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Laurent Salino/Agence Zoom/Getty Images Ester Ledecka made history at the Winter Olympics, becoming the first athlete to ever medal in both Alpine skiing and snowboarding events at the same games. Ledecka’s run began with her shocking upset win in ladies’ Super-G, an event in which she had never placed higher than 29th. Just before the […]
Mike Schultz was a professional snowmobile racer, and a damn good one at that. But in 2008, his life’s course took a turn after a competition accident shattered his left knee and left him clinging to life. When his injuries began causing his kidneys to shut down, doctors decided to amputate the leg just above […]
With elite athletes competing in the Olympic debut of Big Air in Pyeongchang, South Korea, expect to see more attempts of the quad cork 1800. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a4d5338de2e207ce88e23b4/master/pass/0218-WI-APCORK-01_sq.jpg
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 […]
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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, […]
The Canadian Olympic Committee and Canada Snowboard officially announced the 13 athletes nominated to represent Team Canada in snowboard cross, halfpipe and parallel giant slalom at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. They join the seven athletes previously nominated to compete in slopestyle and big air. The athletes were selected based on their performances in World […]
If social media was as prevalent in 2006 as it is now, Sebastien Toutant may have been a household name years ago. It was then a 13-year-old Toutant introduced himself to the snowboard world by winning his first pro big air event. Showing off an assortment of tricks that even his older competitors had trouble completing, it was […]
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 […]
