Photos: Big Air comes to SunTrust Park

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Photos: Big Air comes to SunTrust Park

Going airborne: Snowboarder competitor Reira Iwabuchi hits a jump during the women's qualification round Friday at the Visa City Big Air FIS Snowboard World Cup at SunTrust Park.

Snowboarder Melissa Peperkamp is unable to maintain her balance after landing a jump during the women's qualification round Friday at the Visa City Big Air FIS Snowboard World Cup at SunTrust Park.

12/20/2019 -- Atlanta, Georgia -- A massive ski slope sits in the middle of SunTrust Park field during the Visa City Big Air presented by Land Rover FIS Snowboard World Cup at SunTrust Park in Atlanta, Friday, December 20, 2019. The jump holds eight hundred tons of manufactured snow. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

12/20/2019 -- Atlanta, Georgia -- Snowboarder Dave Retzlaff gets some air during the men's qualification round at the the Visa City Big Air FIS Snowboard World Cup at SunTrust Park in Atlanta, Friday, December 20, 2019. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

12/20/2019 -- Atlanta, Georgia -- Participants in the men's snowboard competition walk to the lift during practice before the qualification round at the Visa City Big Air presented by Land Rover FIS Snowboard World Cup at SunTrust Park in Atlanta, Friday, December 20, 2019. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

12/20/2019 -- Atlanta, Georgia -- Before the start of the second qualifying heat of the men's snowboard competition, a worker tends to the snow at the bottom of the ski-slope at SunTrust Park in Atlanta, Friday, December 20, 2019. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

12/20/2019 -- Atlanta, Georgia -- Supporters cheer after a men's snowboarder landed his jump during the qualification round of the Visa City Big Air FIS Snowboard World Cup at SunTrust Park in Atlanta, Friday, December 20, 2019. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

12/20/2019 -- Atlanta, Georgia -- Snowboarder Isak Ulstein gets some air during the men's qualification round at the Visa City Big Air FIS Snowboard World Cup at SunTrust Park in Atlanta, Friday, December 20, 2019. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

12/20/2019 -- Atlanta, Georgia -- Snowboarder Enzo Valax gains momentum while coming down the slope as he practices before the men's qualification round during the Visa City Big Air FIS Snowboard World Cup at SunTrust Park in Atlanta, Friday, December 20, 2019. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

12/20/2019 -- Atlanta, Georgia -- Snowboarder Seppe Smits is unable to land a jump during the men's qualification round at the the Visa City Big Air FIS Snowboard World Cup at SunTrust Park in Atlanta, Friday, December 20, 2019. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

12/20/2019 -- Atlanta, Georgia -- Snowboarder Enzo Valax gets some air during the men's competition at the Visa City Big Air FIS Snowboard World Cup at SunTrust Park in Atlanta, Friday, December 20, 2019. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

12/20/2019 -- Atlanta, Georgia -- Snowboarder Dave Retzlaff (right) walks to the lift during practice before the qualification round at the Visa City Big Air presented by Land Rover FIS Snowboard World Cup at SunTrust Park in Atlanta, Friday, December 20, 2019. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

Snowboarder Urska Pribosic gets some air during the women's qualification round Friday at the Visa City Big Air FIS Snowboard World Cup at SunTrust Park.

Snowboarder Klaudia Medlova (left) (16) receives praise after landing her second jump during the women's qualification round Friday at the Visa City Big Air FIS Snowboard World Cup at SunTrust Park.

Hailey Langland lands a jump during the women's qualification round Friday at the Visa City Big Air FIS Snowboard World Cup at SunTrust Park.

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Going airborne: Snowboarder competitor Reira Iwabuchi hits a jump during the women's qualification round Friday at the Visa City Big Air FIS Snowboard World Cup at SunTrust Park.

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