The Japanese snowboard team has long been filled with potential in the halfpipe but has no Olympic gold medals to show for it. The team appears poised to take over the pipe at the Beijing Games, with 7 of the world's top 20 riders from Japan.
Long filled with potential, they just have Ayumu Hirano’s two silver medals and Taku Hiraoka’s bronze to show for it since snowboarding arrived on the Olympic scene in 1998.
— Fearless. “It always looks like they’re less scared of doing stuff than me, for example,” Scherrer said with a laugh.— And maybe above all this: They share tips and constantly support each other. The trick could be a game-changer in Beijing and something most riders are scrambling to incorporate.version. So are Ayumu Hirano’s teammates. What comes after the triple in a run could be the key to winning the Olympics. Though he’s landed it twice in competition this winter, he has struggled with his next trick.
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