U.S. Snowboarding's Lindsey Jacobellis (Stratton Mountain, VT) was the top American woman in eighth. Zhifeng Sun of China won the women's halfpipe, followed by Soko Yamaoka of Japan in second and Laura Manuela Pesko of Switzerland in third.
The event wraps up with a PGS on Sunday.
OFFICIAL RESULTS Nokia Snowboard FIS World Cup Gujo, Japan - Feb. 23, 2008 Halfpipe
Women's (Six made finals) 1. Zhifeng Sun, China, 34.3 2. Soko Yamaoka, Japan, 32.9 3. Laura Manuela Pesko, Switzerland, 32.2 4. Jiayu Liu, China, 28.5 5. Sophie Rodriguez, France, 25.1 # # #