Canada’s Max Parrot pushes snowboarding envelope in different direction
Quads and triples are sexy in snowboarding, but Maxence Parrot has landed an unprecedented double that could come in handy when Big Air makes its Winter Olympic debut in 2018.
Fatigue was setting in for both Parrot and his videographer when the 22-year-old from Bromont, Que., nailed a double backside rodeo on his 11th attempt of the day on Oct. 20 in Saas Fee, Switzerland.
Parrot launched off the jump backwards spinning clockwise four times (1,440 degrees) while reverse flipping twice. The Canadian was the first man to execute it.
The YouTube video posted a week later could come with a language warning as Norwegian snowboarder Torgeir Bergrem admired Parrot’s feat with profanity.