Kim threw a massive backside 720 on her first hit and went huge with a switch method on her second hit. A cab 1080 and frontside 900 followed, and while she didn’t improve upon her first run, she made one thing clear: Chloe Kim was not taking her foot off of the gas.

Team USA's Alessandro Barbieri, a 17-year-old snowboard prodigy, made his Olympic debut on Wednesday. Here's how he did. (AP Photo)

The 24-year-old says he’s stronger, faster and mentally tougher ahead of the Winter Olympics

Snowboarding has been part of the Winter Games’ program since Nagano in 1998. It has brought some of the most talented athletes to test their skills and bravery in high-speed competition, with some exciting hangtime to boot.

In the 2026 Winter Olympics, Chloe Kim will compete for a third straight gold medal in the women's Snowboard Halfpipe. How to watch each event.

Kokomo Murase completed a golden snowboard Big Air Olympic double for Japan on Monday, after Kira Kimura had won the men's competition on the weekend. X Games champion Murase clinched the gold four years after bronze on her final jump with a score a score of 89.

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.

Kim qualified for the women's snowboard halfpipe final in top position, showing no signs of being hampered by her injured left shoulder.