NBC Sports broadcaster Todd Richards has addressed the hot mic moment in which he described the men’s snowboard big air final at the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics as “boring.”
“That was boring, that was so boring. I thought the qualifiers were better,” viewers heard the snowboarding legend tell co-host Todd Harris during the live broadcast on NBC Sports.
After the comment went viral on social media, Richards shared a video on Instagram to admit he did think “the qualifiers were better” and “more exciting,” pointing to their “drama” and different creative tricks and spins. “In the final? A lot of people fell and a lot of people truly did the same trick,” he added.
Watch the full video on Instagram.
Richards stressed his comments were not a criticism of the athletes themselves.
