Here’s another video from the summer Drift Matsuri at Ebisu Circuit. In this one, I hit up Higashi Course in my R32 Skyline with D1GP driver Suenaga and D1SL driver Waki as it was starting to dry out a little bit.
エビス東の遊び。前の車はＤ１ＧＰの末永直登とＤ１ＳＬの脇敬朗。日本語の字幕もあります！
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THE MONKEY LIFE (A Driftmonkey Movie) from Zero Media on Vimeo.
Late last year, I helped the boss of Norway’s Driftmonkey drift team, Ove Harlem, as a translator and assistant when he came over to Japan to visit Ebisu Circuit and do a one-day drift school with Team Orange’s Naoto Suenaga. Not only is this a video of that, but it’s also a pretty good insight on the insanity that is Norway’s notorious Gatebil events. Damn, I want to visit one of these! Shot and edited by Luke Wilson.
去年、ノルウェーの「ドリフト・モンキー」というドリフトチームの監督ハーレムさんが日本に来て、チームオレンジのドリフトスクールで勉強をしました。私がハーレムさんの通訳と便利屋でした。そのあとは、ノルウェーの「ガテビル」というバカな車イベントの映像沢山ある！ご覧ください！
2 CommentsI made another video like last week’s one. This time, its from the helmet-cam of Team Orange’s Naoto Suenaga at Ebisu Circuit’s Higashi Course. Enjoy the ride!
Just to compare, here’s a video of me doing the same course in the wet in my R32 practice car. A bit of a difference in speed, isn’t there?
チームオレンジの末永直登選手のエビスサーキット東コースのハイスピード走りです。
ドリ天のお客さんもようこそ！このビデオの車載動画がＧｏＰｒｏＨＥＲＯ３で撮りました。
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A bit over a month ago, I noticed that Team Orange member and Ebisu Circuit PR manager Naoto Suenaga had invited me on Facebook to an event called “HighSpeedDRIFTClub” to be held on the definitely very high-speed Higashi Course at Ebisu Circuit.
Since this was probably going to be the last chance to hit Ebisu Circuit in the Skyline missile before it was covered in snow, I headed up with a carload of tyres to enter. Another couple of good reasons to enter was because Higashi Course is usually only open to drifting three times a year during Drift Matsuris, and the entry to this event was only about half what it normally costs for a private track day at ¥6000.
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Here we go again, off to Ebisu for another Drift Matsuri, armed only with a phone camera and not much motivation to use it, because actually drifting is more fun. I headed up early Friday morning for the G1GP, which has now become a pre-matsuri staple event.
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Posts have been a bit lacking recently, and since I’ve taken a short trip back to Australia, new posts might get even more sparse until early next month when I get back to Japan.
I’m still doing plenty of car-related stuff though, such as attending last weekend’s World Time Attack Challenge at Eastern Creek Raceway/Sydney Motorsport Park, where I was helping out Team Orange. Here’s a pic of Orange’s Naoto Suenaga admiring a Holden ute. Could he possibly be thinking of building up one of these back home at Ebisu Circuit? Suenaga also managed to take out the drifting competition at the WTAC event, so it would be good to see Team Orange attend next year’s event as well, if possible.
Until posting regularity starts to build up again a bit, why not try going back through some of the Noriyaro archives in the meantime? Click on the “previous month” tab and pick an old one at random.
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If you were to do the Team Orange drift school, you’ll find out that they have a special way to get the most out of your drifting.
Naoto Suenaga explains;
“Please copy my speed and line and angle and smile.”
チームオレンジの特別テクニックは「笑顔でドリフト」です。末永先生が今説明をしている。
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I was out at Ebisu Circuit yesterday shooting some snow drifting with Team Orange’s Naoto Suenaga. For those that know Ebisu, the East, West, and Driftland courses have all been ploughed and graded for snow drifting!
次のドリ天には、エビスサーキットの雪ドリねたがあるよ！楽しみしてね！
6 CommentsIt’s good to see that “Thunderstruck” is still a popular song to play at events like this.
チームオレンジ熊久保支配人と末長お兄さんのボローニャモーターショードリフトディスプレイ。
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Back the next day for some more action at Spring Drift Matsuri 2006! The place with all the craziest action is usually Minami.
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