How Olympic Snowboarding Is Scored
A Complete Guide to How Olympic Snowboarding Is Scored, Just in Time For the Beijing Games
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Big air, as the name suggests, focuses on airborne tricks and jumps. According to NBC Olympics, a panel of six judges evaluates each run, with each judge scoring the run between 1 and 100. The highest and lowest scores are discarded, and the remaining four are averaged for the run score. Unlike other snowboard disciplines, big air consists of one enormous jump, instead of several tricks strung together. Judges evaluate jumps based on the following criteria: