2018 winter olympics

Sure, the Swiss Freeski Team are pretty stacked when it comes time to throw down on the Olympic slopestyle course but with practice still a day away, they're showing off their hilarious side on their Instagram pages. If these aren't sports already, hopefully by 2022 we will be seeing the Swiss...

Below are all the athletes (men & women) that are competing in freestyle skiing slopestyle qualifiers on February 18th. Check out the full 2018 Pyeongchang TV schedule to see when it is on for you. Men's Slopestyle Athletes Team Australia HENSHAW Russell Team Canada BEAULIEU-MARCHAND Alex...

Cover photo by Rachel Bock Credit: Wall Street Journal The deal to get slopestyle skiing into the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics (and beyond) was done via unconventional methods: US collusion with the Russians. According to Luke Bodensteiner, the US Ski & Snowboard executive VP for athletics, "As...

The US halfpipe ski and snowboard team, along with several other countries, were invited to come shred the private park and pipe at Aomori Spring Resort in the northern most region of Japan's main island in lieu of going to the opening ceremonies happening tonight. Many athletes deem the opening...

Looking at the drop list for next Thursday, the big dogs like Sweden's Henrik Harlaut, USA's quartet of Gus Kenworthy, Alex Hall, Mcrae Williams and Nick Goepper, Switzerland's Andri Ragettli, Norway's Oystein Braaten are the names that stand out and are probably in people's most likely to medal...

Cover photo credit: FIS/Bucholz A few months ago, we were teased the 2018 Olympic course renders (& in Shredsauce) but finally, we can see how the course shaped up in real life! All photos from US Snowboard team rider Ryan Stassel's Instagram. Talk about a beauty of a course. In my...

https://instagram.com/p/BeX7CuinCrQ/ Men's Slopestyle: Andri Ragettli || Fabian Bösch || Elias Ambühl || Jonas Hunziker https://instagram.com/p/BeTOCyjnUQN/ Andri is incredibly dedicated to competing at freesking's highest level - from throwing down one of the world’s first quad corks to his...

Team Norway has announced their team that will be competing in the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang and it's pretty stacked. On both the men's and women's front we're talking about some of the favourites to take home gold. https://www.instagram.com/p/BeVfvzrgJKg/ Johanne Killi & Tiril...

Cover photo by Patrick McCabe Team Sweden has officially announced their skiers for the slopestyle competition at the 2018 PeyongChang Olympics. The roster will definitely not disappoint. Men's Slopestyle: Henrik Harlaut || Jesper Tjäder || Oscar Wester || Oliwer Magnusson...

Team USA will be a force to be reckoned with after sweeping both the men's and women's podiums at the Mammoth Grand Prix. Six skiers clinched their spots, however, the 4th spot on each team remained up for grabs for the coaches discretionary pick. Aaron Blunck and Annalisa Drew sat in the 4th...

Cover photo by Laura Obermeyer The United States had one of the most competitive slopestyle selections for the Olympics due to a deeply stacked field of talented skiers. The qualifiers have been a neck-to-neck race to earn FIS points and podium finishes for a shot at PyeongChang. In the end...

Team Canada has officially announced who will be representing the country in the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics. At Sochi, Canada received three medals in the inaugural slopestyle and halfpipe competitions. Dara Howell and Kim Lamarre respectively got gold and bronze in women's slopestyle and Middle...

Header Image: Gus Kenworthy, Dew Tour, Breckenridge, Colo. in Dec. 2017. Photo by Grant Whitty The 2018 Winter Olympic Games are just 18 days away and, following yesterday's Mammoth Grand Prix, six skiers have now officially qualified for the US Halfpipe Team for the games. The Mammoth Grand...

Header Image: Nick Goepper, Dew Tour, Breckenridge, Colo. Credit: Grant Whitty The Olympics in Pyeongchang are just a month away. As Olympic qualifiers are beginning to finish up in the United States, one skier has already solidified a spot on the team. As a reminder, there will be three...

Shortly after announcing he was back on snow and ready to go for it all at Pyeongchang, Jossi has dropped a bombshell on us all: he will not be competing in the 2018 Winter Olympic slopestyle event. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bdt-aMwDSwf/ I know I'm not the only one who is devastated by the...

Shortly after announcing he was back on snow and ready to go for it all at Pyeongchang, Jossi has dropped a bombshell on us all: he will not be competing in the 2018 Winter Olympic slopestyle event. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bdt-aMwDSwf/ I know I'm not the only one who is devastated by the...

Header Image: Birk Irving at Dew Tour in Breckenridge, Dec. 2017 Photo by Grant Whitty. As we head into a busy season of Olympic Qualifiers, we thought it would be good to take a look at how things stand after Dew Tour and make a few predictions about who is going to Pyeongchang. Dew Tour was...