In the men's snowboard big air final on Tuesday, Feb. 15, Red Gerard earned the top finish for the U.S. men in fifth, followed by Chris Corning in seventh. The competition was heavy. and the boys managed to hold on to two top 10 finishes despite it all. China's Yiming Su took home gold, followed by Norway's Mons Roisland with silver, and Canada's Max Parrot with bronze.

Gerard, who prefers slopestyle, came into the comp knowing to fight for a podium, he'd have to throw 18s and 19s, something he wasn't feeling great about on Monday. Instead, he chose to throw something he knows, and see how they scored. He opened big air with a backside triple cork 1620, and nailed a switch backside triple cork on his third run to move him into bronze-medal position for a brief moment.

At the end of the day he'll happily take fifth, he said.

"Like I said before I really really wanted to get on the podium at slopestyle," Gerard said after the conclusion of the big air comp. "It took a few days to recover from that, and I'm probably still not fully recovered from it. But all and all I made two finals at the Olympics and came here and did what I wanted. I was consistent, I landed runs, and I had a great time with Team USA, those guys are my best friends. whether it was us hanging out in the village playing cards, or us snowboarding together, that's something that you get at the Olympics that you don't get anywhere else."

Corning, who threw a huge backside quad cork 1800 on the first jump, ended the day a bit farther down the rankings than he had hoped. His first trick earned him a score of 92, but he couldn't top it in his second and third go.

"I had a really rough practice, I wasn't able to focus and do what I wanted to do in practice. And the last time I tried to do (a back quad 18) I was 0 for 3. So to be able to put another one down at this awesome jump, I was super stoked." 

Hailey Langland finished 12th in the women's snowboard big air final. Her first two runs, she threw a cab 1080 Indy but wasn't able to land either trick.

“Ordinarily I wouldn’t have tried the cab 10, because I’m really scared of that trick, but it’s almost like it wasn’t just for me, it was for everyone on my team,” Langland said. “I’m really, really proud that I got to try it a couple times, and I really am looking forward to the next contest to try and put one down.”

Austria's Anna Gasser took gold, followed by New Zealand's Zoi Synott Sadowski with silver, and Japan's Kokomo Murase with bronze.

RESULTS
Men's big air final
Women's big air final
 

Red Gerard, Chris Corning, and Hailey Langland have officially moved on to Tuesday, Feb. 15, Big Air finals in Beijing, China. 

Langland was the only athlete to move on from the U.S. team on the women’s side, squeaking into the final in 12th with a total of 127.50 points, only 0.25 points ahead of Switzerland’s Bianca Gisler. Jamie Anderson just missed the cut, finishing 15th with 119.75 points. Courtney Rummel also did not qualify, finishing in 17th. Slopestyle silver medalist, Julia Marino, did not start her first run after taking a hard fall in practice earlier this week. 

“This was a really heavy qualifier, and I thought after Annika (Morgan) landed her cab 9, I was for sure bumped out,” said Langland. “But I’m really stoked to have held on. At the very end (of the competition), I saw the scoreboard, and I was still in 12th, which was pretty shocking, but also so relieving at the same time because that means I get a second chance.”

Red Gerard qualified in third behind Canada’s Max Parrot and Japan’s Takeru Otsuka to advance. The 21-year-old scored a 75.50 on Run 1 with a switch backside triple cork 1620, followed by an 80.00 on Run 2 with a backside 1620. Gerard improved on his first trick on Run 3 for a 78.75 to total 158.75 overall after his third and final run.

Gerard is happy with the way he rode and glad to have stomped three runs but still feels a bit apprehensive about the judging following the inconsistent scores that appeared in slopestyle and halfpipe and again in big air.

“The past three contests for snowboarding with halfpipe, slopestyle, and big air, I just have never seen judging like it,” commented Gerard. “There were some tricks where people would get a 75, then someone would do the exact same trick and get an 81. Having a six-point difference is pretty incredible. Today wasn’t as bad as the slopestyle, I’d say, but it definitely has been a bit of a bummer. You work for years to get to this point and then to come here and have the judging not be correct, it’s not on you, it’s not on any of the riders.” 

“We’re on the world’s biggest stage right now, and for them to just take an extra 30 seconds, 40 seconds to rewatch each run if there is something that flags them, is well worth it, he added. “All I’m saying is no one is ever complaining waiting for their scores. It’s always nerve-racking, but I’ll take that over a misjudged run.” 

Gerard’s teammate, Chris Corning, also made his way into the final, bumping himself up to 10th after throwing a backside triple 1620 on his third and final run. Both Sean FitzSimons and Dusty Henricksen did not qualify for the final, finishing 17th and 21st, respectively.

Big air marks the final event for snowboarding in the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games.
 

RESULTS
Women’s Big Air qualifiers
Men’s Big Air qualifiers

START LISTS
Women’s Big Air final
Men’s Big Air final

Lindsey Jacobellis, 36, and Nick Baumgartner, 40, came out on top at the inaugural Mixed Snowboard Cross Team event, earning a gold medal for the United States.

Jacobellis battled with Italy's Michaela Moioli for the entire length of the course before taking over the lead at the final right-banked turn in Saturday's big final. Jacobellis was able to hang on to her lead through the final jump by a margin, barely finishing ahead of Moili and claiming victory for the United States.

 

 

 

 

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The gold is Baumgartner's first Olympic medal, making him the oldest snowboarder to ever win an Olympic medal. 

"I think for any athlete, getting pushed out by a younger generation really sucks," he said after the race. "So for us to go out there and put our stamp of approval on it and say "we're not done yet, we just got to work a little bit harder and we're willing to put that work in." So it's a good feeling."  

For Jacobellis, the victory is her second of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games after she won gold in the individual snowboard cross event earlier this week. In her first four Olympics, gold evaded her. Now, in her fifth, she's finally claimed the top spot, not once, but twice.

"It's a pretty incredible thing to be able to come and get a gold medal with a long-time teammate," said Jacobellis. "We've been through a lot together and we've seen each other through our ups and downs and our struggles so to be able to come together to work as a team and learn from each other on how the courses were changing with speed. I thought that we did great today with our execution and we had a lot of fun."

 

 

 

 

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Jake Vedder and Faye Guilini made it to the quarterfinal round but did not qualify for the small or big final. 

RESULTS
Mixed Snowboard Cross Team

HOW TO WATCH
*All Times EST

Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022
8:00 p.m. Snowboarding - Women's Big Air Qualifying, Secret Garden, CHN, NBCOlympics.com, Streaming Peacock

Monday, Feb. 14, 2022
12:30 a.m. Snowboarding - Men's Big Air Qualifying, Secret Garden, CHN, NBC Broadcast
1:30 a.m. Snowboarding - Women's Big Air Qualifying, Secret Garden, CHN, NBC Broadcast
1:30 a.m. Snowboarding - Men's Big Air Qualifying, Secret Garden, CHN, USA Network
4:30 a.m. Primetime Plus - Women's Slopestyle Final, Women's Big Air Qualifying (re-air), NBC Broadcast
4:00 p.m. Snowboarding - Men's Big Air Qualifying, Secret Garden, CHN, NBC Broadcast
8:30 p.m. Snowboarding - Women's Big Air Final, Secret Garden, CHN, NBC Broadcast
10:00 p.m. Alpine Skiing - Women's Downhill, National Alpine Skiing Center, Yanqing District, Beijing, CHN, NBC Broadcast, Streaming Peacock, NBCOlympics.com
10:00 p.m. Snowboarding - Men's Big Air Qualifying, Secret Garden, CHN, USA Network

Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022
12:00 a.m. Snowboarding - Men’s Big Air Final, Secret Garden, CHN, Streaming Peacock, NBCOlympics.com
12:05 a.m. Primetime - Men’s Snowboarding Big Air Final & Freeski Slopestyle Final, NBC Broadcast
2:35 a.m. West Coast Encore - Women’s Aerials Final (freestyle), Women’s Big Air Final (snowboarding), Women’s Downhill (alpine)

After his fifth Olympic appearance, Shaun White has decided to call it quits. The 35-year-old has led a storied career and will go down in snowboarding history as a pioneer of the sport. White is a three-time Olympic gold medalist and a five-time Olympian. He's a 20-time X Games medalist and the only athlete to ever score a perfect 100 in the superpipe. He also has five Summer X Games medals in skateboarding, becoming the first athlete to compete and medal in both the Summer and Winter X Games. He's spent the entirety of his career pushing the boundaries of the sport. Now it's time for him to pass the torch. 

“Everyone was asking me what my legacy in this sport has been and I’m like, you’re watching it," exclaimed White. "These younger riders, I mean they’ve been on my heels every step of the way and to see them finally surpass me is, I think deep down what I always wanted you know. To be beaten, to finally walk away without feeling like I could have done this or.”

White finished fourth in his final Olympic run, a symbolic moment of legend morphing into legacy. Of course, he wanted one last medal and he wanted it to be gold. He wanted that "Kelly Slater pull into the barrel moment", in his own words.

"The best of us - Tom Brady, Mikaela (Shiffrin) - know it's hard to step into the spotlight and own it time and time again," he said. "To be at the top of the sport for so long, that's a true highlight of my career and that's the thing I'm going to hang my hat on."

White has been at the top for so long, but he knows it's time for the next adventure. He wants to have a family of his own, build his brand Whitespace, and support up-and-coming snowboarders in pursuing their own Olympic dreams. 

"Shaun White has made an indelible mark on snowboarding, helping to put the sport on the map globally and advancing its popularity," said U.S. Ski & Snowboard CEO, Sophie Goldschmidt. "Winning three gold medals across five Olympics, Shaun is the ultimate competitor and set the standard for which snowboard athletes are measured. As he finishes his Olympic career, we celebrate Shaun as the most influential athlete in competitive snowboard history and an American sports icon. His legacy as a titan of snowboarding will forever inspire athletes and fans of the sport. We are proud of all his accomplishments and wish him the best of luck as he enters the next stage of his career."

His teammates, Taylor Gold and Chase Josey finished fifth and seventh. Gold medalist Ayumu Hirano topped out at 96 points, followed by Scotty James with silver.  The next-gen of snowboarders are ready to step into the spotlight.

RESULTS
Men's halfpipe final

Thursday, Feb. 10, Chloe Kim repeated Olympic gold in women’s snowboard halfpipe ahead of Spain’s Queralt Castellet and Japan’s Sena Tomita.

Kim quickly reminded the rest of the women's field why she's the one to beat, throwing down a high-scoring 94 right out of the gate in the first run. All 12 women in the finals gave their best, showing their progression and throwing down 1080s that haven’t been seen in previous women’s Olympic halfpipe finals, but still, no one could touch Kim’s initial statement. So in her final two runs, Kim decided to up her degree of difficulty, and go for a cab 1260. She’s landed them in practice before but had yet to attempt the trick in competition or in a 22-foot pipe. She took a couple of spills in her final two runs, but it didn’t take away from the glory of the moment.

“My butt hurts,” Kim laughed after the awards ceremony. “But it was worth it to try, 1000%, that’s what keeps me going. I’m really excited I did it. Wish I landed it but, next time.”

Before the final, Kim had struggled in practice. She only landed her run twice, which rattled her a bit, since she’s used to consistently putting it down, at least eight times before a competition she said. It was “the worst practice ever”, she said, but Kim put faith in her experience. The 21-year-old has been competing professionally since she was 13, and knew what it would take to go out and send it on the big stage. When Kim stomped her first run, she was overcome with emotion. There were still two runs left but she felt like she had already won. 

“That kind of put me in a weird headspace because it felt so inconsistent,” Kim said.  “So I was just overflowed with emotion when I was able to land it on the first go and it opened up a whole opportunity for me to try something new.”

Kim has gone out of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics with a bang, and will head back to the United States as a freshly minted two-time Olympic gold medalist. 

RESULTS
Women's halfpipe

Wednesday's snowboard halfpipe qualifiers saw four United States athletes land in the top 12 in each of their respective fields to move on to the final.

The United State's men's snowboard team threw down in a qualifier that felt like a final to punch three tickets into Friday's final competition. Team veteran Shaun White, led the charge, qualifying fourth with 86.25 points, followed by Taylor Gold in seventh with 83.50. In the final minutes, Chase Josey also snuck into the top 12 as the last rider to drop, scoring a 69.50 to bump out Italy's Louie Vito. Lucas Foster decked out midway down the pipe putting in a heroic effort, and he was miraculously unharmed. He finished 17th out of 28 athletes.

On the women's side, Chloe Kim once again dominated the field, finishing first in her qualifier. She'll look to defend an Olympic gold and a four-year winning streak in the women's final on Thursday, Feb. 9.

"I feel good! I'm stoked! And I'm so hungry," Kim said after completing qualifiers Wednesday morning, jokingly referring to her Tweet that went viral just before she took home gold in the 2018 PyeongChang Games. "You think I'd learn my lesson but I guess not, cause right now I'm thinking about dumplings."

Athletes must finish in the top 12 in order to move on to the final, and unfortunately for U.S. Snowboard Team rider Maddie Mastro, she finished 13th, just half a point behind China's Leng Qiu. Tessa Maud and Zoe Kalapos also did not qualify for the final, finishing 16th and 17th respectively.

In finals, each athlete will have three opportunities to put down their best run in the pipe with the top score determining who will land on the podium.

Up first, Chloe Kim will compete in the women's halfpipe final on the morning of Thursday, Feb. 9, which will air on Wednesday night in the United States starting at 8:30 p.m. EST.

RESULTS
Women's halfpipe qualifiers
Men's halfpipe qualifiers

On Wednesday Feb. 9 in Zhangjiakou's Genting Snow Park, Lindsey Jacobellis of the U.S. women's snowboard cross team took home the first gold medal for Team USA this Olympic Games. 

Jacobellis is a veteran on the U.S. team at the age of 36. This is her fifth Winter Olympic Games. Yet the team leader had yet to secure a gold medal in the big final. Victory evaded her, first in the 2006 Winter Games in Torino, when she fell coming over the last jump after leading the entire race and finished the day with a silver. In 2010 in Vancouver, she swerved off in a semifinal heat and did not qualify for the big final. In 2014, she stumbled and once again missed the final in Sochi. In Pyeongchang in 2018, she made the big final, but was edged out of the top spots and finished fourth.

Finally, in the 2022 Beijing Winter Games, Jacobellis' grabbed the gold she had been chasing for the past 16 years, making her the most seasoned snowboarder in Olympic history to medal at the Games. 

"The level that the women are riding at is a lot higher than it was 16 years ago, so I felt like a winner just because I made it into finals because that's been a challenge every time," said Jacobellis. "All these ladies out here have the potential to win and today it just worked out for me."

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"I think she already knows, but everything that [Lindsey] is feeling right now is everything that we want to tell her," said her teammate and seventh-place finisher Stacey Gaskill. "But when I see her next, I think I'll say, 'it's about time. You earned it, and there's no better deserving person to stand on that top step today.'"

Gaskill qualified for semifinals alongside Jacobellis, but was pushed out of the top two and moved into the small final. She finished the day in 7th after crashing in her last run, a top 10 finish for her Olympic debut. Meghan Tierney and Faye Gulini's competition ended in the quarter final where the women finished 12th and 13th respectively.

RESULTS
Women's Snowboard Cross Finals 

Defending Olympic gold medalist Red Gerard finished fourth in the Olympic Winter Games slopestyle finals on Monday, Feb. 7. 

Gerard put down his best run right out of the gate in the best-of-three-run finals at Genting Snow Park. His run featured technical and stylish combinations through the three-part rail section, 50-50 to backside 360 50-50, into the drop-off rail with a frontside 180 on to switch backside 540 out, finishing with a backside noseslide 450 out. Gerard sent it through the jumps, landing a switch backside 1620 Indy, into a frontside double cork 1080 Weddle, finishing with a backside 1620 method—a huge run earning a modest score of 83.25. 

“Definitely would have liked to be on the podium—didn’t fully agree with the judging, but that’s okay, that’s the way it goes,” said Gerard. “I was really happy I was able to put down a run I’ve always wanted to do and this course was incredible, it treated us awesome.” While this marks the first time the U.S. Team has missed the top spot on the Olympic slopestyle podium since the event premiered in 2014, Gerard is already looking ahead to WInter Olympics Milano Cortina 2026—his prediction, “It’ll be a sweep there.” 

Chris Corning followed in sixth place with a score of 65.11, putting his best run down on his final attempt, but not improving over his fourth place finish in PyeongChang 2018. First time Olympian Sean FitzSimons finished in twelfth, unable to put down a run despite qualifying in third coming into these finals and settling for a score of 29.61.

Canada’s Max Parrot earned gold with a score of 90.96, followed by China’s Su Yuming with a score of 88.70 for silver, and Canada’s Mark McMorris with an 88.53 to earn his third Olympic bronze medal.

The U.S. slopestyle team will be back at it in Big Air with qualifiers scheduled for Feb. 14th.

RESULTS
Men's slopestyle final

HOW TO WATCH
*All times EST

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Monday, Feb. 7, 2022
6:00 p.m. Primetime Snowboard Big Air Finals, NBC Broadcast
9:40 p.m. Snowboarding – M/W Parallel Giant Slalom Qualifying, Genting Snow Park, Zhangjiakou, CHN, NBCOlympics.com, Streaming Peacock

Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022
12:00 p.m. Snowboarding – Men’s and Women’s Parallel Giant Slalom Finals, Genting Snow Park, Zhangjiakou, CHN,  USA Network
8:00 p.m. Primetime Broadcast – Snowboarding Women’s Halfpipe, Alpine Women’s Slalom, Freestyle Mewn’s Big Air, NBC Broadcast
8:30 p.m. Snowboarding – Women’s Halfpipe Qualifying, Secret Garden, CHN, USA Network, Streaming Peacock, NBCOlympics.com
10:00 p.m. Snowboarding – Women’s Snowboard Cross Qualifiers, Genting Snow Park, Zhangjiakou, CHN,  USA Network, NBCOlympics.com, Streaming Peacock
11:30 p.m. Snowboarding – Men’s Halfpipe Qualifying, Genting Snow Park, Zhangjiakou, CHN, NBCOlympics.com, Streaming Peacock, NBC Broadcast

Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022
1:30 a.m. Snowboarding – Women’s Snowboard Cross Finals, Genting Snow Park, Zhangjiakou, CHN,  USA Network, NBCOlympics.com, Streaming Peacock
2:00 a.m. Primetime – Snowboarding Women’s Halfpipe Qualifying, Alpine Skiing Women’s Slalom, Freestyle Men’s Big Air (re-air), NBC Broadcast
5:00 a.m. Primetime – Snowboarding Women’s Halfpipe Qualifying, Alpine Skiing Women’s Slalom, Freestyle Men’s Big Air (re-air), NBC Broadcast
2:00 p.m. Daytime – Alpine Skiing Women’s Slalom, Nordic Combined Men’s Normal Hill & 10km, Snowboarding Women’s Snowboardcross Final, NBC Broadcast
8:00 p.m. Primetime – Snowboarding Women’s Halfpipe, NBC Broadcast
10:15 p.m. Snowboarding – Mens’ Snowboard Cross Qualifying, Genting Snow Park, Zhangjiakou, CHN, NBCOlympics.com, Streaming Peacock
10:50 p.m. Snowboarding – Mens’ Snowboard Cross Qualifying, Genting Snow Park, Zhangjiakou, CHN,  USA Network

Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022
1:00 a.m. Snowboarding – Mens’ Snowboard Cross Finals, Genting Snow Park, Zhangjiakou, CHN,  USA Network, NBCOlympics.com, Streaming Peacock
2:00 a.m. West Coast Encore – Snowboarding Men’s Halfpipe Final, Genting Snow Park, Zhangjiakou, CHN, NBC Broadcast
6:30 a.m. 2022 Winter Olympics Medal Ceremonies Day 6, Streaming Peacock, NBCOlympics.com
8:00 p.m. Primetime – Alpine Skiing Women’s Super G (Live), Snowboarding Men’s Halfpipe Final (Live), Freestyle Mixed Team Aerials Final, NBC Broadcast
8:30 p.m. Snowboarding – Men’s Halfpipe Final, Genting Snow Park, Zhangjiakou, CHN, NBCOlympics.com, Streaming Peacock

Friday, Feb. 11, 2022
1:00 p.m. West Coast Encore – Alpine Skiing Super G (re-air), Freestyle Skiing Aerials Final, Snowboarding Men’s Halfpipe Final, NBC Broadcast
4:05 a.m. Primetime – Alpine Skiing Super G (re-air), Freestyle Skiing Aerials Final, Snowboarding Men’s Halfpipe Final, NBC Broadcast
6:00 a.m. 2022 Winter Olympics Medal Ceremonies Day 7, Streaming Peacock, NBCOlympics.com
8:00 p.m. Primetime – Alpine Skiing Women’s Downhill (Live) & Snowboarding Mixed Team Snowboardcross (Live), NBC Broadcast
9:00 p.m. Snowboarding – Mixed Team Snowboard Cross, Genting Snow Park, Zhangjiakou, CHN, Streaming Peacock, NBCOlympics.com