In Beijing, Jesper Tjäder got a dream ride directly in the Olympic final.
After two less successful runs, there was a long wait in the finish area.
Should he get a medal?
Would he end up off the podium?
Rider after skier came down after Tjäder - and when the last threat, the Swiss Andri Ragettli, failed, the Olympic bronze was ready.
The 28-year-old, who has also won the World Cup in slopestyle, also had to wait to enter the Guinness Book of Records.
This time, however, it was not about what others did, but the time was filled with experiment after experiment on the 162 meter long rail.
During three days in Åre, he tried a full 127 times - then he managed to master a full 154.49 meters.
"Being a Guinness World Record holder feels great, something you have dreamed of since you were a child.
I knew that this rail would be a tough challenge and I guessed that it would require 525 attempts, but it went smoother than I thought ", he says in a press release.
The former record holder, the American Tom Wallisch, managed about 130 meters.