ATLANTA – Snowboarder Reira Iwabuchi clinched the big air crystal globe for the second straight year after winning the two-day World Cup season finale in the Big Air event on Friday.
Iwabuchi, who turned 18 last week, scored 170.50 over her first two runs to finish 11.00 points ahead of Kokomo Murase as Japan went 1-2 on the podium at SunTrust Park, home of MLB’s Atlanta Braves.
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