VAIL, CO – Taku Hiraoka (JPN) won the men’s halfpipe title today at the 33rd Annual Burton US Open Snowboarding Championships presented by MINI. With the win he takes home $45,000, and continues the Japanese domination of the Open following Yuki Kadono’s slopestyle win yesterday. The 22-foot halfpipe at Vail Mountain was basked in sunshine [more…]
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