ayumu hirano : 13 videos

The big event of the last FIS Snowboard World Cup before the Olympic Games took place last weekend in Laax (SUI). At the Crap Sogn Gion, the freestyle snowboarders had best conditions. A truly magical atmosphere after sunset at 2,252 meters above sea level, combined with sensational riding and rapturous fans. In slopestyle the athletes showed their skills on ramps and rails under a bright sunny sky. The absolute highlight of the event was the night finale in the halfpipe under floodlight, whe...

The LAAX OPEN will take place for the fourth year in succession from 14 to 19 January 2019 and will include Europe’s most important and prestigious snowboarding competition for slopestyle and the halfpipe. It is based on a tradition of freestyle movement, which LAAX has been establishing with these events for over three decades. Like in tennis and golf, OPEN events are also the most illustrious competitions in snowboarding. With additionally a whole host of side events bringing the LAAX roots...

For 30 years the resort of LAAX in Switzerland has built its reputation as the world’s most progressive freestyle snowboard destination. The culmination of this development is the LAAX OPEN 2016 - a snowboard contest that brought together the world’s best freestyle snowboarders and upcoming riders for halfpipe and slopestyle competitions offering also live music events, acrobatic and mystic shows as well as a pop-up restaurant in the gondola hall to make it a true mountain lifestyle affair.

On an absolutely stunning day, 12 men and 6 women took to the largest halfpipe in the world, at Europe’s premier snowboard event — the LAAX OPEN. During the riders three runs the battles got crazy, making it difficult to predict who would win, but in the end it was Japan’s Ayumu Hirano, and USA’s Arielle Gold, who went away 2016 LAAX OPEN Halfpipe champs, $75.000 and $45,000 USD richer. After holding freestyle contests for nearly 30 years, the LAAX OPEN 2016 signals a new era in snowboardi...

40 men and 20 women, with top riders from around the world, took their best to advance into the finals, which will take place on Friday. With a score of 90.50, Japan’s 17-year old superstar Ayumu Hirano was the only one with a score over 90 at world’s biggest halfpipe. Olympic gold medalist Torah Bright from Australia landed in top position at women’s competition after heated battles. After holding freestyle contests for nearly 30 years, the LAAX OPEN 2016 signals a new era in snowboarding...

From Ben Ferguson’s first line, you know that you must not blink for the next five minutes, because you do not even want to miss a split-second! It’s a good thing that our Campers, the HCSC Staff, and Signature Session™ Pros fill the first section of “The Summer Snowboard Movie” with eye opening amounts of fun in our two private parks! The recipe for this delicious visual treat uses equal time spent in the air and on steel, is completely marinated in style, and then topped off with a heavy do...

Snowboarding can happen anywhere. Every rider has a unique story of where they came from and what they had to overcome to achieve their dream. Emergence covers seven Nike snowboarders and their own unique stories: Sage Kotsenburg Austin Smith Danny Kass Halldór Helgason Nicolas Müller Ayumu Hirano Gigi Rüf Tune in every other Monday to see a new rider's story. For more info check out: http://www.nike.com/snowboarding

Ayumu Hirano scores a 92.33 in Snowboard SuperPipe final at X Games Aspen 2013.

The first 5Star halfpipe competition of the 2011/12 TTR World Tour season is in the bag and Japanese rider, Ryo Aono, and American, Kelly Clark, took home the victories at the 2011 Burton New Zealand Open. It was another perfect day at Cardrona Alpine Resort and the level of riding was set high from the start by the talented field of international riders.  Ryo and Kelly both took home $7,000 NZD for their wins and earned 850 TTR ranking points that will count towards both the Halfpipe World T...

Check this crazy footage of 12 yo Ayumu Hirano ripping superpipe a new one. Watch out pipe riders... he's coming for the crown!