Japanese snowboarder Hiroto Ogiwara made history at the X Games in Aspen on Friday by landing the first known 2340 in a competition, an incredible trick which consists of rotating six and a half times ...

Hiroto Ogiwara will leave Aspen with a fractured wrist and a gold medal. The 20-year-old Japanese snowboarder — who’s also a student at Sendai University — landed the first melon 2340 in a competition ...

Hiroto Ogiwara’s first X Games appearance was nothing short of unforgettable - he practically flew into the history books with the first-ever 2340 in competition.

History was made at the X Games in Aspen over the weekend when 19-year-old Hiroto Ogiwara landed the snowboarding's first-ever 2340 spin in competition.

Japanese snowboarder Hiroto Ogiwara and Italian skier Miro Tabanelli pulled off the six-and-a-half-rotation maneuver in competition for the first time in history.

Japanese snowboarder Hiroto Ogiwara and Italian skier Miro Tabanelli made history by landing the first 2340s in competition ...

Hiroto Ogiwara celebrates after landing his trick. Kyodo News/Getty Images Then, on Saturday, Italy’s Miro Tabanelli made history by landing the world’s first known 2340 in a ski competition.