A stunningly beautiful day welcomed athletes and spectators alike.
The terrain of Rosa Khutor above the Extreme Park looks excellent.
Can’t wait till the Olympics are over and they let people ski it again.
Jump 3 big enough for ya?
I was asked by Newschoolers to measure the jumps so I paced them out yesterday.
The slopestyle course was perfectly groomed, and fast and firm from the cold night before.
Somebody call air traffic control, it’s getting busy up there.
Antti Ollila of Finland boosts during practice.
c’mon direct all complaints here.
Would the judges favor style and execution over technicality?
Or would the growing number of triple-cork variations in many competitors' trick bags win the day?
Only time would tell.
As the qualifying round got started, it quickly became apparent that today would be a day of surprises.
From there on out, the heat done got turnt up.
Woodsy giving his all despite a nagging hip injury.
Joss Christensen laces his first run.
The Russians go nuts for Pavel.
Wu-Tang is for the children.
Henrik was followed by Jossi Wells, who just didn’t have any luck in today’s finals.
Gus Kenworthy, very stoked on his run.
Only three riders remained.
Andreas Hatveit put down his run again, but double-wobbles his last two hits instead of truly corking them.
Today was quite simply Joss’s day.
It’s a Party in the USA at the finish corral.
There are perhaps no two better people to provide some perspective on what happened today.
“I think it’s amazing [that Joss won],” said Sprang.
I couldn’t be more happy for him."
“This great for everyone, and definitely for the sport,” he added.
I asked Skogen if he had even imagined a U.S. sweep.
“I still don’t believe what I saw today, man,” said JF Cusson.
History was put in the books today."
The man, the myth, the legend: JF Cusson.
I think our judges are sick, they know what’s going on."
“Now we get to forget about the Olympics for two or three years,” Cusson said.
“I can’t wait go golf.”
