Corning, other snowboarders dazzle （人が）群がる at 勇敢に立ち向かうs' ballpark
ATLANTA (AP) - Charlie Culberson watched in wonder as Chris Corning flipped four times off a 5-メーター jump to stick a perfect 上陸 and make a bit of snowboarding history in a Big 空気／公表する 競争.
Culberson, an Atlanta 勇敢に立ち向かうs 公共事業（料金）／有用性 man, was amazed at the 変形 at SunTrust Park, where his home ballpark has been turned a 15-story ski and snowboard run with 800 トンs of 人工的な snow this 週末. More impressive, though, was the 技術 and acumen of so many daring 競技者s.
"These guys are incredible," Culberson said Friday night. "I love the 競争. The athleticism is amazing. I definitely envy what they´re doing."
Corning, from Silverthorne, Colorado,, landed a quad cork with 1,800 degrees of rotation to become the first snowboarder to pull off the feat on a scaffold jump, 得点する／非難する／２０ing a 95.25 on the third and final run. He decided to try a quad instead of a ３倍になる when the jump began to harden after so much use during 裁判，公判s and 競争.
"I feel 広大な／多数の／重要な 権利 now, very happy to be here, very happy to be alive after that," Corning said. "It's always scary trying it. I never do it in practice or anything like that. I pretty much let go of anything I'm thinking about and just go for it.
Culberson stuck around for the awards 贈呈 to 手渡す out gold, silver and bronze アルミ bats to the 最高の，を越す three finishers in the men's and women's groups. It felt more appropriate than a 基準 メダル.
A snowboarder practices for the Big 空気／公表する Atlanta snowboard and ski 競争 at SunTrust Park Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
Corning won gold, Canada's Nicolas Laframboise earned silver and Japan's Ryoma Kimata got the bronze.
Japan's Reira Iwabuchi won the women's 競争, followed by チーム仲間 Kokomo Murase and Canada's Brooke Voigt.
Culberson's チーム仲間, 投手 マイク Foltynewicz, threw a 儀式の first snowball pitch from the approximate area of the 塚 toward snow-covered home plate, where Blooper, the 勇敢に立ち向かうs' mascot, 行為／法令／行動するd as catcher. Foltynewicz wasn't done, though, as he began peppering Blooper with several more snowballs to get the festivities started for a （人が）群がる of 11,000-加える.
With 27 nations 代表するd and over 160 競技者s competing in men's and women's snowboard and ski 競争, there was a lot to take in for Cameron Canto, who watched from the upper level. Canto lives 事実上 onsite at the 殴打／砲列, a 小売 開発 built around the ballpark.
"I go to most of the 勇敢に立ち向かうs games," he said. "I watched the entire construction of this thing. It started about three weeks ago. It's 利益／興味ing, for sure. I watch the actual Olympics while it's going on, but I don't follow it in between. This was too の近くに to pass up."
足緒 パン職人 brought his family of five 負かす／撃墜する from I-75 from Cartersville, about 30 miles northwest of Atlanta. He was hoping to see the ski 競争 that takes place on Saturday. Still, he didn't mind that Friday's events were all snowboarding.
"I used to live out in Vail, so I'm bringing them 負かす／撃墜する and showing all of them," パン職人 said. "You don't to see anything like this in Atlanta. It's not like it ever snows much, but I grew up and got to ski and hang out with Franz Klammer and Hermann Maier and some of those guys, the Austrians."
Daughters Jaycee and Bryle were loving every minute of it.
"I like watching them spin," Bryle said. "When they go off that big thing, it's 冷静な／正味の."
Her sister was excited, too.
"I like when they when they jump in the 空気／公表する and they start 新たな展開ing around and I like when they land perfectly straight," Jaycee said.
Corning pulled off a quad cork last week at a World Cup event in Beijing, 場所／位置 of the 2022 Olympics. This was more difficult, however, because the course is not as long. At SunTrust, the snowboarders took off from a jump that stands in shallow 中心 field and ends 近づく the 塚. Plenty of 競技者s literally crossed home plate on their way to the backstop.
It was a big 急ぐ for Caleb McCants, an Atlantan decked out in ski goggles and a parka. He became more 利益／興味d in winter sports while he was snowboarding at Sugar Mountain in North Carolina during the 2018 Pyeongchang Games.
"We 手配中の，お尋ね者 to come see this up の近くに because it's 肉親，親類d of a 急ぐ," McCants said. "These guys really get after it."
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A snowboarder practices for the Big 空気／公表する Atlanta snowboard and ski 競争 at SunTrust Park, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
A 15-story high ski slope is shown during practice for the Big 空気／公表する Atlanta snowboard and ski 競争 at SunTrust Park Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
A snowboarder practices for the Big 空気／公表する Atlanta snowboard and ski 競争 at SunTrust Park Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
A snowboarder practices for the Big 空気／公表する Atlanta snowboard and ski 競争 at SunTrust Park Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
A snowboarder practices for the Big 空気／公表する Atlanta snowboard and ski 競争 at SunTrust Park Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
A snowboarder practices for the Big 空気／公表する Atlanta snowboard and ski 競争 at SunTrust Park, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
乗組員s work to 建設する and cover a 巨大（な） ski slope with snow on the playing field at SunTrust Park Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019, in Atlanta. The baseball stadium, home of the Atlanta 勇敢に立ち向かうs, will host the Big 空気／公表する ski and snowboard 競争 Friday and Saturday. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
乗組員s work to 建設する and cover a 巨大（な） ski slope with snow on the playing field at SunTrust Park Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019, in Atlanta. The baseball stadium, home of the Atlanta 勇敢に立ち向かうs, will host the Big 空気／公表する ski and snowboard 競争 Friday and Saturday. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
乗組員s work to 建設する and cover a 巨大（な） ski slope with snow on the playing field at SunTrust Park Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019, in A tlanta. The baseball stadium, home of the Atlanta 勇敢に立ち向かうs, will host the Big 空気／公表する ski and snowboard 競争 Friday and Saturday. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
Ryoma Kimata, of Japan, competes in the 決勝戦 of the Big Atlanta snowboard event Friday, Dec. 20, 2019, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
Ryan Stassel jumps during the 決勝戦 of the Big Atlanta snowboard event Friday, Dec. 20, 2019, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
Lyon Farrell 反応するs after 衝突，墜落ing on his final 試みる／企てる during the 決勝戦 of the Big Atlanta snowboard event Friday, Dec. 20, 2019, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
Lyon Farrell jumps during the 決勝戦 of the Big Atlanta snowboard 競争 Friday, Dec. 20, 2019, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
Chris Corning stands on the podium after winning the Big Atlanta snowboard event Friday, Dec. 20, 2019, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
Chris Corning 反応するs after his final jump in the 決勝戦 of the Big Atlanta snowboard 競争 Friday, Dec. 20, 2019, in Atlanta. Corning won the event. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
Chris Corning jumps during the 決勝戦 of the Big Atlanta snowboard event Friday, Dec. 20, 2019, in Atlanta. Corning won the event. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
Kokomo Murase, of Japan, 落ちるs after 衝突，墜落ing on the final jump during the 決勝戦 of the Big Atlanta snowboard 競争 Friday, Dec. 20, 2019, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
Reira Iwabuchi, of Japan, jumps during the 決勝戦 of the Big Atlanta snowboard 競争 Friday, Dec. 20, 2019, in Atlanta. Iwabuchi won the event. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
