It's been four years in the making, but Australia's halfpipe king Scotty James believes he's built the arsenal capable of taking down an "army" of Japanese snowboard rivals at the Milan-Cortina Olympics.
Reigning Olympic champion Ayumu Hirano is under an injury cloud, with his trainer saying he broke his pelvis and nose in a heavy fall in Switzerland last month, although the three-time medallist has declared he will be out in Livigno to defend his crown.
