Snowboard men's big air Olympic final: Preview, schedule and stars to watch

Max Parrot topped snowboard big air qualifying on Monday 14 February at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games.

On Valentine's Day there was a lot of love for Canada's Parrot who is riding high after his massive slopestyle gold medal win and he could be on for a golden double in Tuesday's big air final.

The 27-year-old showed his class at the big air Shougang venue with a 78.25 Run 1 and an 86.50 Run 2 for a 164.75 total.

He leaned back on an 18 spinning cab in Run 3 and slid out, but he'll look to land that trick in the final.

Big air is one of the most exciting and unpredictable competitions at the Beijing Games where riders often trade places on the podium and anyone can come up big on the day.

Like Japan's 20-year-old Otsuka Takeru, who came up huge by qualifying in second place with a 160 combined score, proving that he has podium potential.

Takeru finished ahead of Red Gerard in third, who landed a nice switch backside 16 on his third run to guarantee his final spot.

Japanese rider Kunitake Hiroaki was fourth with China's 17-year-old breakout star Su Yiming fifth.

It could have been higher for Su too had he managed to hold on to a blinding frontside 18 in Run 3. If he lands that in the final, then watch out world.

There are plenty of contenders to ride to big air glory on Tuesday 15 February.

Su Yiming has become a massive celebrity in China after his Olympic slopestyle silver medal, host hopes were raised when he topped qualifying before that final and he delivered a historic silver.

How he would love to add a first ever Chinese snowboard gold medal in big air.

The teen star from Jilin won the Steamboat big bir in the U.S. back in December 2021 and his confidence will be sky-high with that silver medal already in