Can’t tell a Melon from a Method grab? No worries. The snnowboarders and freeskiers will, for sure, be speaking a language all their own when they hit the hill in Livigno for two weeks of halfpipe riding,

MILAN, Italy — Compared to other sporting events we’ve seen the last couple weeks during the 2026 Winter Olympics, snowboarding is still “young,” debuting at the 1998 Nagano games. Yet, it’s been around long enough old enough to influence the riders in these Olympics to go big – very big.

Snowboarder Su Yiming has delivered China its first gold medal of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics by winning the men's slopestyle final.

Team USA had four racers competing in women's snowboard cross at the 2026 Olympics. Here's how they did. (AP Photo).