By Giulia Segreti and Lisa Richwine LIVIGNO, Italy, Feb 3 (Reuters) - American Chloe Kim will aim for a third straight halfpipe gold medal as the Olympic snowboarding competitions begin on Thursday, promising breathtaking tricks and intense racing in the northern Italian town of Livigno.

These are the criteria judges take into account to score halfpipe, slopestyle and big air snowboarding at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics.

Though snowboarding loves to flaunt its massive jumps and daring flips, it’s the ability to spin four ways — riding forward and backward, then spinning either clockwise or counterclockwise from either direction — that is considered one of the sport’s holy grails.

A crowd gathered in New York City’s Central Park to watch Olympian Shaun White pull off snowboarding tricks during a major snowstorm on Sunday5.Footage filmed by Rachel Trautmann shows White showering comedians Shane Gillis and Chris O’Connor with snow as he jumped over their heads.

Shaun White's early snowboarding days involved riding "switch" or backward, thanks to his mom's rule to help her keep up. This skill became a foundation for his success. Snowboarding's complexity

Following the final snowboarding event at the Olympics, one question remains: what’s next for the sport? During these Games, Chris Corning threw down the first quad cork in big air and Ayumu Hirano landed the first triple cork 1440 in the halfpipe at the ...

When it comes to snowboard grabs, few maneuvers hold the same allure as the Method Air. It's a trick that combines style, grace, and exhilaration, and professional snowboarder Brock Crouch, renowned for his own flawless Method Air, is here to help you ...

The snowboarding Olympic gold medalist retired from the sport competitively after the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing