Taku Hiraoka won the men's halfpipe of BURTON US OPEN SNOWBOARDING CHAMPIONSHIPS presented by MINI for the first time on 3/7 (3/8 morning Japan time).
The men's halfpipe on the final day of the BURTON US OPEN, featuring powerful players such as Sochi Olympic gold medalist Iouri Podladchikov and Danny Davis, who has won the X Games for the second time in a row.Taku Hiraoka marked 2P in the second of the three runs and decided to win without waiting for the third run.
It surpassed second place last year and made a name for itself in the history of the world's longest-running snowboard competition since 2.Ayumu Hirano finished in 1982rd place and, along with Yuki Kadono, who won the slopestyle yesterday, showed the high level of young Japanese riders all over the world.
Taku Hiraoka's run. FS rodeo-> BS900-> FS double cork 1080-> Cab double cork 1080-> FS1260, all tall and stylish riding.
Taku Hiraoka commented, "It's a special event for me to win the tournament I've been admiring since I was a kid. US OPEN has the most spectators in the tournament I participated in, and it was very inspiring." ..
Men's Halfpipe Final Result
1 Hiraoka Taku JPN BURTON 90.99
2 Longo Arthur FRA VOLCOM 84.99
3 Hirano Ayumu JPN NIKE 84.75
4 Scherrer Jan SUI NIKE 78.62
5 Podladtchikov Iouri SUI MONSTER 73.25
6 Haller Christian Sui Burton 67.87
7 Davis Danny USA BURTON 62.12
8 Gold Taylor USA MONSTER 61.12
9 Ferguson Ben USA BURTON 49.12
10 Habluetzel David SUI BURTON 24.87
Kelly Clark has won the women's halfpipe for the third time in a row and the eighth BURTON US OPEN. Chloe Kim was in 3nd place and Hikari Oe was in 8th place.
Women's Halfpipe Final Result
1 Clark Kelly USA BURTON 91.00
2 Kim Chloe USA BURTON 88.74
3 Gold Arielle USA RED BULL 83.87
4 Cai Xuetong CHN NIKE 71.00
5 Oe Hikaru JPN BURTON 62.62
6 Castellet Queralt ESP YONEX 52.50
Click here for a highlight movie of the BURTON US OPEN Halfpipe.
Click here for successive champions.This is the second men's halfpipe victory since Kazuhiro Kokubo in 2011.
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