Australian snowboarder Scotty James calls the process of perfecting his signature trick on the halfpipe akin to a right-handed person “trying to write a thesis with your left hand.” Impossible? No.

ZHANGJIAKOU, China – Big air seems a clear-cut way to describe one of the newest Winter Olympics events, but it's much more than that. Added four years ago for snowboarding, big air makes its debut ...

Women’s halfpipe made its debut at the 1998 Winter Olympics. Unlike at recent Winter Games, athletes were not judged on amplitude. The halfpipe measured half the size of the 22-foot halfpipe walls ...