The freeski men's events commence at Milan Cortina 2026 with the men's slopestyle qualification on Saturday, Feb. 7. American Alex Hall, the defending Olympic champion, is favored to win gold at this Games.

Mark McMorris will not compete in the men’s snowboard big air qualifier on Thursday after sustaining an injury in training, but he is hopeful to return for slopestyle.

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.

Japanese snowboarders Kira Kimura and Ryoma Kimata won the gold and silver medals in the men's Big Air snowboarding final at the Milano Cortina Olympics on Saturday, dethroning champion Su Yiming of China with their soaring jumps in the Italian Alps.

Team USA men's snowboarder Red Gerard is a slopestyle specialist who is not a fan of having to compete in the big air format.

Hood River native Sean FitzSimons had three strong runs in the snowboarding big air qualifier Thursday, but was it enough to push him to finals at Milan Cortina 2026

Jessica Perlmutter, Hahna Norman, and Lily Dhawornvej will look to carry on the U.S. Olympic slopestyle legacy.