Haruna Matsumoto

Best of: Snowboard Team Challenge Video Highlights | Dew Tour Copper 2020

It’s not every day you see some of these athletes don a Dew Tour bib. During this year’s Team Challenge there was a mix of new faces, as well as seasoned competition veterans, making it one of the most exciting competitions to date. This year’s team challenge rosters looked a bit different than previous iterations, seeing a much larger female contingent than ever before, with two athletes from each team taking part in each discipline, including slopestyle, modified superpipe presented by Toyota, and for the first time, streetstyle. Watch all the top highlights from the snowboard Team Challenge competition right here.

Brands and Athletes
Burton
Slopestyle: Red Gerard and Anna Gasser
Toyota Modified Superpipe: Danny Davis and Jiayu Liu
Streetstyle: Luke Winkelmann and Maria Thomsen

Oakley
Slopestyle: Stale Sandbech and Jamie Anderson
Toyota Modified Superpipe: Scotty James and Haruna Matsumoto
Streetstyle: Rene Rinnekangas and Jamie Anderson

Volcom
Slopestyle: Torgeir Bergrem and Hailey Langland
Toyota Modified Superpipe: Valentino Guseli and Leilani Ettel
Streetstyle: Benny Milam and Hannah Peterson
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Best of Women’s Snowboarding: Toyota Modified Superpipe Finals | Dew Tour Copper 2020

Following heavy snowfall at Copper Mountain, the skies turned perfect bluebird just in time to run the women’s snowboard Toyota Modified Superpipe competition. Kicking things off on the first day of finals were eight women snowboarders ready to attack this unusual course which featured two modified transition features, leading to a traditional superpipe with 22-foot high walls and over 300 feet in length. If you missed the complete competition, catch all the best highlights and action right here, featuring Summer Fenton, Sonny Alba, Haruna Matsumoto, Brooke D’Hondt, Zoe Kalapos, Queralt Castellet, Maddie Mastro, and Jiayu Liu.

Burton U·S·Open 2020 Women's Halfpipe Finals - First Place Run - Haruna Matsumoto

Haruna Matsumoto went huge in the Burton US Open women's halfpipe finals and took second place.

Burton U·S·Open 2020 – Women's Halfpipe Semi-Finals Third Place Run – Haruna Matsumoto

Haruna Matsumoto came out swinging in the Burton US Open women's halfpipe semifinals and locked in the third position. Watch her run here.

Winning Runs: Team Oakley Wins Snowboard Team Challenge at Dew Tour Copper 2020

Three teams arrived to duke it out on-snow this year, including Volcom, Oakley, and Burton. In the end, though, it was Jamie Anderson, Stale Sandbech, Scotty James, Haruna Matsumoto, and Rene Rinnekangas representing Team Oakley that emerged as the Team Challenge champions after taking the top scores in slopestyle and streetstyle, as well as second in the Toyota Modified Superpipe.

Watch the top winning runs from Team Oakley in the video above.

Winning Runs: Jiayu Liu Wins Snowboard Toyota Modified Superpipe Final | Dew Tour Copper 2020

Eight women arrived at the top of the Toyota Modified Superpipe to put it all on the line for a chance at being crowned Dew Tour Copper 2020 champion. After taking their three runs, it was China’s Jiayu Liu who came out on top with a high score of 92.00. Taking second place in today’s final was Maddie Mastro and Queralt Castellet in third.

Watch the top three runs that won it for the women in the Toyota Modified Superpipe in the video above.

Women’s Snowboard Toyota Modified Superpipe Results
1.) Jiayu Liu, 92.00
2.) Maddie Mastro, 90.00
3.) Queralt Castellet, 81.66
4.) Zoe Kalapos, 80.00
5.) Brooke D’Hondt, 75.00
6.) Haruna Matsumoto, 72.33
7.) Sonny Alba, 70.66
8.) Summer Fenton, 31.00

2019 Burton U·S·Open Women’s Halfpipe Finals - Highlights

The Burton U·S·Open Women's Halfpipe Finals witnessed Maddie Mastro make history with a string of historical firsts. She won her first Open title (and first career win at that) with a run that included the first ever double crippler landed by a woman in competition. Defending champ Chloe Kim in 2nd with Xuetong Cai in 3rd. Let it be known – women’s halfpipe riding is at an incredible level right now. Watch these highlights to get a glimpse of what went down.