Overview
- Gerard failed to advance from men's big air qualifying at Livigno, finishing outside the top 12 needed for Saturday's final.
- Seventeen-year-old Ollie Martin qualified ninth and will be the lone American in the big air final.
- Japan's Hiroto Ogiwara led qualifying with 178.5 points, with Italy's Ian Matteoli second and defending champion Su Yiming recovering to advance in fourth.
- Gerard said he is not a fan of big air and objected to the combined roster format that requires slopestyle riders to compete in the event.
- Gerard remains entered in slopestyle, with qualifying on Feb. 16 and the final on Feb. 18.