Tsubaki Miki became the first Japanese season discipline winner at the snowboard alpine World Cup on Tuesday after securing the top spot in the women's parallel slalom.Having won two parallel slalom events on the circuit this season, the 21-year-old claimed the honor in the non-Olympic discipline with one event to spare after grabbing the runner-up spot, also for the second time, during the fourth meet in Austria."I feel proud," Miki said. "I used to lack confidence in the parallel slalom, but having a strong will to learn from other boarders helped me (to the season title)."A sixth-place f…READ FULL ARTICLE
