Chloe Kim is the favorite to win her third consecutive halfpipe gold. She’s piled up medals by building a routine so risky that her competitors are afraid to even attempt it.

The bar for what’s required to win is constantly being raised, meaning a significant part of a competitor’s time between Olympics is spent simply developing new ideas.“The tricks we're doing now are already a lot harder than they were three or four years ago,

Kimura launches himself into the air, spinning counter-clockwise. “It was truly impressive. Flawless execution, grabbed the whole way around and landed like he was doing a straight air, essentially,” said Rick Bower,

The men’s snowboard big air final takes the spotlight Saturday, with riders launching off massive jumps as medals are decided in the trick-based event.

A crowd gathered in New York City’s Central Park to watch Olympian Shaun White pull off snowboarding tricks during a major snowstorm on Sunday5.Footage filmed by Rachel Trautmann shows White showering comedians Shane Gillis and Chris O’Connor with snow as he jumped over their heads.

Big air snowboarding and big air freestyle skiing are fairly new to the Olympics. Here's what to know ahead of their events. (AP photo)

Scotty James, Ayumu Hirano and Cam Melville Ives are among the names to know as men's snowboard halfpipe commences with the qualifying round on Wednesday, Feb. 11.

The first snowboarding gold medal has been handed out at the Milan Cortina 2026 Games, after Japan's Kira Kimura took gold in men's big air on Saturday. Now, it's the women's turn.

Japan's Kira Kimura edges out compatriot Ryoma Kimata to win the final gold medal of day one of the 2026 Winter Olympics, in the men's big air snowboarding event.