Overview
- Big air qualifying starts Feb. 5 with the final on Feb. 7, and slopestyle follows with qualifying on Feb. 16 and the final on Feb. 18.
- Roughly 40 to 45 relatives and friends have traveled to cheer him after family attendance was prohibited at the 2022 Beijing Games due to COVID policies.
- He says he feels he is riding the best of his career and will focus on the tricks he knows rather than chasing judging trends.
- Gerard and peers point to the push toward 1800‑degree rotations as a safety concern as riders also adjust to big air preceding slopestyle and a nighttime scaffolding jump.
- He arrived with a Cleveland‑themed pro model snowboard and trains core strength and proprioception with medicine‑ball work to sharpen body control.