The snowboarder who wears boxing gloves in the halfpipe hit back at the judges on Thursday.
“I feel like there have been times I was a bit shafted,” James said in reference to the judging this season at a press conference in PyeongChang.
The 23-year-old from Australia has consistently finished as the runner-up this season to several different riders. The results from his last three contests: second to Jake Pates at Breckenridge, second to Shaun White at Snowmass, second to Ayumu Hirano at X Games.
While his main rivals, White and Hirano, have been focusing on back-to-back double cork 1440s, James has breaking new ground with his switch backside double cork 1260.