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X Games Norway 2018 - Snowboard Big Air News and Results

Kokomo Murase is the youngest ever Winter X Games medalist at just 13 years old. Image credit: / Brett Wilhelm/ ESPN

20 May 2018

Rookies Dominate the Snowboard Big Air Competitions

Japanese rider Kokomo Murase made history in the Women’s Snowboard Big Air final, becoming the first woman to land a backside double cork 1260 mute. She also wrote herself into the history books as the youngest medalist in X Games winter event history at just 13 years old. The X Games rookie stunned in her debut, landing a double cork 1260 and double cork 1080. American Julia Marino took silver and Finnish rider Enni Rukajarvi earned bronze.

The evening concluded with the Men’s Snowboard Big Air competition where newcomer Takeru Otsuka shocked the crowd to win his first X Games medal. Earning his X Games Norway invite by winning the World Rookie Tour Slopestyle finals in April, Otsuka then earned his spot in the Big Air finals by qualifying first in the Eliminations earlier today. In the final, his frontside triple cork 1440 and cab triple cork 1440 truck driver earned him a gold at 91.00. The youngest rider in the field, he also became the youngest Men’s Snowboard Big Air medalist in X Games history. Norwegian favorite Marcus Kleveland earned silver and American Chris Corning took third – his first X Games medal.

Results

Women's Snowboard Big Air Final

1. Kokomo Murase, 78.66 (JPN)

2. Julia Marino, 72.99 (USA)

3. Enni Rukajarvi, 66.99 (FIN)

4. Zoi Sadowski-Synnott, 62.66 (NZL)

5. Reira Iwabuchi, 60.33 (JPN)

6. Silje Norendal, 57.00 (NOR)

7. Anna Gasser, 47.66 (AUT)

8. Cheryl Maas, 37.66 (NED)

Gold – Kokomo Murase

Silver- Julia Marino