Maisie Hill was thrilled to bounce back from big air disappointment and finally land a clean run to close out her maiden Olympics.
None of the three British snowboarders in action on Sunday were able to progress to the finals of the slopestyle event, with a surprise exit for X Games champion Mia Brookes after she was unable to land her runs in Italy, and a 27th place finish for Txema Mazet-Brown in the men's event.
Following her first event not quite going the way she had imagined, Hill returned for the slopestyle event and despite falling on her first run, landed all of her tricks to put down the clean run she hoped for to finish 21st overall with a score of 48.66.
"I'm just so happy to have landed," she said.
"After Big Air didn't really go my way, just really stoked to have landed something.
"My first run I didn't land, and then I knew I had to put something down now, like I had to.
"I rode really well this morning in practice, couldn't really do it now, but I'm just really proud of myself."
Brookes was one of the favourites coming into the competition, having clinched snowboard slopestyle gold in the event at just 16-years-old to become the youngest snowboard world champion in history.
But under the Italian sunshine, she fell on her first run and then put down a shaky final jump on her second that was only enough for a score of 56.53, putting her outside the top 12.
Hill added: "Yeah, that's really unfortunate. But she'll come back because she's so young."
The snowboard slopestyle competition had been moved from Monday to Sunday due to the rolling clouds that are descending onto the Livigno peaks.
It meant the riders had one less day of preparation and Hill, who recovered from a life-threatening horror crash in 2023 to take her place at the Games, admitted that it was evident after the qualifying round.
"We didn't really have a lot of training," she said.
"They moved the event and we were supposed to have another day so I wasn't really ready, but still really happy to have put something down."
Mazet-Brown made a strong start to the rail sections but a disappointing few jumps, including being forced to miss out his final one entirely, saw him only clinch a score of 22.26 to sit 24th.
With one run to go, Mazet-Brown knew he needed something special to make his maiden Olympic final.
Once again it was his cab 12 that left him struggling, almost landing the jump but catching the tail and falling on his second run for no improvement and to finish in 27th overall.
"I'm pretty bummed on the riding today," he said. "I think it was there for sure, just missing the final pieces.
"I didn't really expect the fall at all. I think I was just a bit heavy on the toes and then it all happened really quickly.
"It's going to take some time to reflect, but I will definitely move now, on as hard as it will be, and focus on the next thing.
"I'm happy with the riding, but just the final pieces weren't there."
When Mazet-Brown dropped into the big air on Day -1 in Livigno, his little brother looked on beaming with pride, and tears, at his older sibling made his Olympic debut.
His family were back again to watch his in the snowboard slopestyle in Italy, and despite his disappointment in the performance, he took solace in knowing that they were at the end of every run.
“It's been super nice, because at most events they wouldn't be there,” he said. “It's super cool to have them there and see them in between events."