Snowboarder Sage Kotsenburg won a gold medal in the brand new slopestyle event, bringing the U.S. its first gold medal of the Sochi Winter Games.

The win, as well as the entire Olympic experience, was a big surprise for Sage seeing as he was the very last man to be added to the team.
 

The Big Win

Kotsenburg laid down an almost flawless first run to win the first gold medal of the Sochi Games as snowboarding slopestyle made a spectacular Olympic debut on Saturday.

Kotsenburg’s run, the third of the day, earned him 93.50 points, which proved enough to make him a surprise champion in a low-scoring contest where judges favored stylists over big jumpers.

In a news conference on Saturday afternoon, Kotsenburg told reporters his win felt surreal.