Perhaps not with quite the size of the jumps that they are using in PyeongChang, but it looks like super fun at the very least.

Don’t reckon I’ve seen a sporting event that is such a blend of others and done so successfully.

It’s got a bit of BMX, roller derby, skateboarding and skiing all rolled into one.

If the International Olympic Committee has succeeded at least once in its aim to introduce new events designed to extend the longevity of the Games and Olympism, by capturing the hearts and minds of the younger generations, then surely snowboard cross is it.

Unless of course it’s only attracting older folk who wish they were young again.

The reality is that this is not the only newer event included on the Games program for this purpose but the special beauty of the snowboard cross is that it’s a race – no need for judges’ scores or degrees of difficulty.

This is what sets it apart from so many of the other newcomers.

Even the referee doesn’t seem to have much of a role in applying penalties as they do in the equally helter-skelter short track speed skating.

Each viewer or fan will have their own particular reasons for being attracted or not to one of these newer sports.

For those who prefer objectively determined outcomes, judged sports like aerials, slopestyle and half-pipe will be potentially less attractive.

And in turn perhaps that’s why half-pipe’s best-of-three scores outcome makes it more attractive to those dubious about too much human intervention in determining the winners.

While it’s got a bit of athletics’ field event structure about it, it also means that the judges have to be more accountable for the scoring – for not only are they required to compare athletes against each other, but also each athlete against their own prior run or runs.

It can of course happen in any sport, but the way in which the women’s aerials ended up being determined on Friday night could have left you wondering whether it was the right outcome.

After all the athletes have to now wait another four years for the next chance at an Olympic medal.

Gradually eliminating a portion of the remaining field when proceeding to the next round is not uncommon in sport – it’s been around for years, but when it becomes a case of only those who don’t fall over going forward, then perhaps it’s time for a review.

Not suggesting that competitors should be given chance after chance to land on their feet, but a set-up which ensures the best athletes are given the opportunity to show their best – as in the half-pipe, might make the event more attractive to those who are not rusted-on fans.

Among the tried and true disciplines, the downhill still captivates while others like the two-man luge and curling deliver their own special fascination for the occasional viewer.

Australia’s three medals to date have all come in new age events. This is not surprising – on two counts.

In general we have a pretty good record as a nation in embracing new sports and disciplines within them – women’s pole vault and rugby sevens being two reasonable examples.

But more importantly when it comes to these newer disciplines, we are not so disadvantaged in the case of older winter sports as we are when we are faced with century or more-old cultures and the need for long periods of lots of snow, as is the situation with most of the traditional events on the Winter Games program.

And finally it’s a tad frustrating when so many of the medal events have one athlete who is clearly better than the others and a certainty for the gold medal unless they mess up completely.

But when Australia has someone at the top of the tree – as in the case of Scotty James in the half-pipe, it seems there’s one or two that are up there with him!