LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — Japanese snowboarder Kokomo Murase won Olympic gold in women’s big air on Monday, two days after her teammates swept the top two medals in the men’s event. Murase had already locked up at least a bronze medal at the Milan Cortina Games when she went for broke on her last jump and nailed it to move to the top of the standings.

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 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.

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.

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.

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,

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.

The 2026 Winter Olympics opening ceremony is set for Friday, February 6, but the action isn't waiting until then to begin. The mixed doubles curling event begins early, with the first draw set for Wednesday,