The Kiwi Carlos Garcia Knight leads after the first run.

As we saw yesterday, getting a score in on your first run can be a big advantage.

We're straight into the second run...

Canada's Max Parrot was the leading qualifier, but this is a horror show.

Mistakes at the top of the slope, then a very heavy fall. Did he land on his head there? There was a big old skid down the mountain.

Parrot is OK and gives us a shrug of the shoulders.

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Ed Leigh
Snowboarding commentator on BBC TV

Wow. Qualification is really being put into perspective now. I thought the standard was high yesterday but we've definitely gone up to fifth or sixth gear now.

Dave Smith: WOW! What a run from the New Zealander Garcia Knight.

Oooff. The judges spotted errors early on. Only second for the wonderkid from Norway.

That's the biggest spin we've seen so far! 1620 degrees - four and a half rotations.

Enough for first place?

Two mistakes mean McMorris has to settle for second place for now.

Marcus Kleveland is the penultimate man to go. Just 18, but a bona fide star.

McMorris, the Sochi bronze medalist, suffered a horrific crash in 2017. Broken jaw, left arm, pelvis and ribs, ruptured spleen and collapsed lung.

My word, this is a big. The first 1440 leap of the final, but was that a little error earlier on?

Those big three will be chasing New Zealand's Carlos Garcia Knight. He's the first man to nail anything like a decent run. All in black with white gloves (like a mime artist), he nails a tasty roast beef grab and ends his run with arms outstretched in celebration. 78.60 is a decent marker.

Here comes Mark McMorris...

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If you were with us yesterday. you'll know that conditions weren't great. Grey, misty, freezing cold.

Today is much more pleasant. Sunny. Brightness on the white powder. The sort of thing you'd get on a skiing holiday.

Some big dogs are about to head out. Mark McMorris, Marcus Kleveland and Max Parrot and the final three to go.

I know what you're thinking.

You're wondering why you're staying up this late watching snowboarding, a sport you've barely seen before.

But you're thinking that you'd quite like to try it...

Right then, Stale Sandbech, the silver medalist from Sochi, is heading down the mountain. Style, backside 180, but some scruffy landings. Good fun, but not without mistakes.

Right, we're under way. The competitors are going in reverse order of their qualifying score. Niklas Mattson, of Sweden, is first out, but posts nothing of note after a lengthy drag of the hand. Norway's Mons Roisland, who I think took a bang to the head yesterday, has not taken his place in the final.

Jenny Jones
2014 Olympic bronze medallist snowboarder on BBC TV

I don't think there will be quite as much to worry about clearing the jumps today.

The riders will definitely have felt that wind in practice. I think today it'll be about fine-tuning that natural dial within the body and feeling the wind either against you or with you.

It’ll be all about experience with that one.

Qualification in the women's event comes after the men's final, with Aimee Fuller going for Great Britain. She was in the commentary box four years ago when Jenny Jones won bronze.

Whilst the curling continues, we're not far away from the men's slopestyle final. This was the event where British trio Jamie Nicholls, Rowan Coultas and Billy Morgan failed to reach the final yesterday.

There are 12 men involved, all of whom will hurl themselves down the slope three times. The best score from the three runs counts and the man with the highest score will be the Olympic champion.

Good lord, that's a decent turnaround thanks to some frantic Chinese sweeping. A point behind at the beginning of the fourth end, China take three stones to move into the lead.

How did you manage to get it to snow on your staircase?