Summit locals Blackwell, Gold finish 6th, 8th Japan’s Yuto Totsuka celebrates after winning the men’s halfpipe snowboarding final at the world championships on Saturday, March 13, 2021, at Buttermilk Ski Area in Aspen. Photo by Mark Clavin / US Ski & Snowboard ASPEN — Like every contest since Shaun White’s Olympic win in 2018, the men’s snowboard halfpipe world championship came down to Japan’s Yuto Totsuka and Australia’s Scotty James. Everyone else is essentially riding for bronze these days, and the rest of the athletes understand this. “It’s amazing,” Switzerland’s Jan Scherrer said of sharing the podium with Totsuka and James, “but on the other side I had two podiums last year, and I feel every time you make a podium it’s with them. So it’s not too special to be honest. It’s obviously special to be on the podium, but not when the other two guys are Yuto and Scotty.”