- Ogiwara, 19, wins big air gold with historic mute grab
- Organizers hail Japanese prodigy as trailblazer
Japan’s Hiroto Ogiwara has made an X Games debut for the ages, winning the men’s snowboarding big air gold medal while landing the first known 2340.
The 19-year-old from Nagano landed the backside six-and-a-half-revolution trick for a score of 97.33 points on Friday to comfortably win the competition ahead of defending champion Hasegawa Taiga, who took silver with a score of 94.66 on his first run. New Zealand teenager Rocco Jamieson finished third on his X Games debut with 91.33 points at Aspen’s Buttermilk Ski Resort.
