Who will do better in Sasuke 25?

[lars072]

The thing is no one knows what obstacles will show up on the course and so you can't train for those specific ones until after SASUKE. So I would give the nod to Nagano as he has more experience and can more easily adapt to any changes IMO.

[jfeathe]

I still think Yuuji will do fine without practicing on obstacle replicas.

[gtoneko]

I gotta go with Nagano on this one with the fact that him and the other All Stars usually pay close attention to how the others do, even with the testers demonstrating the obstacles.

I think it was....back on the 20th(?) tournament that after watching closely how Akiyama did on the Half Pipe Attack, he made a quick note to the others to watch out on their grip for what to do for the obstacle.

[awee1975]

Contrary to popular opinion, i voted Urushihara Yuuji even though i am more a Nagano fan. Why? well based on a term in sports - latest "form". When Nagano won in 17, he was in the best shape of his life ( peak-form ). He came back in 18 & was just as good with the new course. Since then his results have been err...erratic ( sorry SRW ) recently.

Yuuji has been cleared 3 straight 1st stage. Still fresh from winning, his confidence & physical condition are at his peak. Of course we need to see how long he can maintain his "peak-form". However it might be a different story for Yuuji next year or even in 26 /27 later.

When Akiyama & Yamada came back after missing 1 tourney, they struggled to regain their "peak-condition". If 25 is taking place soon, Yuuji should be ready, however if it is like say 7 months from now, it may be the opposite.

[yamfriend]

I see Yuuji and Nagano as close to equals, but I only voted Nagano for some gut reason (plus a lot of the stuff that Badalight said ).

[Lennon]

Obviously Akiyama is going to destroy the new course. No doubt about that. He has just been saving up his energy for this moment.