Skiing – Kendama USA ® https://kendamausa.com Americas Original Kendama Company Thu, 27 Mar 2025 19:46:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://kendamausa.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Kendama-USA-favicon-1.png Skiing – Kendama USA ® https://kendamausa.com 32 32 Inside The Mind Of Keith Matsumura https://kendamausa.com/inside-the-mind-of-keith-matsumura/ Sat, 05 Sep 2015 00:26:59 +0000 https://kendamausa.com/inside-the-mind-of-keith-matsumura/ Enjoy an inside look at the attitudes and techniques of Keith Matsumura as he experiences a spring in Colorado. Kendama, school, skating, skiing, are all part of Keith’s embracing of the ‘kaizen’ attitude- Continually improving ones self. Keith teamed up with Colin Sander to create a short film that would capture these insights and hopefully help evolve your play, and personal journey as well. Sit back and enjoy the eye opening perspective of one of the original pioneers of high-technique, american kendama-play.

Brought to you by Kendama USA

Score by Summer Swee-Singh

Directed by Colin Sander

Keith is also supported by Icelantic Skis and Royal Outerwear.

]]> JP Auclair, Skiing and Kendama pioneer killed in avalanche. https://kendamausa.com/jp-auclair-skiing-and-kendama-pioneer-killed-in-avalanche/ Wed, 01 Oct 2014 18:41:17 +0000 https://kendamausa.com/jp-auclair-skiing-and-kendama-pioneer-killed-in-avalanche/ JP Auclair was one of the most influential people in the ski industry and was also one of the first to bring kendama into the freestyle skiing community in the United States. He paved the way for freestyle skiing in a way no one else could match and was an incredible kendama player as well so, in his memory we have compiled some of the best skiing and Kendama edits from JP. You will never be forgotten, Rest in peace JP.

JP Auclair Street Segment (from All.I.Can.) from Sherpas Cinema on Vimeo.

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