by jclayton » Sat Jan 11, 2014 1:14 pm
Hisaya Sato is Japanese , ( Berger austrian ) they have had some solid skiers on the world cup . Yuasa has just podiumed and if you look at the you tube videos has put in some excellent runs in the past years .
There are numerous other videos of Koreans that are more PMTS , but this guy has some pretty amazing moves in a couple of the above videos , dolphin turns , short turns , mixing it up .
I remember once in Mt Hood Diana commenting on a young guy ( on the development team I think ) running gates with us , no where near as technical as her but quicker .
I have seen much more stylish Koreans than Massimiliano Blardone for example but he would probably murder them in the GS gates . He is pretty gutsy .
It is a bit of a mystery to me but having a long tradition in racing seems to be an element in success .
I don't think Korea has much of a ski infrastructure , or mountains , I think it is very much a trendy fashion occupation . ( Judging by the clothes they wear ! )
skinut ,among other things