Overview
- Todd Richards posted a blunt Instagram video calling the women’s slopestyle scoring the worst he has ever seen and accused judges of rewarding low-risk runs.
- Japan’s Mari Fukada won gold with Zoi Sadowski-Synnott taking silver and Kokomo Murase earning bronze, results Richards questioned given the bigger airs he felt were undervalued.
- His Instagram caption criticized a gold being awarded to a run with two 720s and used explicit language to denounce the judging approach.
- Richards showed visible frustration on NBC’s broadcast and was previously caught on a hot mic calling the men’s big air final boring, a remark Slate reports he later apologized for.
- He extended his critique to the men’s slopestyle in a separate video, saying the judging was all over the place, as the snowboarding events at these Games concluded.