New Zealand won two of the first four events, while the U.S. earned a silver and bronze medal at the world freestyle skiing and snowboarding championships in Aspen, Colorado, on Friday.
New Zealand won women’s snowboard slopestyle (Zoi Sadowski-Synnott) and men’s ski halfpipe (Nico Porteous). In 2018, Sadowski-Synnott and Porteous earned New Zealand’s second and third medals in Winter Olympic history (both bronze).
The U.S. bagged medals Friday from Jamie Anderson (silver, snowboard slopestyle) and Birk Irving (bronze, ski halfpipe).
China’s Eileen Gu won the women’s ski halfpipe.