Day 4, Part 1 - 7.00am to 10.00am Winter Olympics

This is all about style. One big family. With a creative mentality.

On a blank canvas, a big playground. Experimenting on jumps and on rails.

Bouncing off, to find your own style. It is about expressing

yourself. Don't get me wrong, it is competitive as well. You have too

dead to go big. -- dare/ Good morning. Put your best foot forward,

put your best run down. Stretch yourself to your limit. Make your

mark and make it your own. This is only for the most creative athletes

on snow. This is slopestyle. Good morning. It is a great date in

Sochi. Eight gold medals to be one today. We know weekday mornings are

tough when you are trying to get yourself out of the door. But, throw

into the mix the Winter Olympics and, with it, the possibility of

another British slopestyle medal today. We've just thrown in an extra

degree of difficulty in your Tuesday commute!

Jenny Jones made the medal breakthrough on a snowboard. Now,

18-year-old Katie Summerhayes aims to follow, on skis. This morning,

it's another opening bow for a brand new event. Ski slopestyle is this

morning. One win, one loss yesterday for

Britain's curling boys. Mind you, it was against the world champions.

Today, it's match number three of nine, against Germany.

Whilst we'll suss out the match between two of Eve Muirhead's chief

rivals for gold, it's a repeat of the Vancouver final, between

reigning champions Sweden and Canada.

And, stand by, as the world's best known snowboarder drops in.

America's effortlessly cool Shaun White goes for three in a row, in

the giant halfpipe, today. So, here's how to plan your morning

getaway. Coming up first: Shower quickly. Get

children up. And tell them the women's ski slopestyle semi-finals

are on. For once, they'll be out of their beds like a shot.

Make breakfast. Forget eggs. We recommend instant porridge or

cereal. It's quicker and, as you eat, catch up with two of the golden

favourites in women's curling. Canada and Sweden, at 8.20am.

When nine o'clock comes, don't panic, you're late anyway. So you

might as well settle down, and savour what should be an equally

dramatic debut for ski slopestyle, as we saw in the snowboarding

version. Same course, but a whole new set of

challenges with skis and poles. Katie Summerhayes could be in the

running. By the time that ends at ten

o'clock, face it, you've pulled a sickie. And it'll be time to enjoy a

cuppa, and soak up the slow-burning tension, as Great Britain's men face

the Germans in the Ice Cube. Let us go there right away. Indeed,

there's curling on the go right now over in the Ice Cube Arena. As you

can see, the Canadians are 6-3 up. We know that the snowboard

slopestylers made such a big impression with everyone back home,

especially when Jenny Jones nailed down bronze and a first ever British

medal on snow. Now, those same rails and kickers are going to test the

freestyle skiers. It's tough enough riding one piece of equipment, a

snowboard. But, throw two skis and two poles into the equation, and

that's a lot of moving parts to control! Getting off a chairlift or

a poma will never seem difficult again, once you've seen this.

Welcome to slopestyle if you've never seen it before, this is a

skate park on a hill. Made up of six elements. The first three are rail

sections or man-made objects. The last three are jumps. My

co-commentator will talk you through the first three.

The first element, a choice of five rails. Whilst they will be hitting

it slow, it is technical. The second is about creativity, a choice of

three lines all entwined. The third is the largest section. You have

three choices, the box on the left hand side, the Russian doll in the

middle. On the right-hand side, a curved wall. The key is speed.

Awaiting you is the first of the three jumps.

These are the jumps. Make no mistake, they are massive. Many are

nervous when they see this. Two options, a smaller and larger line.

In comparison to the rails, this is where the acrobatic element comes

in. This puts them in perspective. These are kickers. They are really

wide which means the athletes can carve across and generate rotation.

This is the sixth and final element. Known as the money boot, which winds

you gold. The trick people are looking for is the triple cork. We

will seek spins, four times around, but at the same time riders will be

upside down three times. If you can land a triple cork, you stand a good

chance -- a good chance of standing on the podium. We are pretty

excited. This will blow your mind.

It's time to meet Britain's Olympic debutante in this brand new event.

She's only 18, from Sheffield, and, like Jenny Jones, learned to love

winter sport on a dry ski slope. She's Katie Summerhayes.

Katie Summerhayes, British freestyle skiing. I was six when I first

started skiing in Sheffield. I joined the ski club as something to

do with my family. It was really fun. Freestyle skiing is jumps and

rails together. Three jumps and three rails in one run. You don't

have any rules. You don't know what will happen when someone goes down.

People don't know about slopestyle skiing. That is what is great it

being in the Olympics. People will want to watch it on TV and get

involved. The travelling is the hardest. People say, you are from

England, how can you ski! Just as in the snowboarding version

of slopestyle over the weekend, the competitors have two qualifying runs

in which to make the best possible impression with the judges. And book

their place in the final at nine o'clock. The whole process began a

short while ago, and here's the first run. Tim Warwood and Graham

Bell are in charge. Welcome to the Rosa Khutor extreme

part. We are here for the qualifying rounds of the women's ski slopestyle

competition. Dominique Ohaco. Coming into the

high box. Progressively wider at the end. From Santiago. The first girl

to hit the larger side will stop 25 metres. A switch 540, takes off

backwards, 1.5 spins, lands forwards. The first of the ladies

tackling the big side. She went big on one of them, didn't she? We were

talking before we came an hour, how the judges will pick this. A lot of

the girls will be hitting the smaller side. We have seen Katie

Summerhayes in practice with a switch 1080. Versus a 540 on the

other side. Just how the judges will score that. It should warrant more

points, but on a chip which is not as difficult, it is a hard one. If

you spin more, on a small jump, does that outweigh going less on a big

jump? We will have to try and work it out as we go along.

She takes the lead now. 69.60. It might be OK for a top 12.

Next up for Switzerland, Camilla Berra.

She came off a little early from that rail. Her father was an Alpine

ski racer. It was her brothers who got her into freestyle skiing.

Switch. 540. Yes. A big 720. Dipping the

shoulder. Double front flip! Oh, yes! That was awesome! The double

cannonball. That woke us up. Yes, it certainly did. What a great way to

entertain the crowd this early in the morning. It woke everyone up in

the stands. Coming off that rail early. As we saw with the snowboard,

mistakes aren't going to be taken off the tricks. It penalises the

overall impression. Talking about gold medals in the Olympics, yes,

the double front flip, that was huge. She has two open up there.

That was big. That must have been a 40 metre flight. The 19-year-old

from Switzerland takes the lead in this qualifying round. Devin Logan.

20 years of edge. She came from an Alpine ski racing background. A

confident skier. Fifth in the halfpipe, and fifth in the

slopestyle in the World Championships a couple of seasons

ago. She struggled with injury. Nice style, see the way she held that

when she came off the box, held it at 90 and dropped it in. Really in

control. 540, coming in backwards. Did she miss the grab, switch five?

And a 540, I think it was. Solid, strong skier. It looked like

she had a bit of nerves at the top. She seemed to shake it off.

She held that at 90. Showing the judges she is in a lot of control.

You can already start to see a couple of holes developing, it is

startling -- starting to soften up. It froze last night but not all the

way down. There was a slight drizzle of rain last night in the men's

moguls. It has gone very warm over the last couple of days. Hopefully,

the forecast is for cooler weather coming back in. 540 grab. Grabbing,

your hand on the toe, on the opposite ski. Devon Logan takes

first place. She has come through the big side. She has not had

anything over a couple of 540s. But the judges rewarded the bravado of

those big jumps. The Americans are looking good. And the Canadians are

mounting their challenge now with Dara Howell. A definite medal

contender in this competition. 19 years old. From Ontario in Canada.

Second in the ski slopestyle World Championships last year. She has

some stitches in her nose but it wasn't from the slopestyle course.

She woke up, and a lampshade came crashing down on her face. She is

all right now. A couple of stitches in her nose.

Switch 720, very nice. The landing is starting to get a little bit

bumpy. That was beautiful. She is happy with that. I think we have

just seen our new leader. I am not as keen on the rails. She has a

smile on her face. She went off slightly early. She misses the

grab. I will retract my statement! I do not think it is first place. The

truck driver grabbed his where you used -- grab is where you use both

hands, we saw it in the men's moguls last night. First! Brilliant. Solid

on the relevant. It is pretty much straight. I thought she was going to

use a little bit of side there. Backflip. 720 with a tail grab. Very

nice. 20 years old. Skiing out of Pemberton. The British Columbia and

will hopefully be in contention. That is top 12 for me. Definitely.

Cable calm, getting their money's worth. They have helicopter cams as

well. Third place. Next is Silvia Bertagna from Italy. A possible

contender. 29 years old. Very nice, switching it up, spinning round,

little technical intricacies on the rails are what the judges are

looking for. Nice. A natural 360 two the bottom jump, 720, she holds on.

Good variation. Not much distance. Technically you get the variation,

with the switch. This is the small side. These are not small jumps,

they are 25 m. Fifth place. Katie Summerhayes, representing Team GB.

450 out of the rail. She is arguably one of the best rail riders out of

the ladies. 540 off the butter box. Switch five, nice. Trying to get as

much speed as she can. Nice 720. Good clean run so far. 540 tail

grab. Yes! It looks clean. It looked to me like that was good enough to

get into the top 12 to get through to the final later today. 450 out of

the down rail, it is about spinning on and spinning off these rails. She

got the grabs. That was the Japan. 720. She missed the tail grab. Let

us hope the judges did not see that. I think we are looking at a

score in the mid-70s. There is Jenny Jones, bronze medallist. Katie

Summerhayes could be a dark horse. She did well at the last World Cup.

Second place! , come on. Not bad on the rails. Having said that...

Backflip. She had to open up a little bit early for the line. There

is the zero. How did she manage to land that? Taking off backwards and

landing backwards, that was huge. We are splitting hairs, but this was

nice. Backflip. Japan. Here is the zero. She should have landed at that

point. She is praying. The Canadians are doing very well. Second place.

That pushes Katie Summerhayes down. Kaya Turski is the odds-on

favourite. She lives in California. She is from Montreal. That was not

too clever. She came into the switch to the up rail. She is down. The

favourite for gold taking a hard slam. She was leaning backwards. It

is so slippy. Her legs went from under her. She is back up. Perhaps

she hurt her pride more than anything else. She came down on the

right side, the right elbow, the right shoulder. If you can get

herself back to the top, the physios have a serious amount of work to do

in the next half hour before she can ski again. That was a huge upset.

Katie Summerhayes looking comfortable in third place.

Virtually assured of a final at 9am. If use key, -- you ski, you will

understand how difficult it is going backwards. It is a fascinating

event. We want to introduce you to Britain's mail represents the Venice

event, -- representative in this event, James Woods. That will be

taking place on Thursday. There was a statement saying that Woodsy had a

bad fall in training and the physios have been working very hard and he

undertook some training yesterday and the physio work is ongoing, so

fingers crossed he can compete on Thursday. It is time to meet him.

The flight from London Heathrow is arriving. Find them. I made you a

sign. I'll argue? -- how are you? Welcome to such -- Sochi. There is

the flame. Once you have caught a fish, it has been fished. This is

the centre of the village, but we are going up to the mountains. First

Olympics. Yes, I cannot believe I am here. I went and saw London and it

was great to feel part of it. Uber Team GB, you are part of it. Do you

feel pressure to put your spot on the map or do you think the sport

will do it by itself? I think the sport can speak for itself, but I

think everyone will mash it. I am excited to go and ski. It has been a

few days. Is this it? I do not know what the Russian is for we have

arrived, but we have arrived. Get the team issue caught on. I will

show you where you are living. Thank you for that. Our Russian helper has

told us we are in a broken down gondola. 140m to the river. How

important is the result you? Huge. The Olympics is the top thing in

sport and I know I am capable and I feel really good about what I do, I

am loving it. You can probably see the union

flags, home. That is it! That is wicked.

I feel like sneaking a cheeky look. Can you get into the village? He is

an athlete. We'll go and have a look. That was rather presumptuous

of that lady! Let us get you home, come on! There is, the Union flag.

How does it feel to be representing Team GB? It is huge. It is big deal

to me. I am very patriotic in general. What gives us that

impression? We love that. Good luck. Put it there, big man. Listen, I'm

going to find my way home. You find where you are sleeping. CU. I've

known him since I was 12, it is pretty nuts. A lovely man, very

talented. How good of him to do that straight from the playing after

travelling. Last year, Woodsy became Britain's

first freestyle skiing World Championship medallist for 20 years.

And he's also claimed the overall World Cup title in slopestyle. He is

a genuine contender when the men's event gets underway early in your

morning. First qualifying run is at 6.15am on Thursday, here on BBC Two.

And the final gets going at 9.30. It is all about the women. Katie

Summerhayes did it very good first run, looking good for the final. We

have one more qualifying run. Lying in 12th, she has work to do.

She is on the cusp. Nice and solid. A big tube, a big

rail. 180 on, 540 off. I am not sure if she will be penalised. 360. Into

a big 720. She is already claiming it! She is

happy with that. A much better run. It is very tight.

We appear to have a problem, but Katie Summerhayes in great shape.

Only 18. We will be back to that second run as soon as we can. While

we wait, let me tell you more about Shaun White.

One of the big global draws of these Olympic Games is snowboarding giant

Shaun White. Once known as the Flying Tomato because of his

flowing, red, curly locks, but those have gone. He turned up as a

teenager in Turin, for the halfpipe, and won it. The halfpipe gets going

again today. There is all of snowboarding, and

then there is Shaun White snowboarding.

Love him or hate him, he is a machine.

Shaun White is just Shaun White. I have been doing this for a long

time, it is very funny to say that. Even the guys around my edge, I

started competing maybe ten years before them. I was a pro at 13. At

that point, I'd already had sponsors since I was seven. Everybody was in

their mid-20s at that point, and I was, I have to be better than these

guys. Right off the bat, I was setting the bar pretty high, and had

to be better than these professional guys, fully grown men competing

against me. I had to be better, to learn their chicks and one up it. --

tricks. Do you feel your life is working in

the rhythm of Olympic cycles. After Vancouver, you are building towards

2014? It is hard to describe. I truly

dislike it. And I love it at the same time. It is one of those

things, you don't realise how great it was until it is over. It gives

everything purpose. Today, I woke up, and I chose a healthy breakfast

rather than this because of the Olympics. I figured, oh, I am going

to have an ice bath so my muscles will be great for the next day,

because of the Olympics. Everything has a bigger goal. After my first

Olympics, I didn't know what to do with myself. Literally, while, I did

it. All right! What do you do? Being truthful, I got super depressed, I

didn't know what to do. The next season, I lost my next event, I got

second which was a loss. After the season I had. I didn't know how to

make myself feel the same that I had at the Olympics. It is amazing,

but, yes, I like it that it gives me a lot of purpose. It gives me things

to look forward to. Shaun White unveils the Tomahawk, that is mind

blowing! His second gold medal. He is the ultimate competitor and he

has made it OK to be competitive in snowboarding. Ever since he

arrived, he has been unashamedly out to win. That attitude has split the

world of snowboarding. In a sport which has antiestablishment roots,

winning at all costs doesn't appeal to everyone. It is bizarre to me, it

is a funny sport because it is built around everyone being friends. We

are, we like one another. But if you are entering a competition, you want

to win. If you wanted to go right with your friends... You get to the

bottom, how was your run? I'm just having a great time with my

friends. I swear I said the same thing. It is so easy to say that.

For me, I started to wear my emotions on my sleeve. I started to

speak the truth. I think most riders, I want to say they are

saying the same. They are starting to realise it is OK to want to win

and do that. You are such a competitor. When that they does

come, whether it is two years or 12 years, you have got to accept that

losing is OK. Can you, will you be able to? I wish I could say... I

could truthfully say it would be OK. The only time I am OK with

losing is if I literally put everything on the line. If I went

there and did the best one I could, then I could walk away content. If

someone beats it, they deserve to win. Those are usually the best

moments in my career. Because what happens after that, it is an amazing

thing. I wish it could happen all the time. It would be ridiculous. If

I could just harness that. You have been so successful. Have

you ever felt like it is lonely up at the top?

Yes, within the sport of snowboarding, for sure. It has been

a somewhat lonely scenario. But I never lived in the mountains, I

always left, went home, and I hang around with my friends and family. I

describe myself as very multitasking. I always doing

something different. My biggest passion right now is playing music.

It is so much fun to do. There is competition. The band I play in for

show. I remember feeling pretty nervous, but more excited nervous.

We stepped out on stage. Normally it is me alone on the halfpipe. I

realised, all these guys are with me, this is great. I wasn't carrying

the whole group on my back, everyone was doing their part. I like that.

That has been, that has been an interesting scenario.

Fascinating to see Shaun White admitting finally it is not just

about lifestyle and snowboarding, cruising around with your friends

and having a good time. These guys are finely tuned athletes and

competitive animals. Shaun White will try at 5:30pm, to become the

first American male athlete ever to win the same event three times in a

row at the Winter Games. He is going in the second heat at 12 noon.

Although, if White doesn't get through, it'll be a bigger story

than if he wins the thing again! I think we have sold the technical

gremlins. The second run of the women's ski slopestyle.

Evelin Bhend, she is lying in 12th position. She has work to do. She is

on the cusp. Nice and solid through the flat

down. What a big tube. 181, 540 of. It is actually a rail element so I'm

not sure if she will be penalised. 360.

Into a big 720. And a misty seven to finish things, she is already

claiming it. A much better run. It is very, very tight for this 12th

spot. I think that is going to move higher up a fraction. Perse School

for the first round was 67.20. It is the intricacies, making sure that

you are grabbing your spins properly. Let us be honest. They

weren't grabbed properly. Let us see if she has missed the grab there.

She has done a very clever thing, she has claimed it instantly like

that, to give the impression to the judges she did really well. Will she

improve? Will she have some kind of breathing space?

A lot of it will be depending on whether Kaya Turski can go again.

I hope it was just damaged pride. The weight of expectation, she

promptly cannot believe she has just done that.

Nothing hurts more than a torn ego. I have had if you torn muscles in my

time. Me and you have very fragile egos

that need constant stroking. Sixth place. Safe. She does the fist

pump of I am through! Her team is right in there. The

Swiss team. They are high-fiving each other, congratulating each

other. Devon Logan. Rocking to music. I

think we should get to listen to the music they are listening to.

Devon Logan, lying in fourth place. A switch on the up rail. A little

bit early there. Might not see an improvement here. A switch on.

Holding that. Showing a lot of control. A big 540. The skis were

snapping out. The landings aren't very smooth at all. No, very bumpy.

It is very soft. 540 tail grab. Devin Logan probably not going to

improve on her first score. I think her first run was cleaner. Lifting

one ski. Japan grab. That was the tail grab, nice style putting it

down. She improved by one, but she is still in fourth. She is happy. It

is all about getting into the top 12 at this age. To get an Olympic

medal, you want to be qualifying well. Scraping through in 12th place

is not the ideal way of approaching the competition. Dara Howell from

Canada, 19. She is leading after the first run. She's got 88 -- she

scored 88. Switch seven, nice and solid. Switch five, sorry switch

seven, that should have been a Switch five. She is OK. She is in

first place. She should have had a Switch 540 and that would have set

her up going forward and she over cooked it and she know that. -- she

knew that. She thought she had gone too big so she put the 180 in. You

can see the cut on her nose where the lampshade fail.

Backflip. Who does not love a backflip? She needs this. Nice.

Seven tail grab. That should be good enough to get through into the top

12. She was last after crashing on her first run. Nice and solid.

Backflip. A lot of people love the backflip, however it is not the

highest scoring trick you can do. A lot of iron cross backflips in the

moguls last night.