SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 14: Taku Hiraoka of Japan in action on his way to winning the men's FIS World Cup Snowboard Half Pipe competition at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park in Krasnya Polyana on ... more 

SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 14: Taku Hiraoka of Japan in action on his way to winning the men's FIS World Cup Snowboard Half Pipe competition at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park in Krasnya Polyana on February 14, 2013 in Sochi, Russia. Sochi is preparing for the 2014 Winter Olympics with test events across the venues. (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images) less