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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 events at Europe’s leading freestyle destination. From January 18 to 24, 2016, Laax is going to crank it up: up on the mountains and down in the valley, the freestyle feeling is taking over. Top-notch snowboarding competitions, powder runs, lifestyle, cultural and culinary delights – with something for everyone, the LAAX OPEN is in a class of its own.
Basketball player Kobe Bryant will retire at the end of summer, after a 20 year career in basketball.
Although the current Los Angeles Laker has no plans of slowing down. Instead, he plans to take up some new hobbies.
“I’m looking forward to skiing a little bit,” Bryant said in an interview on SiriusXM radio yesterday. “I’ve never been skiing before.”
That’s not the only action sport Bryant plans to try out … More