Hey peoples

So I am a surfer and snowboarder who loves watching surfing and snowboarding movies and documentaries. Just wondering if there are any good ones from Japan and/or in Japanese.

Examples:
-Step into Liquid
-Riding Giants
-First Decent
-Endless Summer 1 & 2

Thanks!

Don't know any specific shows but all of the snowboarding and surfing magazines in Japan come with monthly DVDs.

Womacks23 Wrote:Don't know any specific shows but all of the snowboarding and surfing magazines in Japan come with monthly DVDs.

I did notice that at least some of them do come with DVDs. In fact, I picked up a copy of Surfin' Life from Kinokuniya (in Costa Mesa) that had a DVD in it... but the audio was all in English and video quality was extremely bad :/

I had some that were in Japanese. Usually just a music video plus a guy explaining some tricks.

hey! cool!!!

Sorry, i don't know any really quality documentaries like the ones you mentioned, but...

kyuushuu open:
1 http://www.vidoevo.com/yvideo.php?i=bVFs...jQ&a201001
2 http://www.vidoevo.com/yvideo.php?i=VE8w...HM&a201002
etc. there's quite a lot on this site...

here's a couple of longboard ones:

ummm... not really it, but here's a documentary about a windsurfer:

if you know the names of some Japanese surfers, you can probably find better ones!

snowboarding:
KFILMS has speaking: http://www.youtube.com/user/Kfilms1
kokubo interview:

and videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/0202arisa#g/u
chentv (has a bunch of videos, check the channel):

(introduction to snowboarding:

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here's a transcript of a short video i made ages ago: http://forum.koohii.com/showthread.php?tid=4199

there are tons of videos, but loads of them are just music, so it can be difficult to find...

cool, just found more on niconico: These are better, i think!!!

again, all the surfing ones seem to just be music, but i found this:
http://koshidashinsuke.com/
has videos that are just with music, but you can read about it while you watch as well, so...

and here's the search on niconico if you want it... at least you can watch with some comments in Japanese: (有料動画 means you have to pay, so skip those if you don't want to...)
http://www.nicovideo.jp/tag/%E3%82%B5%E3...%B3?sort=l

Snowboarding: lots of decent ones!
NO MATTER BOARD have loads, with talking in Japanese too (someone introduces stuff in slooooow english, but the rest is japanese). http://www.nicovideo.jp/tag/%E3%83%8E%E3...F%E3%83%BC
olympics coverage: http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm9193822
burton open series 2007: http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm9428253
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm9429207 (i can't get this 2nd part to load, but maybe it's my computer...)
x-trail jam 08: http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm6092384
how to do ground tricks: http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm1587411
another how to do tricks video: http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm5485639

here's the search, lots more with just music & japanese comments http://www.nicovideo.jp/tag/%E3%82%B9%E3...%89?sort=l

in case you like skateboard, here's the search for that:
http://www.nicovideo.jp/tag/%E3%82%B9%E3...%BC?sort=l

let me know if you find anything else good, i'm bored of loading videos for now... gonna go watch some!

Sweeeet! Thanks a ton. I tried searching youtube myself but couldn't find anything. Maybe I was searching for the wrong stuff... Subscribed to K Films and Chen TV.

Those NO MATTER BOARD videos seem pretty cool too. Is there a way to subscribe to someone on niconico? (still a newby)

Gonna have stop watching videos for now or else I'm gonna have to start messin' with some of my boards and stuff... midnight in cali

If I find more stuff I'll be sure to post it up here.

Thanks again!

Anyone else got stuff to share??? hmmm???

nice vids

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jettyke Wrote:nice vids

cool, i totally forgot about this thread... haven't watched any of this stuff in ages, thanks!!!

IceCream Wrote:

jettyke Wrote:nice vids

cool, i totally forgot about this thread... haven't watched any of this stuff in ages, thanks!!!

I was happily searching for 'documentaries' and this was what I found

That's why I revived it Wanted to see it being more active.
Should find some japanese skateboarding talk too.

By the way I totally forgot to tell about just how funny the guy on this video sounds at 0.15

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