世界中のラッキークラフトファンの皆さま～！Daily Flash Minnow Weekly Reportになります！日本で開催されていた！ラッキークラフト協賛『H-1 GPX』初代総合覇者伊藤巧選手がラッキークラフトUSAに訪問とバス釣りツアーに来る事になった。夕方、LAX国際空港にお迎えに行くことに！到着ラウンジ待つこと１時間半…なかなか出てこない伊藤君。心配で仕方なく、何度が電話を掛けたが当然留守番電話。
そんな中、伊藤君が大きい釣り竿梱包用バズーカーもって到着！いったい、何本の竿をもって来られているのであろう？？
早速記念撮影！（この模様は来年配布予定エンジョイＤＶＤにてごらんいただけます！）
今回、ラッキークラフトＵＳＡ社員一同で、初のH-1覇者驚かせるべく！いくつかのサプライズ企画を用意。その第一弾として、あのバスマスタークラッシクチャンピオンの大森貴洋プロとのどっきり初対面and食事を共に！！ オフィスに向かう道中、伊藤君はしっきりに大森プロの話ばかり！迎えに行った私は、ドッキリ企画を黙ったまま、オフィスに到着！そして、大森プロの登場で一瞬・・伊藤君の目がポツーン！大成功であった。サイン入り色紙、ルアーを頂いて満足してました。
到着して間もないまま、アメリカの特大ステーキに挑戦！ 全部、食べきれず断念してました。一番初めに誰しも経験する、アメリカのスケールと食事の多さに感動してました。
アメリカ滞在4日間の旅、初日は大森プロと対面・特大ステーキに満足し就寝することにした。
二日目の予定をカルフォルニアでのバス釣りをするとの事だけ伝え、翌日、サプライズ企画第2弾を実行します！！
お楽しみしてください。
Sandy
“Champion, Takumi Ito in USA!!”
Angler Takumi Ito, the champion of the “H-1 GPX” Tournament sponsored by Lucky Craft and held in Japan has won a trip to our Lucky Craft USA office and a Bass fishing tour! So later in the afternoon, I went to LAX to welcome him! I was waiting in the arrivals lounge for about an hour and a half and didn’t see any signs of him… I started to worry and tried calling him but of course there was no answer.
Then finally I saw him arrive holding an enormous bazooka fishing rod case! I automatically thought, “How many rods did he bring!?”
We immediately started filming! (This documentary video is planned to be released next year on Enjoy DVD, so please stay tuned!)
To give the very first H-1 champion a wonderful experience possible, the Lucky Craft USA staff planned a couple of surprises for him. And the first one was meeting with Bassmaster Classic champion Takahiro Omori and to have dinner with him!! On our way from the airport to the office, he actually was constantly talking about Mr. Omori! As he continued to talk about him I kept quiet about our plan. We finally arrived at the office and the moment he saw Mr. Omori he was literally speechless! Our surprise was definitely a success! He was extremely thrilled with the autograph and lures he received from Mr. Omori.
After arriving in America for only couple of hours, he challenged eating an American style giant steak! He couldn’t eat it all and had to give up. Almost anyone experiences this when coming to America for the first time – he was extremely impressed with the amount of each serving here.
It was a 4 day stay and his first day was meeting pro angler Mr. Omori and eating a giant American steak. He seemed very satisfied. We notified him that the next day we would go Bass fishing. But little did he know we had our surprise project #2 ready for him!!
Please stay tuned!
Sandy
