With a dominant performance in the qualifying rounds on 9 February, Team Japan is now a genuine contender to sweep the podium in the men’s snowboard halfpipe finals here at Beijing 2022. The 23-year-old Hirano Ayumu is top dog among the four massively talented Japanese pipe specialists. His huge airs and smooth style make him the hands-down favourite for gold, especially … [Read more...] about Beijing 2022: Ayumu Hirano Tops Snowboarding Halfpipe Qualifying; Shaun White Through to Finals
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Hiroto Ogiwara (JPN) Evy Poppe (BEL) won the title of 2021 World Rookie Snowboard Champions
The Black Yeti crew spent a full week in Hintertux where the first ever combined Snowboard and Freeski World Rookie Finals went down successfully. From April the 29th until May the 2nd, after the end of the freeski event, almost 80 snowboarders from 16 different nations came to Hintertux, for the most awaited youth snowboard event of the … [Read more...] about Hiroto Ogiwara (JPN) Evy Poppe (BEL) won the title of 2021 World Rookie Snowboard Champions
Valentino Guseli sets world record in the LAAX superpipe
The snowboard world has a new record to celebrate: 15-year-old Australian Valentino Guseli jumps 7.3 meters from the superpipe in LAAX on March 31, 2021. He thus breaks the previous record of 7 meters set in 2010 by the American multiple Olympic champion Shaun White. That Valentino Guseli is capable of great things has already become apparent at the LAAX OPEN 2021. At … [Read more...] about Valentino Guseli sets world record in the LAAX superpipe
Reira Iwabuchi and Marcus Kleveland win the final Snowboard Slopestyle World Cup of the season in Silvaplana, Schweiz
The premiere of the FIS Snowboard World Cup in Silvaplana went down today under perfect weather- and course conditions. For the very first time the world's best snowboarders gathered at Corvatsch Park (2.702 m.a.s.l.) for the FIS Snowboard World Cup Finals. Next to titles, globes and CHF 50.000 prize-money it was also about quota places for the upcoming Olympic season, which … [Read more...] about Reira Iwabuchi and Marcus Kleveland win the final Snowboard Slopestyle World Cup of the season in Silvaplana, Schweiz
2021 World Rookie Snowboard and Freeski Finals come together
From April the 24th to May the 2nd, the best youngsters will compete in Hintertux, Austria A new location will host the most awaited youth event of this winter season: the 2021 World Rookie Finals, for both Snowboard and Freeski, will take place in Hintertux Gletscher, Austria, from Sunday April the 25th to Sunday May the 2nd 2021. After a difficult … [Read more...] about 2021 World Rookie Snowboard and Freeski Finals come together
