Jenny Jones, of course, was the first Brit ever to claim a medal on snow after doing enough to earn a bronze in the Sochi 2014 slopestyle.
Aimee Fuller, Jamie Nicholls, and Rowan Coultas will all be representing Team GB in Big Air at the Pyeongchang Games. Morgan isn’t the only member of the British contingent hoping for Olympic glory in the 2018 Olympics.
Of course, success in Big Air competitions is nothing new to the Southampton-born snowboarder, as Billy Morgan won Bronze in Big Air at the 2016 X Games in Oslo, finishing just behind Max Parrot in second, and eventual winner Yuki Kadono. There’ll be many hoping that Billy takes a gamble in Pyeongchang, stomps something massive and walks away with a snow medal for Team GB. In an environment such as freestyle snowboarding, which is so often about going bigger and better than what’s gone before, Billy’s Quad was quite the statement and a massive boost for the British scene. In April of 2015, Southampton’s very own Billy Morgan became the first person ever to land a Quadruple Cork. This event is the chance for snowboarders to show off their biggest tricks. We have it on good authority that Kadono, and one of his team mates have been kicked off the Japanese team after being caught smoking weed and drinking. Worth adding though, that Kadono won’t actually be appearing in Pyeongchang. Stepping away from X Games Big Air, and Canada’s dominance of the male comps in that sphere, Sven Thorgren of Sweden and Marcus Kleveland of Norway as well as Yuki Kadono of Japan have all had recent success in the Air + Style Big Air events. In men’s Big Air, Canada have ruled the roost in recent years with Max Parrot and Mark McMorris winning seven X Games golds for it since 2012 (Parrot – four, McMorris – three).
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Single jump competitions themselves have basically been going on since the dawn of time.īefore the Olympic bandwagon rolled into town, the biggest two Big Air contests could be found at the Air + Style series and the X Games. Photo: Tristan Kennedy.īig Air might be a newborn baby in Olympic terms but, of course, the history of snowboarding itself is littered with stories of snowboarders sending it off kickers in the spirit of the old “go big, or go home” mantra.
Needless to say, competing in Big Air is not for the faint hearted. Skydiving, Wingsuit Flying & BASE Jumping.
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