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.

LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — On a frosty night in the Italian Alps, the queen of big air, Anna Gasser, bid adieu to her favorite Olympic event. She left without a medal, but that didn't make it all bad. The snowboarders who won them — led by the new queen,

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,

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.

LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — That ever-growing bench of Japanese snowboarders runs deep. Jumps very high, too. The country that has steadily been asserting mastery over the halfpipe took that show to the Winter Olympics big air contest Saturday night,

Colorado teen Ollie Martin etching his name in snowboard history, finishing fourth in Olympic snowboard big air

Ollie Martin, the 17-year-old Coloradoan, competed in the snowboard big air final with a broken arm. Here's how he did. (AP photo)

LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — Japan's mastery in snowboarding might very well go beyond the halfpipe. Hiroto Ogiwara finished at the top of the scoreboard in qualifying for big air Thursday night —- making the 20-year-old a legit gold-medal contender at the 2026 Winter Olympics for the country that boasts the reigning halfpipe champion,

MILAN, Feb 11 (Reuters) - China's Su Yiming was delighted to make the podium in big air snowboarding at the Winter Olympics after feeling a huge weight on his shoulders as the defending champion at Milano Cortina. Su won gold as a teenager on home soil in ...