Above Hiroto Ogiwara. Photo: Klaus Polzer.
After yet another spectacular week of top-quality snowboarding, the 30th edition of The Nines was wrapped up last Friday. Known for its unique and mind-blowing course set ups, this year’s event presented us with a course inspired by a vision of futuristic snowpark design (check out The Nines 2022 GoPro course preview here), including a massive big-air jump with additional bowl features, a mushroom-shaped obstacle called “The Sphere” and an innovative “Downward Spiral” inspired by skateboarding.
“On Tuesday the 5th of April, Japanese snowboarder Reira Iwabuchi landed the world’s first frontside triple underflip 1260 by a woman, shortly afterwards followed by the second-ever women’s cab triple 1260 from Canadian Laurie Blouin”
With a new more flowing course approach, the riders also found ways to take this year’s event to a whole new level. On Tuesday the 5th of April, Japanese Reira Iwabuchi landed the world’s first frontside triple underflip 1260 by a woman, shortly afterwards followed by the second-ever women’s cab triple 1260 from Canadian Laurie Blouin.
The 20-year-old Reira Iwabuchi first tried the frontside triple 12 at the 2022 Beijing Olympics but wasn’t able to land it there. “Ever since Anna did her cab triple I knew I had to do a triple,” Iwabuchi said. “After I came so close at the Olympics, I really wanted to try again at The Nines.”
