We’re viewed pretty equal in that sense,” said two-time Olympic slopestyle snowboarder O’Brien. As freestyle skiers and snowboarders they use the same halfpipe, big air jump, and slopestyle and ski cross courses as the men do. And the speed of progression certainly wouldn’t have happened if the Olympics hadn’t included big air in these Games for both men and women. “I remember saying five years ago women need big air, women need big air and the (X Games) event coordinator didn’t want it because they didn’t think we had big enough tricks. There was no doubt that Sharpe, who won Olympic gold in women’s halfpipe skiing, was ready.

Source: thestar February 22, 2018 16:18 UTC