Team USA’s Ollie Martin, a 17-year-old high school senior from Colorado, is among the 12 qualifiers for the final round.

Kira Kimura and Ryoma Kimata led a Japanese gold and silver medal grab in men's big air on Saturday, underlining the growing dominance of their country in snowboarding at the Winter Olympics.

The American medal count sits at zero after the end of five events in Day 1. No country has more than one gold, with Italy, Japan, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland all winning a single event. The first three countries are all tied in the total medal race, with one gold, one silver and one bronze each.

The 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, have arrived as the top snowboarders in the world are set to compete for their respective nations on the global stage.

Ready to catch big air? Look no further than snowboarding, one of 16 sports to be contested at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy.

LIVIGNO, Italy — Justin Reiter is a rarity in snowboarding. He is an American who made his career carving curves into the snow banks at high speeds, instead of launching his board airborne from the halfpipe.

The 2026 Winter Olympics have officially begun, and there are numerous snowboarding events scheduled. Fans can watch some of these events for free.

NBC broadcaster Todd Richards was caught on a hot mic calling the men's snowboarding big air final at Milano Cortina "boring."

The Winter Olympics are a bit of an enigma to most sports fans in the United States. The average person has seen hockey, the understand figure skating, and we get enough extreme sports through osmosis that the snowboard half pipe makes sense — but a lot of the events are more Euro-centric.