On Sunday, the 30 best female snowboarders in the world put on a show in the 2026 Winter Olympics women's big air qualifier, with 12 advancing to Monday's final.

NBC News' Steve Kornacki outlines the rules and tricks to win the five snowboarding events at the Milan Cortina Olympic Games: snowboard cross, parallel giant slalom, halfpipe, slopestyle and big air.

Chloe Kim’s first truly meaningful ride through a halfpipe in almost 11 months will come at no place other than the Olympics. That feels daunting, even for one of the best snowboarders in the world, whose lead-up to the Games took a detour when she injured her shoulder during a training run in Switzerland the second week of January.

The men’s snowboard big air final takes the spotlight Saturday, with riders launching off massive jumps as medals are decided in the trick-based event.

Olympics broadcaster Todd Richards called the men's snowboard big air final "so boring" on a hot mic on Feb. 7, and later explained why he thought so in an Instagram video.

The final of the 2026 Winter Olympics' big air snowboarding event saw defending gold medalist Su Yiming of China try the most daring trick of the competition in an attempt to leapfrog Japan's Kira Kimura and Kimata Ryoma, only for him to fall and create a scoring controversy for the bronze medal.

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

The first snowboarding gold medal has been handed out at the Milan Cortina 2026 Games, after Japan's Kira Kimura took gold in men's big air on Saturday. Now, it's the women's turn.

On Saturday, fans couldn't keep their eyes off the drones during skiing, snowboarding and luge events. I need @NBCOlympics to do a piece on the drone operators following these downhill skiers because HOW ARE THEY DOING THIS — Kassie Epstein (@kassieepstein) February 7,

Synnott, Japan’s Kokomo Murase and Great Britain’s Mia Brookes secured the top three spots in Sunday's qualifying round.

A rash of injuries in the leadup to the Winter Olympics have brought into sharp focus the risk that snowboarders and freeskiers take by flipping and twisting above rock-hard slabs of snow for a living.