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

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.

The 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina will bring together athletes from around the world to compete on ice and snow. Fans will see fast races, high jumps, and skill-based events across different venues.

You can watch every event at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics LIVE by subscribing to Peacock. After subscribing and logging in, either go to PeacockTV.com/Olympics in your web browser or download the Peacock app to your phone, tablet, or connected TV device and navigate to the Olympics section.

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.

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.

Ollie Martin, the 17-year-old Coloradoan, competed in the snowboard big air final with a broken arm. Here's how he did. (AP photo)

From its 1998 debut at Japan’s Nagano Winter Olympics to the 11-event sports spectacle set to sweep the slopes at Mila Cortina, Snowboard has earned a swooshy place of prominence as a fan-favorite event series at the Winter Olympic Games.