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Akina Kizuka competes at 2026 snowboarding event

First-year phenom hits the books and the slopes

Going 50 miles per hour down a snowy incline, Akina Kizuka isn’t just balancing her snowboard. She spent her freshman year balancing a professional snowboarding career with her academics as a first-year chemistry major. 

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