Olympics 2018, snowboarding: Time, TV schedule, live stream link for men’s slopestyle finals

Americans dominated the first-ever slopestyle event in the 2014 Winter Olympics, bringing home men’s and women’s gold medals at the games in Sochi, Russia. On Saturday, Red Gerard will try to make it two for two for the United States men’s snowboarding team.

Gerard is the latest young star to carve his niche in the sport. The 17 year old won the FIS World Cup overall crown in 2017 by more than 400 points, proving lighter is better on the course — the 5’5 Gerard weighs just 116 pounds.

He’ll look to make a big splash in his first Olympics, but he’ll have to prove himself in the midst of a stacked field. Canadian Mark McMorris will bring his Big Air cred to the course and a history of slopestyle success. He placed third in the event at the Sochi Games and earned 10 Winter X Games medals in his career, including four golds. Great Britain’s Jamie Nicholls finished second to Gerard in the ‘17 World Cup rankings.

Japan’s Hiroaki Kunitake and Norway’s Marcus Kleveland also have strong potential to wind up on the podium Saturday night.

That field won’t include 2014 gold medalist Sage Kotsenburg. He made history as a 20-year-old when a dominant first run in the finals cemented his status as one of the nation’s most promising young athletes. He chose not to defend that title in Pyeongchang, instead focusing on his career as a filmmaker.

Slopestyle brings all the elements of the skate park to the mountain, but they’ll be spaced down a long path devoted to picking up speed and unlocking some of the craziest tricks you’ll see at the Olympics. Gerard and his cohort will tackle a course filled with ramps, rails, and jumps designed to push snowboarders into the most creative — and difficult — runs they can manage. Judges will be on hand to grade their moves, which include grinds, spins, grabs, and flips. Medal winners are usually anchored by one unforgettable capstone, like Kotsenburg’s “Holy Crail”:

That’s the kind of action you’ll get to see in primetime on Saturday — and it could be the event that checks off America’s first gold medal of this Olympics. Here’s how you can watch it all unfold.