Kira Kimura and Ryoma Kimata led a Japanese gold and silver medal grab in men's big air on Saturday, underlining the growing dominance of their country in snowboarding at the Winter Olympics.

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,

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.

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.

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

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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.

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.