On to the halfpipe finals now, where two champions held off fierce competition to retain their titles. Here are the best three men’s runs:
1st – Kazuhiro Kokubo
2nd – Iouri Podlatchikov
3rd – Kohei Kudo
As was the case with slopestyle, TTR have once again opted not to release videos of the 2nd- and 3rd-placed women. This just seems unfair: the runs were doubtlessly all filmed, why not show the whole women’s podium? Anyway, you can still read Tristan’s report from the event, and here’s the run that gave Kelly Clark her second consecutive US Open pipe win:
