{"id":478705,"date":"2026-02-16T15:12:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T15:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/478705\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T15:12:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T15:12:13","slug":"how-snowboard-cross-became-a-thing-at-olympics-nbc-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/478705\/","title":{"rendered":"How snowboard cross became a thing at Olympics \u2013 NBC New York"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For those unfamiliar, snowboard cross is one of the coolest Olympic events.<\/p>\n<p>With thrilling passes, chaotic crashes, and dramatic photo finishes, snowboard cross has been one of the Winter Olympics&#8217; most exciting events since it first appeared on the program in 2006.<\/p>\n<p>Four to six athletes race simultaneously down a narrow course filled with obstacles. Like NASCAR drivers on snowboards, there&#8217;s a fascinating jockeying for position. <\/p>\n<p>Following the Daytona 500, take a look at the best snowboard cross highlights and crashes &#8212; with NASCAR sound effects, because why not?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For those unfamiliar, snowboard cross is one of the coolest Olympic events. With thrilling passes, chaotic crashes, and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":478706,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[156316,49,48,634,82],"class_list":["post-478705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-2026-milan-cortina-olympics","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nascar","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=478705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/478706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=478705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=478705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=478705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}