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.

The men’s and women’s snowboard slopestyle finals of the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics take place on Wednesday, Feb. 18 at Livigno Snow Park.

LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — One of the more frightening falls over 14 days of snowboarding at the Milan Cortina Olympics involved one of the sport's newest champions. Gaon Choi slammed hard on the deck of the halfpipe in her first run — her knees buckling before she skidded limply to the bottom.

Jessica Perlmutter's phone fell out of her pocket while she was performing a trick during the women's slopestyle finals

Livigno is nicknamed “Little Tibet” for its historic isolation and the snow-clad peaks that surround it. This village near the Swiss border has had sales tax exemptions since medieval times, which allowed the impoverished, cut-off area to bring in goods.

LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — Su Yiming sat in the snow at the bottom of the snowboarding course, tears rolling down his cheeks. So close to winning China its first gold at the Milan Cortina Games, he still had a long wait to endure.

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

He had to wait an agonizingly long time, but the bronze medal in men’s snowboard slopestyle is Jake Canter’s. After stomping his final run for a score of 79.36 to put him third on the leaderboard, Canter had to wait for the rest of the field to finish to see if his score would hold up.

The women’s snowboard slopestyle final of the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics takes place on Tuesday, Feb. 17 at Livigno Snow Park.

American fans ranked snowboarding and figure skating as the sports they're most likely watch during the Milan Cortina Winter Games.