Relieved to report Japanese Olympic gold medal winning snowboarder Ayumu Hirano is “all good” after this gruesome looking fall at World Quarter Pipe Championships in Mammoth. Judging by the measurement stick, it looks like Ayumu fell from 20 foot to the flat deck of the quarter pipe. Thankfully there was padding on the deck but it looked awfully thin.

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