Hammer Banger Session 2017 Highlight

Wasn’t a clean landing but 20 years old, Japanese snowboarder Yuki Kadono just raised the bar for what is possible on snowboard at the Hammer Banger Session in Hakuba Valley Japan. For those of us not mathematically inclined, a 1980° is 5 and half full rotations and he managed to flip off axis 4 times while holding onto a mute grab. So gnarly. 

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