Nippon Open: Mikkel Bang and Jenny Jones conquer Japan

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Our lady's gone and done it again.

Britain's Jenny Jones has just stormed the Nissan X-Trail Nippon Open ParkStyle Finals, in Alts Bandai, Japan - earning herself top spot on the podium and a healthy $15,000. Laying down three solid runs, Jenny nailed her win with a mix of trickery that looked a little like this: a 50/50 gap to 50/50 boardslide to fakie off the box, into a Cab 540 on the kicker followed by a huge frontside air on the hip.

An equal dollop of smoothness dominated the guys' finals, when Norway's Mikkel Bang took the lead in his first run. Clinching the deal on run number two, Mikkel stomped a gap to switch backside lipslide on the rail, a switch backside 900 mute, and a stalled out frontside alley oop off the hip.

Seriously slick stuff, I'm sure you'll agree.

Women’s ParkStyle Final Results:
Jenny Jones (GBR) Billabong
Jamie Anderson (USA) Salomon
Izumi Amaike (JPN) Flow

Men’s ParkStyle Final Results:
Mikkel Bang (NOR) Burton
Kazuhiro Kokubo (JPN) Burton
Jaakko Ruha (FIN) Kissmark

For highlights of the winning runs and the full webcasts check out Go211.com