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<p>Now working his sixth Olympic Games, American snowboarding commentator Todd Richards has seen his fair share of world-class action.</p>
<p>A snowboarder himself at the 1998 Winter Games in Nagano, Richards has garnered a reputation as one of the top analysts in the sport, given that he&#8217;s gotten the chance to call so many high-profile events.</p>
<p>But after calling the women&#8217;s slopestyle final on Wednesday, Richards took to Instagram to give a passionate rant against the event&#8217;s judging.</p>
<p>&#8220;That was the worst judging I&#8217;ve ever seen at an event, ever,&#8221; Richards said. &#8220;You guys blew it&#8230; you absolutely flipping blew it.&#8221;</p>
<p>Mari Fukada and Kokomo Murase of Japan won gold and bronze, while  Zoi Sadowski-Synnott of New Zealand picked up second place. But Richards argued that other riders attempted harder tricks and didn&#8217;t land on the podium, while Fukada was rewarded for sticking with safer but relatively easy tricks for experienced snowboarders.</p>
<p>&#8220;I think if you&#8217;re talking about setting snowboarding back, great job,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;That was terrible&#8230; absolute sh** judging.&#8221;</p>
<p>The caption of his post wasn&#8217;t exactly much kinder.</p>
<p>&#8220;On what planet does two 720’s win a gold in 2026? What the actual flying f***? Moronic&#8230; it’s the Olympics, this event can change people&#8217;s lives. &#8221;</p>
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<p>Richards also had pointed comments about the men&#8217;s slopestyle scoring.</p>
<p>&#8220;The judging was all over the place&#8230; what the heck is going on?&#8221; he shared in another <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DU5hkQiDeM0/?hl=en">Instagram video.</a> posted after the men&#8217;s final.</p>
<p>This isn&#8217;t the first time that Richards has made headlines during the Olympics. Earlier in the Milano Cortina Games, the veteran announcer was caught on a hot mic suggesting that the <a href="https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/olympics-broadcaster-brutally-honest-hot-mic-moment-snowboarding" target="_blank">big air men&#8217;s snowboarding event</a> was &#8220;boring&#8221;.</p>
<p>But with the snowboarding competitions now wrapped for these Olympics, it seems like his next viral moment will have to wait.</p>
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Now working his sixth Olympic Games, American snowboarding commentator Todd Richards has seen his fair share of world-class action.