Confused by snowboarding commentary at the Winter Olympics in Milan? Here's a plain-English guide to snowboarding trick names, so you actually know what you're watching.

The men’s snowboard big air final takes the spotlight Saturday, with riders launching off massive jumps as medals are decided in the trick-based event.

Olympics broadcaster Todd Richards called the men's snowboard big air final "so boring" on a hot mic on Feb. 7, and later explained why he thought so in an Instagram video.

Team USA men's snowboarder Red Gerard is a slopestyle specialist who is not a fan of having to compete in the big air format.

A rash of injuries in the leadup to the Winter Olympics have brought into sharp focus the risk that snowboarders and freeskiers take by flipping and twisting above rock-hard slabs of snow for a living.