Tag: Parrot

18 JAN

Canadian snowboarder Max Parrot reveals he has cancer

Canadian Olympic snowboarder Max Parrot announced on Thursday he has been diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma. Parrot, a 24-year-old from Bromont, Que., captured slopestyle silver at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. He was diagnosed with the cancer on Dec. 21, 10 days after undergoing a biopsy. The five-time X Games champion also announced he […]

16 AUG

DNA reveals ancient parrot breeder supplied US Southwest peoples

Enlarge / Chaco Canyon ruins in New Mexico. (credit: Erik Terdal / Flickr) Lots of macaw parrot skeletons and feathers have turned up at human settlements in the southwestern US and northwestern Mexico dating back to at least 900 CE. Given that these sites are at least 1,000 kilometers north of the bird’s natural range, […]

26 MAR

Win A Parrot Mambo FPV Mini Drone

We’re giving away a Parrot Mambo FPV Mini Drone to one of our beloved readers. Discover the universe of drones by immersing yourself into an FPV flight experience like no other! This tiny drone can fit in the palm of your hand, but make no mistake it packs a punch! For your chance to win this […]

25 MAR

Canada's Max Parrot caps World Cup season with big air gold in Quebec City

Max Parrot finished his World Cup season in style with a win in his home province. The native of Bromont, Que., took home gold in the snowboarding big air event in Quebec City on Saturday. Canadian Max Parrot scored a fantastic 98.50 in his final jump of the night to secure the top spot on […]

27 FEB

Parrot app automatically edits your drone videos

Drone videos can be spectacular, but editing them? Not so much — don’t be surprised if you spend hours cutting 10 minutes of footage into something worth watching. Parrot thinks there’s a better way. It’s adding a Flight Director feature to its FreeFlight Pro mobile app (for Android and iOS) that automatically edits your drone […]

27 JAN

Max Parrot flies to 3rd straight snowboard big air gold at Winter X Games

Max Parrot mimicked his winning performance from last year to grab gold in snowboard big air at the 2018 Winter X Games in Aspen, Colo. For the second year in a row, the Cowansville, Que., native edged Norway’s Marcus Kleveland to finish atop the podium. For the third year in a row, he won gold. Parrot ended with 75 points, […]

10 JAN

RT under fire because it ‘gives a voice to critics of US system while MSM parrot govt line’

In the aftermath of the CBS interview with our Editor-in-Chief Margarita Simonyan, RT asked several analysts to give their views about why the news network is so feared – and vilified – in the US. After CBS aired its interview with Editor-in-Chief Simonyan in early January, social media users took opposing sides over whether they […]

17 DEC

O'Brien, Parrot soar to double gold in snowboard slopestyle at Dew Tour

Canadian snowboarder Max Parrot waited at the bottom of the Dew Tour slopestyle course on Saturday as seven other riders took their turns down the track. One by one, they failed to best his 97 points, and Parrot could finally celebrate a long-awaited accomplishment. The 23-year-old from Bromont, Que., won the men’s slopestyle event in […]

06 DEC

Mark McMorris and Max Parrot: Best of frenemies

Mark McMorris and Max Parrot aren’t exactly rivals, but they’re not best friends either. The Canadians are two of of the world’s best snowboarders, and both are medal favourites heading into the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. But that’s just about where the similarities between the two end, according to McMorris. “He takes more […]