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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Tom Harle

Shaun White waves goodbye to Winter Olympics but spirit lives on in Ayumu Hirano

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The spirit of Shaun White’s snowboarding lives on in Ayumu Hirano, a halfpipe heritage laid out before his very eyes in Beijing.

Trick progression is all that matters on the pipe and the 35-year-old has set the standard since 2006, when he became the first man to land back-to-back 1080s.

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