Ayumu Hirano ( ??? , Hirano Ayumu , was born November 29 1998) is a Japanese competitive snowboarder. He won a silver medal in the superpipe in 2013 XVI XVI Winter X at the age of 14, became the youngest medalist in game history X, and won a halfpipe silver medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi and the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.
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Ayumu Hirano was born and raised in a small coastal town called Murakami in Niigata Prefecture which is located in a rather snowy area in Japan. His mother named him Ayumu (??), which literally means "walking in a dream" (? = Walking,? = Dream), hoping he becomes someone who will know the joy of pursuing dreams and perseverance to make it come true. His father, Hidenori, was the surfer who finally opened a surf shop, and then made a skate park (Nihonkai Skate Park) from scratch in his hometown of Murakami. The father originally hoped his son, Ayumu, became a surfer, but his son did not like him much. Instead, he sank into a skateboard, following in the footsteps of his 3-year-old brother, Eiju. He started playing skateboarding at the age of 4, and snowboarding half a year later. He says he does not even remember how he started because he's too young and therefore very natural for him. He belongs to the skateboarding team "e-Yume Kids" (meaning "great dream kids" team) at Nihonkai Skate Park and join the skateboarding competition. Since there is no Halfpipe near his hometown, his father often has to deliver Hirano to the Yokone ski resort in Yamagata prefecture, where there is the first official permanent Halfpipe in Japan, which, however, is 4 meters narrower than the standard halfpipe world. Burton, one of the leading snowboard brands, has been sponsoring Hirano since he became a 4th grader.
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Careers
Hirano's first major international snowboarding success was in March 2011, when he won the Burton US Junior Open. At the age of 12, grade 6 students are not officially allowed to enter the open division of the event, where his mentor Kazuhiro Kokubo will win gold and his brother Eiju will occupy the 7th position. However, in between the rounds he fell into the pipe as a "hunter" and amazed the audience with his journey with huge amplitudes. In 2012, he was invited to Burton High Fives, an open event held in New Zealand to win gold at the age of 13. In 2013, he was invited to compete at the Winter X Games in Aspen, Colorado, the biggest snowboarding - the Olympic Stage, where he won silver in the halfpipe behind Shaun White, which explains: "The second-ranked Japanese rider is 14. Exceptional ! " He continued with first place at Burton's European Open, second place at Burton US Open (also behind Shaun White), and third place at Oakley Arctic Challenge, becoming the 2012/2013 World Tour Halfpipe Tour. With this, he became the youngest rider to win this title. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, he won silver, behind Iouri Podladtchikov of Switzerland.
Hirano again took silver in half-pipeline at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang; with Shaun White from the US taking gold and Scotty James from Australia collecting bronze.
Style
Hirano took a ridiculous position with his right foot forward, and his precise technique, time, and courage made him greater verticality in removing from the lip of the pipe, giving him extraordinary amplitudes in the air while making his tricks look easy and time-stopping.
Influences
Hirano's mentor other than his parents is Kazuhiro Kokubo, a Japanese double open winner in the US in a halfpipe. Hirano said in an interview in 2013 by a Japanese magazine Transworld Snowboarding Japan, "The environment has changed dramatically after I first went to the US I met Kazu (Kokubo) and Carl (Harris), and it allowed me to join the camp the summertime of Mount Hood, and to compete in New Zealand gives me experience in various pipes and I can see the lead rider I understand what world class means and know what I need to improve "Kokubo has been mentoring Hirano since 2011, and was commissioned as the official technical coach for Japan's national snowboard team in 2013 by the Japan Ski Association to support them in the 2012-2013 season.
Among other Hirano coaches are Ben Boyd and Elijah Teter in Ski & amp; Snowboard Club Vail.
Hirano's father has had the motto "Personality comes first, the most important is the most important" throughout his lifetime and runs his skateboard team.
See also
- List of professional snowboarders
References
External links
- Tour World Snowboard profile
- Profile at Rolling Stone
- Pro Snowboarders Association Asia Profile (in Japanese)
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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