contemporary artist Kei Yamaguchi, who has been working on tournament artwork for three consecutive years, will be held, and there will be an official goods store and Murasaki Sports, a sales booth with a wide selection of everything from sports gear to apparel. It was filled with the excitement of a culture festival where fashion and art were fused.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/43296/169/43296-169-bd61c41f2968a3b52edc97058235acbf-3000×2000.jpg X Food Fest | Photo: Jason Halayko / X Games The ultimate sports viewing and gourmet event “X Food Festival” will be held
simultaneously! This year, “X Food Fes” will be held simultaneously at Makuhari Messe’s outdoor exhibition hall, featuring a variety of street foods such as exquisite hamburgers, homemade sausage hot dogs, new style fried chicken, ramen, kebabs, etc. . A kitchen car from Nippon Television’s “ZIP!” popular cooking project “Tabisuru Apron” will also be on display. An original menu using Chiba-produced sausages and plenty of fresh local ingredients will be served to visitors.Furthermore, the kitchen car “MOS50” from Japan’s popular hamburger chain “MOSBURGER” will also appear, and the visitors will be impressed. Satisfied my appetite. In addition, within the venue, in cooperation with Chiba City and the X Games Japan Chiba Supporters Association, an eco station was set up to encourage garbage
separation, and a disposable chopsticks collection project aimed at decarbonization was implemented, with a total of 169 people
participating. Supporters and volunteer staff worked hard to beautify the venue.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/43296/169/43296-169-5ebb344444b9fb888bcb605b1041724a-3000×2000.jpg BMX Bark｜Photo: Jason Halayko / X Games As part of other initiatives by Chiba City, a corner was set up to provide children with
opportunities to experience skateboarding and BMX over two days on the 21st (Friday) and 22nd (Saturday), with over 300 children
participating in the action. I was introduced to the charm of sports. In addition, on Wednesday the 18th, two days before the tournament, Sakura Yosozumi, an internationally active female skateboarder who competes in the park competition, will participate in the Chiba City Metropolitan Government, organized by the “X Games Japan Organizing Committee” and “Chiba City.” Visited an elementary school. It was a valuable time for the children, with a question corner and an opportunity to try skateboarding with them. Furthermore, on Saturday, September 7th, the “X Games Chiba 2024 Skateboard Beginner School” was held at Soga Sports Park in Chiba City, where 32 participants learned not only the basics of “getting on,” “getting off,” and “proceeding,” but also simple lessons. I also tried some tricks.
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/43296/169/43296-169-13203931df58500394397434b60647bc-3900×2600.jpg Skateboard beginner school held at Soga Sports Park in Chiba City The X Games Japan, now in its third year, is becoming more and more recognized and has established itself as a major event that combines sports and culture. Further development is expected in the future. The event will be reported domestically by Nippon Television and other TV stations, newspapers, radio, and the web, and will be broadcast worldwide through the sports channel ESPN’s network in 192 countries and 5 countries. Video was distributed to over 100 million households, and the excitement was conveyed in real time to the entire world on YouTube and SNS.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWjrDVy_kfY ━━━━━━━━━━ Event Overview ━━━━━━━━━━ Name (English): X Games Chiba 2024 Name (Japanese): X Games Chiba 2024 Name (pronunciation): X Games Chiba Nisen Nijuyon Date: Friday, September 20, 2024 Open 12:00 / Close 20:00 Saturday, September 21, 2024 Open 10:00 / Start 10:30 / Close 20:00 Sunday, September 22, 2024 Open 10:00 / Start 10:30 / Close 20:00 Venue: Makuhari Messe (Chiba City) Fee: General (1 day ticket) ¥6,500 Family ticket (1 day ticket | 1 set of 4 tickets) ¥22,000 XG (1 day ticket｜STREET/PARK course side stand seat) ¥15,000 Front row XG (1 day ticket | STREET / PARK course side stand seat front row | with benefits) ¥38,000 DELUXE (1 day ticket｜STREET/PARK course front sofa seat｜Bonus included｜2 tickets per set) ¥200,000 Sponsor: X Games Japan Organizing Committee XGJ Co., Ltd. Nippon Television Broadcasting Network Co., Ltd. E Co., Ltd. Live Exam Co., Ltd. CB Co., Ltd. Good Smile Company Co., Ltd. Main manager: Chiba City Sponsored by: Chiba Prefecture World Skate Japan General Incorporated Association Japan Skateboarding Federation General Incorporated Association All Japan Freestyle BMX Federation General Incorporated Association Japan Motorcycle Sports Association General Incorporated Association TEAM JAPAN MX PROJECT J-WAVE BAYFM78 Official media: Nippon Television Sponsored by: Monster Energy Murasaki Sports Actio JTB Mizkan Cooperation: X Games Japan Chiba Support Association Yomiuri Shimbun Mos Food Service Official site: https://xgamesjapan.com
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#XGamesChiba *XGJ Co., Ltd., which operates X Games Japan, is a company within the INSTYLE GROUP, a corporate group centered on InStyle Co., Ltd.