Japanese snowboarder Hiroto Ogiwara won gold in the Big Air competition at the X Games, performing the world's first 2340-degree mute grab trick.. The 19-year-old from Nagano made six and a half rotations and scored 97.33 points, which allowed him to win comfortably.

A silver medal at the Battermilk resort in Aspen (USA) was won by the champion of last year Taiga Hasegava (94.66 points), and the third was a newcomer from New Zealand Rockco Jamison, who scored 91.33 points.

" “I have never been so happy,” Ogiwara admitted.. " I think I gave this trick all my energy."

Within 24 hours, the fantastic flight of the Japanese man collected more than 3 million views on social networks..

In 2021, Ogiwara became the Japanese Junior Champion and won the World Rookie Finals, and repeated these successes in 2022, cementing his status as a rising star.

His career reached a new level on The Nines in Switzerland, where he performed the world's first BS Quint Coke 2160 - a trick in which six revolutions are made, and the athlete begins rotation, turning away from the springboard, turning his back to the direction of movement.

Ogiwara's love for snowboarding began in early childhood thanks to his parents, who often took him to ski resorts.. Already at the age of 9, he attracted the attention of the global snowboard-publicity, releasing a viral video, and at the age of 12 he made his debut in the professional arena.