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4) THE HEAVY HITTIN’ JAPAN SNOWBOARD TEAM
Across the women’s and men’s start lists there is simply no nation who can hold a candle to the Japanese team here in Chur.
We’ll start with the women, where a quick look shows that there’s no reason why Japan couldn’t sweep the podium on Saturday. Each one of Kokomo Murase, Miyabi Onitsuka and Reira Iwabuchi boasts at least one dub 1260 of their very own, along with the kind of complementary tricks that are a must to hit the podium in a two-jump combined-score big air finals.
While we’re not saying the sweep is going to happen – a lot of pieces would to have to fall perfectly into place on Saturday – we’re definitely not saying it’s impossible.
On the men’s side of things the pipeline that feeds the Japanese team just keeps spitting out elite-level youngsters who seem to graduate to the World Cup and immediately begin competing for podiums, with the above-mentioned Hasegawa the latest addition.
Hasegawa joins the likes of two-time X Games winner and 2019/19 big air crystal globe winner Takeru Otsuka, 2019/20 slopestlye crystal globe winner Ruki Tobita, 2019/20 big air third-overall finisher Ryoma Kimata and 3x World Cup podium-hitter Hiroaki Kunitake on one of the most well-balanced and progressive squads on earth.
5) IT’S REAL COOL TO BE IN CHUR
The first-ever Swiss city big air World Cup is also our first city big air competition since the 2019/20 season, AND the first FIS Snowboard World Cup of any kind to feature fans back at the venue since the onset of the pandemic back in March 2020. And not only that, it’s also the first-ever FIS Snowboard World Cup competition to feature a full-on music festival attached the programme, with some of central Europe’s finest party-starters on hand to up the hype factor throughout the day and long into the night (find out more about the Covid-19 safety measures in place HERE).
Stacked startlist of the world’s best riders + sick venue + festival vibes + the kick-off of a new season of shredding = HYPE.
To say we’re stoked about this one would be an understatement, and we hope you are too.
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