Domu Narita admitted Japan's snowboarders still have a long way to go before they can hope to seriously challenge the world's top riders after returning home empty-handed from the Winter Olympics on Thursday.
Japanese halfpipe snowboarder Domu Narita reacts after failing to qualify for the final round during the men's halfpipe event in Bardonecchia Feb. 12.
Narita and Kazuhiro Kokubo had been tipped as possible medal contenders in Turin but all four of Japan's men bombed on the Bardonecchia pipe and failed to make it past the qualifiers.