Watch Team GB athlete Madi Rowlands win the Gold medal at the second Winter Youth Olympic Games in the ladies freestyle
ski halfpipe.
Elizabeth Swaney's run in the ladies»
ski halfpipe looked a little different from those of her competitors, who soared through the air with spins, grabs, and flips.
In Sochi four years ago, David Wise was the first man to win gold in
the ski halfpipe, which was then a brand - new Olympic event.
Not exact matches
One thing to know: Kenworthy is a medal favorite at Pyeongchang for
skiing in two disciplines,
halfpipe and slopestyle.
Bowman (below right), a 20 - year - old from South Lake Tahoe, Calif., and Wise, 23, from Reno, won the inaugural Olympic
halfpipe skiing titles.
Raging Buffalo Snowboard and
Ski Park in Algonquin became the world's first snowboard exclusive terrain park back in 1993 and features
halfpipes, table tops, rails and other snowboard standards that would make Shaun White proud.
At 11,353 feet, Mammoth Mountain serves up legendary big mountain
skiing and riding, plus 11 legendary terrain parks full of gigantic jumps, creative features, and three
halfpipes.
Sone himself
skied down the
halfpipe holding a strip of P - Tex behind him like a superhero's cape.