Seasonaires - Ep5 - Jinya Nishiwaki
If you cut Jinya Nishiwaki in half he would bleed chain lube. This guy is devoted and passionate.
He has moved all the way from Japan to be in Whistler riding his bike everyday. He rides up, down and around all trails, which demonstrates his commitment, all round riding skills and passion.
Furthermore, he does it all on one bike. Simplicity, style and skill. That’s Jin.
The last episode of Seasonaires Inside
In this episode we see Jin just shred downhills, in the Bike Park and out of the Bike Park. We also get to hear his perspective on what makes Whistler such a special place for bikers and why so many people transit from other worlds to this little piece of mountain bliss every summer.
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Thank you for watching Seasonaires and we hope you got some inspiration to drop in somewhere with your bike and the trail as your guiding light. If you want to find out more about Seasonaires then track down a copy of Dirt Magazine issue 105.
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Seasonaires is a five part series that will be aired weekly starting the first week in November and coincides with an eight page feature of the same title in issue 105 of DIRT MAGAZINE.
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Tom Grundy, 19, is from England and is a freelance videographer. Over the past year he has been filming for Red Bull reporter and creating his own monthly webisodes, The Tom Grundy Webisodes. He spent three months living in Whistler this past summer, all the while documenting the place and its people from within. As well as riding the bike park with 8 of his best friends. He then headed home, back to the UK to edit Seasonaires into five tales of Summer. www.tomgrundy.co.uk
Seb Kemp is a freelance writer, coach, and trail builder who is based anywhere, anytime. He scripted and created the Seasonaires theme, as well as finding the “talent” for this series, interviewing them, herding them, and generally putting a boot up the arse of them when it came down to shooting and filming for this project. www.2flat.wordpress.com
He has moved all the way from Japan to be in Whistler riding his bike everyday. He rides up, down and around all trails, which demonstrates his commitment, all round riding skills and passion.
Furthermore, he does it all on one bike. Simplicity, style and skill. That’s Jin.
The last episode of Seasonaires Inside
In this episode we see Jin just shred downhills, in the Bike Park and out of the Bike Park. We also get to hear his perspective on what makes Whistler such a special place for bikers and why so many people transit from other worlds to this little piece of mountain bliss every summer.
Jin rides the shore, out the bike park on "That Trail", Photo by Tom Grundy
Thank you for watching Seasonaires and we hope you got some inspiration to drop in somewhere with your bike and the trail as your guiding light. If you want to find out more about Seasonaires then track down a copy of Dirt Magazine issue 105.
Skinny Rock roll, into steep chute, on a hardtail...that's Jin, Photo by Tom Grundy
Seasonaires is a five part series that will be aired weekly starting the first week in November and coincides with an eight page feature of the same title in issue 105 of DIRT MAGAZINE.
Throwing his bike down one of the Facrobat roll in's, Photo by Tom Grundy
Tom Grundy, 19, is from England and is a freelance videographer. Over the past year he has been filming for Red Bull reporter and creating his own monthly webisodes, The Tom Grundy Webisodes. He spent three months living in Whistler this past summer, all the while documenting the place and its people from within. As well as riding the bike park with 8 of his best friends. He then headed home, back to the UK to edit Seasonaires into five tales of Summer. www.tomgrundy.co.uk
Seb Kemp is a freelance writer, coach, and trail builder who is based anywhere, anytime. He scripted and created the Seasonaires theme, as well as finding the “talent” for this series, interviewing them, herding them, and generally putting a boot up the arse of them when it came down to shooting and filming for this project. www.2flat.wordpress.com
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Personally don't like riding a HT as I don't particularly like having my knees and ankles shagged harder than Katy Price on a Friday night
can't wait till next spring so i can shred some proper DH
massive joker
crankworx canadian open pro cat 58/60, I had a super embarrassing crash in front of the heckle fest...good memory!
redbul 5000down qually at 54/137, race run at 43/131
4 queens DH stage 4/95 with losing a shoe in the last few minutes and hitting the glc drop
phast wednesday (joyride to schleyer to lower canadian open), male cat 40/73
yes, I doubt I'll ever be able to smoke worldcup level riders and i think most of them will smoke me when they ride HTs.
only a very very few riders can get into WC level and the rest of us will keep competing races yet end up with not-so-great results. does that mean we should quit racing right away? heck no. you know you're not gonna beat say Sam Hill but still wants to be better and faster. racing is all about the place but it's also about competing with yourself. that's how i take racing. it's all for myself, not anyone else. I don't even claim I'm the fastest on HT or anything. I'm just another rider who happens to be on a HT
about stunts, check out my videos and you'll find out I've done some good size ones
www.youtube.com/user/ellsworth1986
I can only assume that with your attitude Jin, it doesn't really matter whether you ride a HT or a Fully. You can still develop and discover new levels of fun with what you have
BTW here's some super long story of my quest for the Holy Do-it-all Grail wakidesigns.pinkbike.com/blog
It's all about riding whatever you want, whenever you want, because you want to. I also started racing this year in just the phast/phat wednesday races, and will never do very well, but it's all about having fun. The fact you kick peoples arses on a HT is really impressive, and the fact your only doing it for fun and for yourself makes it even better. I am sad that I probably won't be back to Whistler again, but I presume you will be!
Maybe you can race him with your FS and kick his ass. I bet you do becasue of the way you speak. anyway if you consider you wrote shit of him thats the reason for your reply. I think you can't say anything if you dont know anything about, nobody told he is a dh racer, and anyway who cares. bikers just want to have fun, not to win races like Sam Hill. and by the way I saw him doing all the things you ask for, and more crazy things. DO NOT GET OFENDED AND DO NOT TAKE IT PERSONAL, ok, peace brother, and happy trails.
Internet destroys human common sense especially among kids, who haven't experienced too much eye to eye human interaction. Internet allows an unprecedented state where there can be an action that has no reaction (i.e. what did you say?! > punch > ouch) Off course reaction will come but so far into the future that even teenagers mind can't acknowledge that fact due to lack of "life" experience. (haven't been to a networking party, job interview, no family - no friends - being 50 etc...)
These are the rules of the game: accept them when you play it
I also don't doubt that he can do those things that I mentioned. But apparently you didn't read all of my postings as one says he has obvious skill. I just think a DH bike would be a little more forgiving on his body, that's all.
Again, I was never talking s**t, just asking questions, which I think was obvious. So take a deep breath and count to 10.
there are tons of videos about riders going smooth on their FS, so it might be good to see something different, don't you think!?
Awesome rider. I'd like to see more of him.
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