Japan's Kaishu Hirano claimed men's halfpipe bronze, while fellow Olympian and compatriot Mitsuki Ono finished third among the women in the opening round of the snowboarding World Cup in Colorado on Friday.Beijing Winter Olympic silver medalist Scotty James topped the men's field at the Copper Mountain resort, scoring 99.00 with a flawless second run. The Australian beat Switzerland's Jan Scherrer by 2.75 while Hirano secured bronze with an opening run of 88.25 before falling on his second and third attempts."I went for tricks with a high degree of difficulty on the first run, like at the O…READ FULL ARTICLE