The 27-year-old from Quebec fought off fierce challenges from local hero Su Yiming from China who came second and Canadian team-mate Mark McMorris third, to win gold.
Julia Marino earns silver in snowboard slopestyle for the first U.S. medal of the Beijing Olympics as defending gold medalist Jamie Anderson fails to medal.
Matt Graham could have made excuses for the Olympic-sized heartbreak that was etched all over his face in Beijing. It's a testament to him that he didn't.
ZHANGJIAKOU, China (Reuters) - New Zealand's Zoi Sadowski-Synnott cruised into the finals of the women's snowboard slopestyle qualifiers at the Beijin.