Big Air, Big Tricks. How Kira Kimura Won Snowboarding Gold.

Kimura launches himself into the air, spinning counter-clockwise. “It was truly impressive. Flawless execution, grabbed the whole way around and landed like he was doing a straight air, essentially,” said Rick Bower,
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What is big air snowboarding?

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.

Kimura leads Japanese one-two to claim snowboarding Olympic gold

Kira Kimura stunned the top favourites to lead a Japanese one-two and claim men's snowboarding big air gold on Saturday at the Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics. Kimura scored a total of 179.
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2026 Winter Olympics snowboarding: Su Yiming wins bronze and completes medal set

China’s Su Yiming captured bronze in the Big Air final at the 2026 winter olympics snowboarding event in Milano Cortina, completing a full set of Olympic medals and celebrating a

Japan's Ogiwara tops qualifying for men's big air as snowboarding kicks off at Olympics

Hiroto Ogiwara of Japan has topped qualifying for men's big air as snowboarding kicked off at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

NBC's drone cameras amaze Olympic fans during skiing, snowboarding, luge and more; sound annoys some

NBC's drone cameras amaze Olympic fans during skiing, snowboarding, luge and more; sound annoys some originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. During the earliest events of the 2026 Winter Olympics, viewers of the NBC family of channels may notice small drones whirring around.