There have been some decent performances, none more so than snowboarder Carlos Garcia Knight, who finished fifth in the slopestyle event.
But there are still speed skaters, Peter Michael, Reyon Kay and Shane Dobbin in their fancied team pursuit discipline, and halfpipe freeskiers to come.
Before the Games began, New Zealand's chef de mission Pete Wardell was bullish on what lay ahead, tipping a couple of medals to come the country's way.
Given New Zealand's history, he might have been pushing the boat out a touch.
Still, by the end of next week, the pessimism of the previous paragraph may require an uppercut or two being self-administered to the writer for daring to doubt.
There have been some cracking stories unfold, and sleaze, courtesy of American star Shaun White.
The three-time Olympic champion, known by the amiable moniker of the Flying Tomato, may go by other nicknames after allegations of sexual misconduct against him.
There is some truly grubby stuff out there, which won't be reproduced here, surrounding White and his time in his band Bad Things.
This week the charmless snowboarder, sued two years ago by the former drummer of his band, for sending her sexually explicit text messages, described the allegations as "gossip".
Given the world climate over anything to do with sexual harassment, it was a smart alec, witless way to deal with the issue. He did apologise, but the stain will remain.
Anyway (some of) the money in this wallet is on the skating trio and brothers Byron and Beau-James Wells in the freeski halfpipe next Thursday afternoon to deliver. Let's face it, it's about time.