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World famous surfers supporting reconstruction for Tohoku earthquake disaster in Japan
Our sincere sympathy goes to victims and their family, and we would like to express our condolences to them.It might takes a long time for them to overcome, but we sincerely hope the affected areas will recover as quickly as possible. We, glycogen executive committee ( leading member/ Takashi Osanai, freelance editor, and Takuya Tsukada, representative director of Studio Japaho Inc.) is announcing, we are going to open charity auction, the name is “glycogen”.
Donors are surfers, snowboarders, skaters, musicians and artisans from all over the world. Before starting this auction from 15th/April/2011, we are now launching all donors and auction schedule.
What is the “glycogen” ?
“glycogen”- this energy is necessary for everybody to live. Of course the energy means having 3 meals a day as well, but also getting a surf, riding on snow, walking through town, enjoying music, healing from photos and art. We are pleased to have a meal everyday, and sometime we devoted something even no eating. This means we are living in a peace. That is why, it is so hard for this Tohoku earthquake Victims to feel this peace now. Time and Life are going on and on, even no action sports and art. but it is going to be no reason for living. So what we can do for them? We thought one idea is charity auction, this is the reason why we launched this project.
Kelly Slater, Terje Haakonsen, Gerry Lopez and more. Professionals from Japan and all over the world, they support this project, and donate items.more than 120 donors are from current up comer to leading legend.
we face this things, we wish this auction is going to be collecting donation, and making a hope for this victims and making good life for successful bidder as well. This glycogen is going to be given rise to a positive chain reaction in this area. We, and all of donors send this donation as our vitality to victims, and in the end, victims and all of us will be having a full of vitality. This is what charity auction called glycogen is aiming for.
How to bid You can access this auction site has been expanded from the site on Yahoo Japan. From donor page, click on the donor's name, move to each individual page, allowing you access to bid on this auction page from there. It is possible bid from overseas as well. J-GRAB can participate in this auction through.
“glycogen” Donor List
Group A (15th/apr. – 22nd/apr.)
JUNICHI"145"ARAHATA (PRO SKATE)
KAREN IWADARE (PRO SNOWBOARDER)
WADE TOKORO (SURFER / SHAPER)
GORO KOMATSU (PRO SNOWBOARDER)
RUMINA SATO (SURFER / FIGHTER)
JOEL PARKINSON (PRO SURFER)
STEVE PEZMAN (SURFER / PUBLISHER)
YUTA SEZUTSU (PRO SURFER)
TY WILLIAMS (SURFR / ARTIST)
MASANORI TAKEUCHI (PRO SNOWBOARDER)
C.V.B. ARAI (PRO SNOWBOARDER)
TAKAHARU NAKAI (PRO SNOWBOARDER)
TOMOHIRO HIGASHIDA (SURFER / MUSICIAN)
MIKE BLACK (SURFER / FILMMAKER)
YUJI WATANABE (SURFER / CREATOR)
Group C (22nd/apr. – 29th/apr.)
SATORU UEHIRA (SURFER / PUBLISHER)
WOLFGANG BLOCH (SURFER / ARTIST)
SARA ONAYA (SNOWBOARDER / ARTIST)
RYUICHI KABETA (PRO SNOWBOARDER)
TADASHI KAWAMINAMI (SURFER)
HIROSHI KUMAZAKI (SURFER / ARTIST)
KELLY SLATER (PRO SURFER)
CHER PENDARVIS (SURFER/ARTIST/JOURNALIST/ PHOTOGRAPHER)
CHAR (SURFER / PHOTOGRAPHER)
TAKUMI NAGAI (SNOWBOARDER / MOUNTAIN GUIDE)
YUUSUKE HANAI (SURDER / ARTIST)
TOSHIYA HORIUCHI (SKATER / DESIGNER)
MIKE BASICH (SNOWBOARDER / CREATOR)
RYOKO MARUYAMA (PRO SURFER)
ROGER P. MIHALKO (SKATER)
Group E (4th/may. – 11th/may)
HIDEKI ABE (SURFER)
ICHIGO (PRO SNOWBOARDER)
YOSHINORI UEDA (SURFER / SHAPER)
MINETO USHIKOSHI (PRO SURFER)
HIROSHI OTAKI (SKATER)
JP ST PIERRE (SURFER)
ISAO SEKI (PRO SNOWBOARDER)
KENJI TAGURI (PRO SNOWBOARDER)
TADAYOSHI CHABARA (PRO SNOWBOARDER)
YUJIRO TSUJI (PRO SURFER)
HAYATO MARUYAMA (PRO SNOWBOARDER)
DAISAKU MITA (SURFER)
TAISUKE YOKOYAMA (SURFER / PHOTOGRAPHER)
YONG-KI CHANG (SKATER)
Group G (13th/may – 20th/may)
KOHEI KUDO (PRO SNOWBOARDER)
KENJI KOHASHI (SURFER / ACTOR / CREATOR)
YUKO SHIMAJIRI (PRO SURFER)
JON HITOSHI KANAZAWA (SURFER)
DUSTY PAYNE (PRO SURFER)
TARO TAMAI (SNOWBOARDER / SURFER)
DAVID BENEDEK (PRO SNOWBOARDER)
TOSHIKAZU NOZAKA (SKATER / ARTIST)
HIDE (SURFER / SHAPER)
SHIN BIYAJIMA (PRO SNOWBOARDER)
AKIFUMI HIRAOKA (PRO SNOWBOARDER)
SHINPEI HORIGUCHI (PRO SURFER)
JUAN FERNANDEZ (SURFER / PHOTOGRAPHER)
MARK LANDVIK (PRO SNOWBOARDER)
HIROYUKI YAMADA (SNOWBOARDER / PHOTOGRAPHER)
Group I (20th/may – 27th/may)
KASSIA MEADOR (PRO SURFER / PHOTOGRAPHER)
KAZUHIRO KOKUBO (PRO SNOWBOARDER)
AKIYOSHI “MADBUNNY” TAKADA (SNOWBOARDER / ARTIST)
KENYU TAKAHASHI (SURFER / PHOTOGRAPHER)
KOHEI CHIBA (PRO SURFER / SHAPER)
DANE PETERSON (PRO SURFER)
KAZUSHIGE FUJITA (PRO SNOWBOARDER)
BRYAN IGUCHI (SNOWBOARDER)
YUKI FURIHATA (PRO SNOWBOARDER)
YOKO FURUICHI (PRO SURFER)
MASAHARU YOSHIOKA (SURFER)
Group B (19th/apr. – 26th/.apr.)
ANDREW KIDMAN MICHELE LOCKWOOD (SURFER / PHOTOGRAPHER / CREATOR)
KOJI ISHIHARA (SNOWBOARDER)
SAKI OTOBE (SURFER / DESIGNER)
MAKIKO KOIDE (CERAMIST)
JOE VILLATORA (SURFER)
TJ SCHNEIDER (PRO SNOWBOARDER / ARTIST)
TIMMY CURRAN (PRO SURFER / MUSICIAN)
HI-SEE (SNOWBOARDER / PHOTOGRAPHER)
TAKAOKI HASHIMOTO (PRO SKATER / PRO SNOWBOARDER)
YOSHIRO HIGAI (SNOWBOARDER / PHOTOGRAPHER)
TARO HIRANO (SKATER / PHOTOGRAPHER)
MASANORI MURAMATSU (SURFER / SNOWBOARDER)
RIO TAHARA (PRO SNOWBOARDER)
TAKAYUKI WAKITA (PRO SURFER)
Group D (28th/apr. – 5th/may)
ADAM MORAN (SNOWBOARDER)
WES"BULLDOG"HUNPSTON (SKATER / ARTIST)
MASATOSHI OHNO (PRO SURFER)
GIGI RUF (PRO SNOWBOARDER)
HIROMICHI SOEDA (SURFER)
SHINGO TAKAHASHI (PRO SNOWBOARDER / SURFER)
RYU NAKAMURA (SURFER / CREATOR)
YOSUKE NISHIDA (PRO SNOWBOARDER / SURFER)
MARIKO HAYASHI (SURFER / DESIGNER)
KEIICHI"RANRAN"YAMASHITA (SNOWBOARDER)
TOMOHISA YOSHIKAWA (PRO SURFER)
RIPZINGER (SKATER / SNOWBOARDER / PHOTOGRAPHER)
Group F (10th/may – 17th/may)
KENJI ISHIKAWA (SNOWBOARDER)
YOSHITAKA ITOI (SURFER / CREATOR)
KEISON (SURFER / MUSICIAN)
GOMEZ BUENO (SURFER / ARTIST)
GERRY LOPEZ (SURFER / SHAPER)
SHIOTANI SHINGO (SKATER)
TEPPEI TAJIMA (PRO SURFER)
K.NAKAMOTO M.ISHIBASI S.ASAGA (SNOWBOARDER)
HI-DUTCH (SURFER / ARTIST)
MARK APPLEYARD (PRO SKATER)
YUJI MATSUMOTO (SURFER / PHOTOGRAPHER)
MARI MIZUKAMI (PRO SNOWBOARDER)
Group H (17th/may – 24th/may)
NAOHISA OGAWA (PRO SURFER)
YASUHIRO SATO (PRO SNOWBOARDER)
JAMIE LYNN (SNOWBOARDER / ARTIST)
JULIAN STRANGER (SKATER)
TOSHIO SHIRATANI (SURFER / ART DIRECTOR)
SACHI TANAKA (PRO SNOWBOARDER)
TAKAHIRO TSUCHIYA (SURFER / PHOTOGRAPHER)
MASAKI TODA (PRO SNOWBOARDER)
PABLO UGARTECHEA (SURFER / ARTIST)
MATT CALVANI (SURFER / SHAPER)
NAOHIRO YOSHIDA (SNOWBOARDER / DESIGNER)
Group J (24th/may – 31st/may)
ATSUSHI ISHIKAWA (PRO SNOWBOARDER)
“TONCHIN” (SNOWBOARDER / CARTOONIST)
JEFF DIVINE (SURFER / PHOTOGRAPHER)
JON WEGENER (SURFER / SHAPER)
DENNIS BUSENITZ (PRO SKATER)
TERJE HAAKONSEN (PRO SNOWBOARDER)
BJORN LEINES (PRO SNOWBOARDER)
M.JEREMIAS J.BAFFA (SURFER / FILMMAKER)
UP DATED: 12th/april/2011