Ross Powers

Swept By snowboarder Shaun White (above), the five Grand Prix events that determined who made the four-man U.S. men's Olympic halfpipe team. White, 19, had already clinched a spot on the team before winning the final...

Born in the U.S.A., the Olympics' most free-spirited sport will soar to new heights in Turin. So will U.S. riders

1Grandfather among the 211 U.S. Olympic athletes, 42-year-old John Gordon, a U.S. curler.

By taking four of the six medals in halfpipe—including both golds and a historic sweep on the men's side—the U.S. proved its air superiority

In honor of the single worst debut by a sport in Olympic history, please memorize the following snowboarding terms and have them tattooed somewhere extremely rad.