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Canada's Max Moffatt won gold in skiing slopestyle on Sunday while fellow Canadian Meghan Oldham took silver in the women's event at Seiser Alm, Italy. The medals were the first on the World Cup circuit for both skiers. Moffatt, of Caledon, Ont., scored 83.10 in his best of three final runs. Sweden's Oliwer Magnusson was second […]
Canada’s Mark McMorris is well on his way to repeating as slopestyle champion at the 36th Burton U.S. Open. in Vail, Colo. In Wednesday’s semifinal, Regina’s McMorris vaulted to the top of the standings with an impressive second-run score of 83.85. Norway’s Marcus Kleveland trailed close behind after putting down a score of 82.30 in his opening run. The field in the slopestyle event also included Canadian heavyweights […]
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Associated Press/Lee Jin-man Red Gerard won the first gold medal for the United States at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Gerard, a 17-year-old from Colorado, won in men’s slopestyle snowboarding, beating out two Canadians for the top spot. American teenager Red Gerard has won the first gold medal for the United States at the 2018 Winter […]
Ryan Stassel/Instagram This is one event you definitely won’t want to miss. Ski and snowboard slopestyle sends competitors one at a time down a terrain park constructed out of snow, filled with massive jumps and metal rails. It’s only the second time this event has been showcased on a world stage, as it made its debut […]
For a second straight year, Marcus Kleveland took home gold in the men’s snowboard slopestyle competition at the Winter X Games in Aspen, Colo. The Norwegian edged out Canadians Darcy Sharpe (91.00) and Mark McMorris (90.00) with a second-run score of 93.66. It was Sharpe’s first-ever Winter X Games medal and McMorris’ 15th, as he moved into sole […]
Teal Harle earned his second career World Cup victory by winning the slopestyle final on Sunday at Mammoth Mountain that sealed his spot on Canada’s Olympic freestyle ski team. The Campbell River, B.C., native scored 90.80 on his first run before improving to 94.20 points on the second run. Switzerland’s Andri Ragettli took second (92.60) […]
Click on the video player above now to watch live action from a World Cup slopestyle event in Snowmass Mountain, Colo. Coverage continues on You can also catch more freestyle skiing action on Saturday at 2 p.m. ET on Road to the Olympic Games, our weekly show spotlighting the best high-performance athletes from Canada and around the […]
A group of five, led by Sébastien Toutant and Spencer O’Brien, will join 2014 Olympic bronze medallist Mark McMorris and 2016-17 X Games champion Max Parrot on Canada’s snowboard slopestyle team next month at the Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Laurie Blouin, Tyler Nicholson and Brooke Voigt were the other athletes nominated by the […]
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 […]
