With her doublecork under her belt, Anna Gasser duly headed to the Olympics. There, she dropped in before she was meant to, giving her coach a chance to become a star in his own right – though not, perhaps in the way he might have anticipated.

Finnish rider Roope Tonteri’s coach did rather better, showcasing snowboarding’s punk rock attitude by doing the least punk thing possible – knitting at the start gate. What a dude!

Nothing says “I don’t give a fuck” like doing something completely unexpected…

Finland’s snowboarding coach #knitting on the slopes. #olympics2014 pic.twitter.com/JPNOlmAIKB

— Grace Wen (@GraceWen) February 10, 2014