Beijing 2022 women’s snowboard big air bronze medalist Kokomo Murase claimed her first Olympic gold medal in a big air battle that came down to the very last run.
The victory was one for the sport as much as it was for Murase. The night amounted to a blender of triple corks — a trick requiring three off-axis flips that, not too long ago, was a white whale among even the world’s best riders — that rearranged expectations for what championship snowboarding will look like moving forward.
Mia Brookes blasted into the Olympic women's snowboard Big Air final on Sunday night, while Bruce Mouat and Jennifer Dodds suffered their first defeat.
Who says you can't win Olympic gold at 40? Austrian Benjamin Karl's victory in the men's Alpine snowboarding parallel giant slalom (PGS) made him the oldest individual champion in the history of the Winter 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,
Austrian snowboarder Benjamin Karl knew exactly what he would do if he won a gold medal at this year’s Winter Olympics; what he hadn’t planned for was the reaction from the rest of the world.
With the podium contenders set, Kokomo Murase stomped her final run to overtake Zoi Sadowski-Synnott for the lead and eventually secure the gold medal, improving on her bronze from Beijing.
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)
The first snowboarding event of the 2026 Winter Olympics is in the books. Japan’s Kira Kimura, making his Olympic debut, took gold in men’s big air on Saturday.
Three former Team USA snowboarders filed a lawsuit in Utah court against former Olympics coach Peter Foley and U.S. Ski & Snowboard almost exactly four years after allegations of sexual abuse by Foley became public during the 2022 Beijing Winter Games.