Winter Sports Apr 26, 2022
The American became the youngest woman to claim an Olympic gold in snowboarding when she won the halfpipe at the 2018 Winter Games as a 17-year-old.
Snowboarding Feb 15, 2022
Kokomo Murase takes women's big air snowboard bronze in Beijing
The 17-year-old became Japan's youngest female athlete to medal at the Winter Olympics, scoring 171.50 to finish on the podium.
Winter Sports Jan 23, 2022
With no time to plan new runs after the World Cup series, the Beijing-bound Tomita instead worked on perfecting her 1080, while improving her height and style.
Winter Sports Jan 23, 2022
Hirano brothers take second and third place at X Games halfpipe
Sochi and Pyeongchang silver medalist Ayumu landed his new trademark, the triple cork 1440, in a bold declaration ahead of next month's Beijing Games.
Winter Sports Jan 16, 2022
Ayumu Hirano wins Laax Open halfpipe and overall World Cup title
The 23-year-old wrapped up the overall World Cup title just four events into his return from a sabbatical to focus on skateboarding, in which he represented Japan at last year's Tokyo Games.
More Sports / Winter Sports Dec 20, 2021
Reigning world champion Yuto Totsuka's gold medal performance in the men's snowboard halfpipe final gave him his first victory of the season on Sunday, the fifth and final day of Dew Tour Copper Mountain in Colorado. The 20-year-old from Kanagawa Prefecture earned the title with ...
Winter Olympics Dec 7, 2021
Board games: Dual Olympian Ayumu Hirano switches up for Beijing
After representing Japan as a skateboarder at the Tokyo Olympics, the race is on for the 23-year-old to prepare to contend for a third straight snowboarding medal at the Winter Games.
Winter Sports | Regional Voices: Chubu Nov 29, 2021
Indoor slope in Gifu to close down as popularity of winter sports declines
Snova Hashima has seen a significant drop in the number of skiers and snowboarders since it opened following in 1998 at the time of the Nagano Winter Olympics.
Winter Olympics Oct 20, 2021
Shaun White wears age as 'badge of honor' in pursuit of fifth Games
Now 35 years old and hoping to compete in the 2022 Beijing Games, the three-time Olympic champion says he's adapting to his status as the elder statesman of his sport.
Winter Sports Jan 24, 2021
Yuto Totsuka won the men's halfpipe with an outstanding final run Saturday to lead a Japanese charge on the podium at the Laax Open Snowboard World Cup competition in Switzerland. The 19-year-old registered 95.25 to finish 1.50 points ahead of last year's champion, Australian Scotty ...
Winter Sports Jan 10, 2021
Teenage talent Kokomo Murase second in World Cup big air opener
Kokomo Murase finished just short of a victory in the opening round of the FIS Snowboard Park and Pipe World Cup on Saturday after producing the highest-scoring trick of the women's big air competition at Austria's Kreischberg ski resort. The 16-year-old Murase had to settle ...
More Sports / Winter Sports Feb 16, 2020
Snowboarder Ruka Hirano captured his first World Cup victory in Calgary on Saturday in the men's halfpipe competition, the last of five events of the season. The 17-year-old, who won gold at the Winter Youth Olympics in Switzerland last month, scored 94.75 points at Canada ...