Ayumu Hirano knows how to come through in the clutch. After failing to put together a top-to-bottom run on his first two tries, the defending snowboard halfpipe Olympic gold medalist dazzled the crowd at Copper.
Australian snowboarder Scotty James calls the process of perfecting his signature trick on the halfpipe akin to a right-handed person “trying to write a thesis with your left hand.” Impossible? No. Extremely difficult? Yes. That goes for pretty much any trick that might be good for a medal on the…