The Tianmenshan Longboard Downhill Open is a grand banquet in the niche sport of longboard.
While the public knows little about this competition and pays no attention to it, countless longboard enthusiasts are rushing to Tianmen Mountain from all over the world.
On the day of the qualifying competition, sponsored by Excellent Brand, a total of twelve large LED screens were set up in the valley at the foot of the mountain to watch the competition, which will display the competition situation of each stage in real time during the competition.
At the same time, a commentator and simultaneous interpreter were invited to explain the game in its entirety.
At the foot of the mountain, the valley is already crowded with spectators from all over the world. The golden sunshine covers the ridges, flags of various colors are waving, and some fans of star downhill athletes unfurl giant banners in the valley and unfold them in the wind.
"god save the king!"
"Go China!"
The shouts and cheers resounded through the sky.
Everyone is looking forward to the intense moments on the track today.
A corner of the twelve large LED screens was separated, and a commentator appeared: "Friends, viewers, in half an hour, today's qualifying competition will start. We can see the first group on the Tianmen Cave Square on the top of the mountain.
Qualifiers checking their longboards and protective gear."
Simultaneous translation conveys the commentator's words in real time.
The camera swept across the summit square, and the audience saw through the LED screen that the first group of contestants were moving their bodies, with excitement and seriousness on their faces.
Commentator: "According to data from the competition committee, a total of 186 domestic and foreign players from 28 countries and regions participated in this longboard downhill open competition."
"They will compete for 32 places in today's qualifying competition and participate in the final medal competition."
"The players will be divided into 4 groups, and the top six in each group will advance directly, while the remaining places will be allocated to the top eight remaining players. Let us wish all the players to achieve ideal results."
Yu Nian was sitting in the waiting area and saw the first group of players swiping their bracelets bound with identity information on the machine and walking towards their own numbered track one by one.
He saw his bracelet with the numbers "4-15" engraved on it.
He is No. 15 in the fourth group, the last group in the qualifying round.
Unlike the lively shouts that echoed throughout the valley, the atmosphere in the waiting area was somewhat solemn and quiet.
There are nearly two hundred contestants, and 80% of them will be eliminated directly today, which is not cruel.
But some downhill athletes are full of confidence and are not worried about this qualifying competition at all. Their goal is already set on the final medal competition.
Lucius, a longboard downhill player from the United States, is one of them. He has participated in the Tianmenshan Longboard Downhill Open several times and has achieved very good results.
Lucius sat in his seat, wearing headphones, shaking his legs and flexing his muscles, and glanced at the contestants in the waiting area in boredom.
He raised his eyebrows when he saw Yu Nian.
The outstanding appearance of this young Asian man stands out here. With his fair skin and delicate face, it seems that he should belong to a completely different spotlight stage.
Lucius said teasingly: "Hey, little beauty, are you really here to participate in the competition instead of cheering us on?"
Looking at the bracelet tightly attached to Yu Nian's slim wrist, he scanned the numbers 4-15 on it, and Lucius pointed to the "4-03" number on his bracelet, "We are all in the fourth group, but I
I won’t let go of water for you.”
Yu Nian ignored him.
The first group of games was about to begin, and his eyes focused on the big screen.
Wu Qian and Deng Jingwei were beside Yu Nian. They couldn't understand English and didn't know what Lucius said, but looking at his provocative expression, they didn't think it was a good thing to say.
Wu Qian asked: "Do you really want to compete?"
Deng Jingwei didn't know how to persuade him, but he also felt that he should respect his artist's wishes, and he was really worried about danger.
Yu Nian said nothing and stared at the big screen. He seemed to be immersed in his own world and could no longer hear the voices next to him.
The referee issued an instruction on the screen, a gunshot was fired, and dozens of figures on longboards suddenly started to move.
The sun is scorching and the mountains are towering.
The forest sea is like green waves, rising one after another. The gray-white road winds and meanders among the green waves, extending from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, making heaven and earth integrated.
The avenue reaches the sky, and the ground reaches the sky! The downhill climbers jump from the junction of the blue sky and the green mountains.
The valley echoed with the roars and roars of the audience.
The wind fluttered flags of various colors and passed through banners of different sizes.
Yu Nian only stared at that road.
"Always look forward, that is your road, your direction! The scenery on both sides of the road does not belong to you!"
There is no scenery on either side of his eyes, no other colors.
There is only that winding road, that gray-white road.
The first group's game is over and the second group comes on.
The second group of games is over and the third group comes on stage.
Yu Nian kept looking up at the fierce competition on the big screen.
Wu Qian thought he was watching the game and comforted him: "Don't be nervous, just try your best."
Yu Nian still didn't answer him and didn't look away for a moment.
His eyes were motionless, but his lips were moving rapidly.
Wu Qian saw that he was mumbling something, and couldn't help but move closer to hear what he was mumbling.
"Turn ninety-ninth, straightaway...the first turning corner, densely packed corner area..."
"Turn eighty-eight to eighty-four, spiral downward, cake tower with five consecutive turns..."
"Three wall-mounted bends..."
After listening for a while, Wu Qian's expression changed.
Yu Nian is not watching the game!
His eyes filtered out the fierce pursuit of downhill longboarders on the track, and only recorded the curves one after another.
He is recording the journey.
He missed the pre-race test track, he was familiar with the track in this way!
Wu Qian opened his mouth and felt incredible. He wanted to say something, but in the end he did not disturb Yu Nian and stood aside silently, choosing to be quiet.
The third group of games is over.
The commentator's excited voice sounded: "Okay! After these three groups of qualifying rounds, 18 players who are qualified to compete for medals have been produced. Next is our final group of players."
Yu Nian closed his sour eyes.
His mind quickly ran through the curves he had just seen through the big screen.
"Every year, the essence of artistic creation is observation, and then expression."
"Observation and expression are what you have to spend your whole life doing."
His grandmother's kind voice when she taught him how to draw echoed in his mind.
Observe, observe. The road surface of the cake tower's five consecutive turns is narrow and the turning angle is small, so it will fall due to inertia. Several players in the qualifying round just made mistakes here.
Observe, observe. After three consecutive wall bends, water had seeped into the mountains from the previous rainfall, and he saw the slipperiness caused by the remaining water marks on the road surface.
Observe, observe…
"Contestants of the fourth group please go to the preparation area." the staff reminded.
Yu Nian opened his eyes, his expression calm.
He took the black matte helmet handed to him by Deng Jingwei, walked to the starting point of the track, and handed the competition bracelet bound with his identity information to the staff.
Due to the importance of Tianmen Mountain in the downhill field, everyone needs to apply and record it at the Tianmen Cave Square Office of Tianmen Mountain every time they set foot on this trail.
You need to use your ID card or passport to apply for a visa, upload your identity information to the system for authentication, and then generate a number unique to each person.
Every time you perform Tianmen Mountain downhill, one more personal record will be added to the system.
The staff put the sign on the machine, and the electronic voice came: "Beep, confirmation successful, contestant, China - 9877635."
In this game, there is no name, only nationality and number.
Returning the bracelet to Yu Nian, the staff member smiled and said, "Come on."
Walking to the starting position belonging to No. 4-15, Yu Nian put on his helmet.
This excellently produced helmet has high texture, aerodynamic line design, both practicality and artistic beauty, giving people a strong sense of future technology.
The camera panned over and Yu Nian happened to put on this helmet, hiding his face.
Under the flipped-up PC cover, only a pair of very beautiful eyebrows were revealed.
The audience's discussion became a little louder.
"That number 15 seems a bit handsome."
"They belong to our country! Let's work hard, and two of the Chinese players in the first three groups will be in the top six."
As the camera scanned each contestant, the commentator introduced them to the audience one by one.
Among them, the number of tracks is a data that must be introduced. In today's information age, the recording system is extremely complete. Once you downhill in Tianmen Mountain, there will be one more record in the number belonging to each player.
Without exception.
After a long explanation, the commentator's voice has become hoarse, but the enthusiasm of the explanation has not diminished: "Group 4 No. 15, let us call up his number registration in the system, 9877635, his previous Tianlu track times——
"
The commentator's words froze.
The audience saw the commentator's shot in the corner of the big screen. He looked in disbelief, covered the microphone, and turned around to ask the staff.
Even though the microphone was covered, their conversation still echoed in the valley through the high-definition audio equipment.
"Is this data correct?"
"Yes, that's right."
"How is this possible! Isn't there a test track before the game?"
"The track opened yesterday, but I didn't have time to catch the test track due to flight delays."
The audience looked at each other listening to this quiet conversation.
"What's wrong? What happened?"
After a while, the commentator released the covered microphone.
"Sorry for the delay." The commentator cleared his throat, with residual shock on his face, "No. 15, Group 4, registration number 9877635, his previous ladder track times: 0!"
There was silence for a moment at the foot of the mountain and in the valley, and then the discussion suddenly became louder.
"what's the situation?"
"I don't know. I've never been here once, and I haven't tried it yet?"
"really??"
The commentator explained: "We just learned that due to flight delays, contestant No. 15 in Group 4 missed yesterday's track familiarization time!"
"Contestant No. 15 of Group 4, registration number 9877635, his number of Tongtian Road circuits is 0! This means that this game is the first time for him to set foot on Tongtian Road!"
The whole place was in an uproar.
"Does he want his life?"
Among the nearly two hundred contestants participating this time, the number of times they have set foot on the Heavenly Path has been more than ten times with the least experience.
No one in history has ever participated in this race without going through the test track.
No one has thought about this possibility. Everyone is eager to study every road section and every bend.
How dare he?
Lucius, who was in the same group, heard the explanation from the simultaneous interpreter and looked at Yu Nian with wide eyes.
Is this Chinese crazy?
He must be crazy!
The fixed buckle of the helmet clicked into place, and Yu Nian put down the PC cover on the helmet. The probing eyes of the outside world could only stop there.
