Japanese snowboarder, Italian skier land historic 2340s to win X Games
Japanese snowboarder, Italian skier land historic 2340s to win X Games
Until Friday, no big-air snowboarder or skier had ever landed a 2340 − which is a whopping six and a half rotations − in competition.
By Saturday night, it had happened twice.
Japanese snowboarder Hiroto Ogiwara and Italian skier Miro Tabanelli became the first men in their respective sports to land 2340s, breaking barriers en route to victories in big air snowboard and big air ski, respectively, at the 2025 Winter X Games in Aspen, Colorado.
Ogiwara, 19, achieved the feat first on Friday night, stunning the crowd at Buttermilk Mountain with his first run in the finals to earn a score of 97.33 and edge compatriot Taiga Hasegawa, who finished second after landing a six-revolution trick, known as a 2160. The feat was all the more remarkable given that, according to organizers, Ogiwara had fractured his forearm earlier in the day.
"I am the first in the world to do that. I've never been as happy as this," Ogiwara told reporters after landing the 2340, according to Japanese news agency Kyodo News. "It was really the greatest moment. It felt as if I used every ounce of energy I had."
It wasn't the first time Ogiwara had made snowboarding history, either. A few years ago, at 16, he also became the first person in his sport to land the 2160.
A six-and-a-half rotation trick once seemed unfathomable in winter sports, even in big air, where athletes launch themselves off a 75-foot jump. But less than 24 hours after Ogiwara achieved the feat with a snowboard, Tabanelli followed it up on skis to win his own big air discipline Saturday. He took gold with a score a 98.00.
"The vibe of X Games is unreal, the conditions were crazy, the final was the craziest final I've ever experienced - just savage," Tabanelli told reporters, according to an X Games news release. :"I am just really stoked about it!'
Contact Tom Schad at tschad@usatoday.com or on social media @tomschad.bsky.social.
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