Why did Gu Ailing and Su Yiming train to fly southwest? Just because of this cluster of "Enoki mushrooms"

The Beijing Winter Olympics is the hottest topic at present, in recent days, many people have come to Chengdu Jianfeng Dry Snow Four Seasons Ski Resort to punch in, receiving more than 60 people every day, and now more than 300 "snow friends" are poured in every day. This seemingly ordinary dry snow ski resort has attracted Gu Ailing, Su Yiming and other Winter Olympic ice and snow athletes to train here, and at the busiest time, more than 200 national and provincial ice and snow athletes line up on the snow track every day.

Tourists can feel the joy of ice and snow sports at the Chengdu "Enoki Mushroom" dry snow ski resort.

What attracts so many ice and snow sportsmen to chengdu?

"Just because of this cluster of 'enoki mushrooms.'" Zhang Wei, head of the Jianfeng Dry Snow Four Seasons Ski Resort, said with a smile.

Blossom inside the wall and incense outside the wall

"Enoki mushroom" has a 90% imitation of real snow

"Enoki mushroom" is what people call "sharp dry snow blanket". This simulated ski material is made of special plastic, in the form of a neatly arranged bud, close to the top of the head round, supporting the neck about a finger long, especially like a clump of enoki mushrooms. According to reports, from the touch, sound and gliding feeling, the "Enoki Mushroom" has 90% imitation of real snow.

The inspiration for the "Enoki mushroom" originated more than a decade ago. The inventor, Mr. Jianfeng, is a ski enthusiast who also likes to try various artificial simulations of skiing methods. He once wanted to introduce the internationally popular dry snow into The country, but gave up because of the poor experience.

"The world's dry snow originated about 50 years ago, and by 10 years ago, it developed into a comb type and a brush type, and falling on it was particularly painful, you can imagine the feeling of kneeling keyboard, and then change it to a kneeling comb." Zhang Wei took out the sample to compare, the comb type pointed teeth upwards, and the brush type was like a dense thin broom.

So JianFeng thought, why don't we make a comfortable one ourselves? Starting from the function, the top is designed as a ball, not piercing people, in order to make up for the shortcomings of short foreign materials and small rebound space, and then lengthen the neck, after adjustment, the function can fully meet the needs. As a result, why do you look so much like the mushrooms that we Sichuan people are hot in hot pot? Zhang Wei said that this set of "enoki mushroom" type dry snow slide combination unit obtained a national patent in 2012.

In order to promote the "Enoki Mushroom Dry Snow Equipment", the Jianfeng team has thought of many ways and participated in many exhibitions, but no one believes that this "Enoki mushroom" can simulate real snow. Some merchants picked up the sample and rubbed it on the ground, shook their heads and left.

What to do? The Jianfeng team gritted its teeth and invested in itself, built a small dry snow ski resort in Chengdu High-tech Zone, held small-scale events, and invited ice and snow athletes and "snow friends" from all walks of life to experience the field. Among the guests, a Japanese ski instructor, Yasuhiro Sato, praised the "Enoki Mushroom" ski trail and introduced it to Japan. In 2016, the sharp edge dry snow equipment entered Salt Lake City, USA, and has since entered Austria, Canada, Belgium, Australia, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Russia and other countries.

Ice and snow athletes fly southwest

The word of mouth of "black technology" has attracted many professionals

With a certain degree of popularity, the "Enoki Mushroom" still faces the bottleneck of production, promotion and operation. After learning about the situation, The Xindu District of Chengdu extended an olive branch to them, hoping to create a sports industry cluster in the north of Chengdu. After hard work, a 6,000-square-meter production base was completed in the Industrial East Zone of Xindu District, with an annual output of 100,000 square meters of dry snow blankets and 5,000 meters of magic carpet production capacity. In order to improve and display the relevant dry snow equipment, the Jianfeng team built more than 60 acres of dry snow four-season ski resort in 2017.

Standing here, only to see the snow field rise from the ground, showing a pyramid shape, the slope area is about 13,000 square meters, the highest point is 27 meters from the ground, the longest slope is 178 meters, and the ski slope is nearly 10. For the Winter Olympic Games, the ski resort began to build a standard dry snow ski jump big jump Big Air after the Spring Festival in 2020, with a total height of 43 meters.

One of the black technologies of this big jump platform lies in its unique floor-to-ceiling air bag design. Similar products are mostly concave energy absorption, people fall on it and sink in, the depression will accumulate water, and finally people will sink into the water. The Jianfeng team designed a straw-style air bag, which is a soft small tube inside, which can still make people slide out after removing most of the force, and the simulation of real snow is higher.

Another black technology is the magic carpet. Some dry snow bases do not have magic carpets, and athletes have to climb 100 meters of slopes after sliding down, which is equivalent to climbing 13 floors. The sharp team's climbing magic carpet can save athletes physical fitness.

On January 29, Gu Ailing posted a video of herself riding a magic carpet on the personal vibrato "Frog Princess Ai Ling", she was hanging a grab ring in her left hand and a snowboard in her right hand, busy with her hands, laughing and laughing. The caption laughed at himself: Fortunately, my skiing ability is better than my magic carpet ability.

After withstanding the test of epidemic prevention and control and overcoming many difficulties, the big jump platform began to be tested in July 2021. First, the ski sports team members in Sichuan Province tried to skate, and then passed ten to ten hundred, and more and more professionals came.

"I remember seeing someone on the big jumping ski slope at that time, I thought it was a volkswagen snow friend, went up to persuade him to come down, and only then did I know that it was the coach of the Inner Mongolia ski team." Zhang Wei laughed and said, "We are always on the jumping platform to understand the feedback of athletes, and have made a lot of corrections and improvements. ”

Su Yiming also came. He tried to skate the "Enoki Mushroom" as early as 2014 and is an old friend of the Sharps team. The last time he came to training alone. At that time, it was the hottest time of the year, Su Yiming carried 50 kilograms of equipment, without parents and coaches to accompany, practicing hard for 8 hours a day, sweating like rain.

In 2021, the Chinese national team will have more than 70 people from 8 teams and 149 people from 14 provincial teams training here. There is no queue, only extended opening hours. It is often seen that the ice and snow athletes practice in the morning and the afternoon exercises in the high temperature, and they have to practice in the evening after practicing in the afternoon.

Among them, Gu Ailing is particularly touching. During the training, she practiced from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., and did not rest at noon. "It's possible that it was with us that she perfected her secret weapon." Zhang Wei said.

The snow and ice in the south are rising day by day

Promote the development of ice and snow sports, and make great contributions to dry snow equipment

Feng Xuanjun, the founder of Chengdu Cool Ski Club, has worked as a ski instructor in Japan for two snow seasons, and now Feng Xuanjun has chosen to open the club in this dry snow ski resort. On the afternoon of the 10th, he and the club's coaches were guiding more than a dozen children to learn snowboarding.

"The window contains thousands of autumn snow in Xiling, and Chengdu is a city with ski culture." It has Xiling Snow Mountain Ski Training Ground and Dujiangyan Indoor Ski Training Ground, and there is also Taiziling Ski Training Ground in Mao County, Aba Prefecture, not far away. With dry snow, you can further expand the time and space of skiing and lower the threshold. Feng Xuanjun said, "Practicing 'flying on the grass' in the 'enoki mushroom', you can freely 'fly on the snow' in the snow season." ”

Because the requirements for dry snow skiing are higher than those of real snow, dry snow ski areas are also known as "ski driving schools", which helps to standardize basic movements. In order to help more people learn to ski, the Sharp Edge team also figured out a black technology for teaching - "cycling track", beginners sit in a long reclining chair and slide down, very safe, without being accompanied by an instructor. "Usually you can get out of the riding track and enter the beginner road in 2 hours." Zhang Wei said.

After about 2 hours of trail boarding practice, 8-year-old girl Duaino bravely came to the beginner trail. She slipped and quickly mastered the skill, leaning forward and swinging from side to side, like a nimble bird.

This is the first time that Duaino has gone to the dry snow field to learn to ski, and it feels very fun. She saw Gu Ailing win the championship on TV, and while she deeply admired it, she also gave birth to a yearning for ice and snow sports.

Because of these sports black technology, more and more people in the south have also found the joy of ice and snow sports, and the population of ice and snow sports has greatly increased. According to the Chengdu Municipal Sports Bureau, as of December 2021, the number of local participants in ice and snow sports training has increased from less than 1,000 in 2020 to 4,000, including people of all ages and families. The coaching staff has grown from less than 60 before 2017 to 200. The dry snow equipment of the Jianfeng team has been applied to more than 40 dry snow ski resorts in China.

Source: Xinhua Daily Telegraph | Author Xie Ling Li Like Yuan Qiuyue Xue Chen

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