In the men’s side of things this weekend it was the Japanese riders that blew the lid off of the US Open. Yuki’s long awaited victory came in style in the slopestyle and then on Saturday Taku Hiraoka finally came good with this stonker of a finals run to claim gold, his first in a major contest.

There was nothing groundbreaking in his run, but few people these days can match the little guy in terms of style and amplitude. From his first hit frontside 540, his run these days looks the business top to bottom. Backside 900, fronts double 1080, cab double 1080 and a frontside 1260 tail grab: boom. Job done.

WL’s Frenchman of the moment Arthur Longo came through in second his his trademark clean, solid style, his switch double alley-oop rodeo making another appearance to seal the deal. Meanwhile, wunder-kid Ayumu is still struggling to reign suprememe in a major event these days, though you can’t fault his third place finish – style is everything.