A week after winning gold in slopestyle, Canada's Max Parrot heads to the final in snowboard big air as the top qualifier.

Looming in the background of the Big Air Shougang venue at the 2022 Winter Olympics is not a nuclear power plant, but cooling towers from a former steel mill.

After beating cancer following his 2018 slopestyle silver in PyeongChang, Canada's Max Parrot is now an Olympic gold medalist.

He won 2018 Olympic slopestyle gold at age 17. Now Red Gerard's back to defend his title, and could be challenged by his own teammate Sean FitzSimons.

American snowboarders Sean FitzSimons, Red Gerard and Chris Corning placed a respective third, fifth and 11th in qualifying to advance to the final in slopestyle, an event in which Gerard is the defending gold medalist.

Su Yiming of China posted the best score with an 86.80, while Americans Sean Fitzsimons and Red Gerard placed third and fifth, all securing top-12 spots.