Canada’s Parrot and McMorris on snowboard big air podium at X Games
ASPEN, Colo. — Canadian teammates Max Parrot and Mark McMorris earned gold and bronze respectively in the men’s snowboard big air competition on Friday at the X Games.
Parrot, from Bromont, Que., beat Norway’s Marcus Kleveland by a single point 83 to 82 in the total standings to take gold. McMorris, from Regina, was third with 73.
“I definitely felt a lot of pressure this week because I won a gold medal last year and I wanted to back it up this year,” said Parrot. “It wasn’t an easy final, all the athletes were killing it. It was really hard.”
Montreal’s Sebastian Toutant was fourth with 67 points.