The United States Got Its First 2018 Winter Olympic Gold Courtesy Of 17-Year-Old Snowboarder Red Gerard

The United States got its first gold medal of the 2018 Winter Olympics on Saturday, winning gold in snowboarding slopestyle.

Red Gerard, a 17 year old making his Olympic debut, went from last place to first on his final run to take the gold, a thrilling finish to one of the Olympics’ highlight events.

Gerard the youngest person to ever win an Olympic gold in snowboarding. Things weren’t looking good for Gerard early on, as he messed up his first attempt and fell on his second run, meaning he would need a massive final run to medal. His third run was perfect, though, and judges gave him an 87.15, good for first place ahead of Canada’s Mark McMorris.

The Canadian had one more chance to take back first place, but he under-rotated and crashed out. Max Parrot, another Canadian, got the silver with 86.00, which gave Gerard the win.

The best part was him getting so excited he cursed on live TV, and NBC had to apologize for his slip.

Leslie Jones sure seems amped up over the win, too.

And Gus Kenworthy, who won silver in men’s skiing slopestyle at the 2014 Olympics, shouted out the new champ on Twitter.

Also let’s pause for a moment and show off the US Snowboarding team’s insanely cool uniforms, which were designed with NASA’s iconography in mind.

Now that’s how you celebrate.