Winter X Games
Canada's Noah Bowman competes during the men's halfpipe qualification at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Olympic ski halfpipers crank up the tunes before their runs

By Pat Graham Feb. 18, 2022 05:30 AM EST

From left silver medal winner Canada's Cassie Sharpe, gold medal winner China's Eileen Gu and bronze medal winner Canada's Rachael Karker celebrate during the venue award ceremony for the women's halfpipe finals at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 18, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Canada honors Burke on another great day on Olympic halfpipe

By Pat Graham And Eddie Pells Feb. 18, 2022 03:56 AM EST

Henrik Harlaut of Sweden reacts during the men's freestyle skiing big air finals of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Norway's Ruud wins Olympic gold year after father's death

By Jake Seiner Feb. 08, 2022 11:30 PM EST

New Zealand's Zoi Sadowski Synnott, United States's Julia Marino, and Australia's Tess Coady celebrate after the women's slopestyle finals at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Snowboarding shines, New Zealand gets 1st Winter Games win

By Eddie Pells Feb. 05, 2022 10:20 PM EST

FILE - China's Eileen Gu smiles following her final run during the World Cup women's freestyle skiing halfpipe final Jan. 1, 2022, in Calgary, Alberta. American-born daredevil Gu will be trying to win gold medals for China at the Beijing Games. Gu's mother is from the host country and the 18-year-old freestyle skier made the decision to compete for China instead of the United States. (Evan Buhler/The Canadian Press via AP, File)
Risk-taker Eileen Gu makes China an Olympic force on snow

By Eddie Pells Feb. 04, 2022 04:02 AM EST

Who me? Japan's Sena Tomita wins a Winter X Games gold

By Eddie Pells Jan. 22, 2022 08:44 PM EST
ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — Japan's Sena Tomita thought it was a mistake when they placed the gold medal around her neck. The 22-year-old halfpipe rider won...

France's Tess Ledeux holds her gold medal after landing a 1620, the first in a women's big air competition, at the Winter X Games on Friday, Jan. 21, 2022, at Buttermilk in Aspen, Colo. (Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times via AP)
3 flips for Hirano but a 4th win for James at Winter X

By Eddie Pells Jan. 22, 2022 12:31 AM EST

FILE - Men's slopestyle bronze medalist Mark McMorris, of Canada, smiles during the medals ceremony at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2018. McMorris has endured quite a pounding over more than a decade of hard riding that has made him Canada's most-decorated snowboarder. At 28 and heading into his third Olympics, he is missing one thing from an already awe-inspiring resume. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)
McMorris in search of one more win: Olympic snowboard gold

By Eddie Pells Jan. 21, 2022 03:38 PM EST

FILE - Gold medalist Scotty James of Australia celebrates after winning the men's snowboard halfpipe final at the freestyle ski and snowboard world championships, Friday, Feb. 8, 2019, in Park City, Utah. James envisions the best tricks at this year’s biggest halfpipe contests as the kind that only he can perform. One big question is whether the judges will agree. (AP Photo/Alex Goodlett, File)
In private halfpipe, Aussie boarder schemes for Beijing gold

By Pat Graham Jan. 20, 2022 01:05 PM EST

FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2018, file photo, gold medal winner Shaun White celebrates after the men's halfpipe finals at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. With the mountains closed and the halfpipes shuttered during a pandemic that turned the world and its sports upside down, White put double-corks on hold and saved his most intense workouts for his mind. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)
AP Interview: White streamlines life on road to '22 Olympics

By Eddie Pells Feb. 01, 2021 02:33 AM EST

FILE - In this Jan. 26, 2020 file photo, X Games rookie Colby Stevenson pauses before getting the Best in Snow award in Aspen, Colo. Nearly four years after Stevenson suffered a fractured skull he was on top of the freestyle world at the Winter X Games, winning slopestyle and the Knuckle Huck event last winter. (Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times via AP, File)
Freestyle skier takes time to reflect each May 8 after crash

By Pat Graham Jan. 31, 2021 03:39 PM EST

CORRECTS TO THE ASPEN TIMES, NOT THE ASPEN DAILY NEWS - Winter X Games rookie Eileen Gu prepares to drop into the superpipe during women's finals at the 2021 Winter X Games Aspen on Friday, Jan. 29, 2021, in Aspen, Colo. Gu took home the gold in her first superpipe final. (Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times via AP)
A 17-year-old daredevil could be China's next Olympic star

By Eddie Pells Jan. 30, 2021 10:10 AM EST