KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia — Kent Callister accomplished his goal for the 2014 Winter Olympics.

The 18-year-old from Bend finished ninth in the men’s snowboard halfpipe event Tuesday at the Sochi Games.

Callister had said coming into the Olympics that his goal was to “throw in some new tricks and hopefully make the finals.”

Competing for Australia, Callister fell during his first run of the finals, netting a score of 40. On his second run, he lost some momentum in the bottom of the pipe on one of his final tricks and finished with a score of 68.5.

Callister, who has dual citizenship because his father is Australian, finished third in the semifinals with a score of 79.5. He posted an impressive score of 87 in qualification earlier Tuesday to advance to the semifinals.

Forty snowboarders started the day in the qualifying round, and 12 advanced to the finals.

Iouri Podladtchikov of Switzerland claimed the gold medal with a second-run score of 94.75 in the finals. Ayumu Hirano of Japan won the silver medal with a 93.5, and his teammate Taku Hiraoka took the bronze with a 92.25.

Two-time Olympic champion Shaun White of the United States failed to reach the medal stand, finishing fourth with a second-run score of 90.25.

Callister finished ahead of the two other U.S. riders in the final, as Danny Davis was 10th and Gregory Bretz placed 12th.

After honing his halfpipe prowess at Mt. Bachelor ski area while growing up in Bend, Callister was invited to join the U.S. Snowboarding Rookie halfpipe team in 2012. But he chose to go with the Aussies, figuring he had a better chance of reaching his first Olympics because the U.S. team is so stacked with talent.

Not only did he qualify for the Games, he also reached the Olympic final and finished in the top 10. Two other Australian halfpipe competitors, Nathan Johnstone and Scotty James, did not advance to the finals.

Halfpipe snowboarders are judged on the difficulty, execution and amplitude of the aerial tricks they perform as they soar in and out of the pipe.