LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — A backside double cork 1080! Followed by a cab triple cork 1440! Holy Crail, that was a sweet grab! The snowboarders and freestyle skiers will be speaking a language all their own as they “shred some gnar” (ride some gnarly conditions) at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.

Eliot Grondin searches for the only Olympic medal shade that's eluded him in snowboard cross: gold. Italian Michela Moioli could become the host country's hero as the gold medal favorite in the women's contest.

The U.S. returns all four defending halfpipe and slopestyle champions to the 2022 Winter Olympics, and NBC and Peacock will be there to capture it all. Likewise, Jamie Anderson and Red Gerard seek consecutive titles in women's and men's slopestyle.

These are the criteria judges take into account to score halfpipe, slopestyle and big air snowboarding at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics.

Sadowski-Synnott and Murase are the returning silver and bronze medalists from the 2022 Beijing Olympics, while Brookes, 19, is competing in her debut Games.

Here's everything to know of Shaun White, who's at the 2026 Winter Olympics despite not competing.