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hokkaido half pipe championships

Hanazono comps

Kissmark Cup halfpipe snowboarder

JAPAN’S hottest snowboarders converged on Niseko earlier this month for two world-class competitions at Hanazono.

The Kissmark Cup (Feb 7) and Hokkaido Half-Pipe Championships (Feb 8) – both Federation of International Snowboarding events – took over the Stomping Ground for a weekend of eye-popping trickery.