Snowboarder Yuto Totsuka wins men's halfpipe gold at World Cup finals
Yuto Totsuka overcame challenging weather conditions at Mammoth Mountain in California to win the men's snowboard halfpipe finals at the World Cup season finale on Saturday. Totsuka, a silver medalist from last month's world championships in Utah, had a top run score of 95.75 points ...
Raibu Katayama, Yuto Totsuka place second, third in halfpipe at U.S. Open
Raibu Katayama and Yuto Totsuka finished second and third, respectively, on Sunday in the men's halfpipe competition at the Burton U.S. Open in Vail, Colorado. Katayama, 23, who finished seventh at last year's Pyeongchang Olympics, grabbed silver with 90.49 points on the 22-foot halfpipe at ...
Snowboarder Yuto Totsuka claims silver in halfpipe at worlds
Yuto Totsuka took silver in the men's halfpipe Friday at the FIS Snowboard, Freestyle and Freeski World Championships. The 17-year-old earned a score of 92.25 on his high-flying second run to finish 5.25 points back from gold medalist Scotty James of Australia, who claimed an ...
Teenager Yuto Totsuka finished second in the men's superpipe event on Sunday at the Winter X Games in Aspen. In his X Games debut, the 17-year-old posted 90.00 points on his first and best run that featured a frontside 540 grabbed stalefish and a massive ...
Teenager Yuto Totsuka posted a 92.00-point run on Saturday and finished second at the men's halfpipe World Cup in Switzerland. The 17-year-old snowboarder bookended his soaring run with frontside double corks, but was upstaged by Australia's Scotty James, who claimed his second victory of the ...
Ayumu Hirano and Shaun White easily qualify for men's halfpipe final
U.S. snowboard great Shaun White began his bid for a third Olympic gold in convincing style, easily separating himself at the top of qualifying for the men's halfpipe at the Pyeongchang Winter Games on Tuesday. Among the Japanese, Ayumu Hirano, who is looking to go ...
Yuto Totsuka finished third in men's halfpipe Saturday at a snowboard World Cup event in the United States. The 16-year-old Totsuka scored 94.50 points in the event won by American superstar Shaun White, who nailed a perfect 100 to secure his place at the Pyeongchang ...
Japanese men dominate podium in snowboard World Cup halfpipe
Japan swept the podium in the men's halfpipe at a snowboard World Cup event on Thursday, with Ayumu Hirano, Raibu Katayama and Yuto Totsuka finishing first, second and third. The trio respectively registered point totals of 97.75, 90.75 and 90.50, while Naito Ando (88.75) finished ...
Yuto Totsuka won the men's halfpipe in snowboard's World Cup series Friday, while compatriot and 2014 Sochi Olympic silver medalist Ayumu Hirano finished runner-up. The 15-year-old Totsuka, winner of the Japan national championships in March making his debut in the World Cup, scored 93.25 points ...
