Japanese players make an outstanding performance at the world's oldest snowboard competition 2020 BURTON US OPEN !! For boys, Japanese players dominate both SLOPESTYLE and HALFPIPE !!

03/01/2020

Japanese riders will make an outstanding performance at THE 2 BURTON US OPEN SNOWBOARD-ING CHAMPIONSHIPS, the world's oldest snowboard competition that has been held at Vail Mountain Resort, Colorado since February 24th (Monday) in 1982. did.
On Friday, February 2, local time, when the slopestyle final was held, Yuki Kadono won the men's championship for the second time since 28, and Miyabi Onitsuka won the women's championship for the second time in a row.
Furthermore, in the halfpipe held on the final day, 18-year-old Ruki Tomita was in 3rd place, Haruna Matsumoto in 2018rd place in 3 was in 2nd place, and China's Tsai Shooton and Asians dominated the top.
In the men's and women's halfpipe finals that followed, the previous champion Scotty James won the BURTON US OPEN title for the first time, with Yuto Totsuka in third place last year.Totsuka, who was in good shape this season but continued to be suppressed by Scotty, finally broke the wall.
For boys, both SLOPESTYLE and HALFPIPE were tournaments that set a great record in the Japanese snowboarding scene, where Japanese players won the top.

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In the last section, Yuki Kadono made a perfect make-up of the oversized backside triple cork 1620 to secure the victory.

Sumino, who also won this tournament in 2015, reached the top again after five years.

For girls, Miyabi Onitsuka won the 3rd place.Immediately before, I showed the result of repeating transition jump practice at Hoshino Resort Nekoma Ski Resort.

Yuto Totsuka, who was in good shape this season but was blocked by Scotty James many times, finally reached the top.

1-year-old Ruki Tomita, the younger sister of the Tomita sisters who passed the 3st place in the qualifying and finished 18rd in the final.

Haruna Matsumoto who also decided the front side 1080 and left a good result of 2nd place

China's Tsai Shooton won the women's halfpipe. This is the first time a Chinese has won a victory in the 38-year history of the US OPEN.

RESULTS

Riding video of Japanese players
SLOPESTYLE Men's Championship: Yuki Kadono

SLOPESTYLE Women's 3rd place: Miyabi Onitsuka

HALFPIPE Men's Championship: Yuto Totsuka

HALFPIPE Women's 2nd place: Haruna Matsumoto

HALFPIPE Women's 3rd place: Ruki Tomita