X Games: Max Parrot makes history on the way to big air gold | CBC Sports (2024)

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· Posted: Jan 27, 2017 9:28 PM EST | Last Updated: January 28, 2017

It was quite the day and night for Canada's Max Parrot.

Parrot won the men's snowboard Big Air finalwith a combined two-jump score of 83.00 to edge Norway's Marcus Kleveland by a single point.

Kleveland landed the first quad cork in competition history forcing the Canadian to dip deep into his bag of tricks.

Parrot responded with history of his own landingthe first everquad underflip in competition. It was a feat the other snowboarders couldn't match and beforehis final jump, Parrot had the gold medal wrapped up.

11-time Winter X Gamesmedallist Mark McMorrisadded a bronze to that collection with his third place finish while Montreal's Sebastien Toutantfinished just off the podium in fourth.

​Earlier in the day, Parrot showed why he was the 2014 X Games champion in men's snowboard slopestyle, scoring an 87.00 in his final qualification run to top the field. The Bromont, Que., native finished a disappointing ninth place in last year'scompetition.

Tyler Nicholson, of North Bay, Ont., wasn't too far from his compatriot, scoring an 84.33 in his first run of qualifications to place third while Ancaster, Ont., native Mikey Ciccarelliplaced eighth.

All three snowboarders advanced to Sunday's finals, joining fellow Canadians McMorrisand Toutant who already qualified for Sunday's finals having placed first and second respectively in last year's event.

Bowman wins bronze

Noah Bowman led after the first run of the men's ski superpipe finals with a score of 71.00 but had to settle for bronze after being surpassed by Aaron Blunck of the United States and New Zealand'sMiguel Porteous in their final runs.

It was Bowman's second career Winter X Games medal after picking up a silver in the same discipline at Winter X Games Aspen 2012.

"This was one of the crazier events I've ever seen, a lot of crashes and inconsistent riding," Bowman said. "I'm really happy I was able to put down a run. It was a really good pipe, but so icy and fast. It was really hard to hold on and make it back into the pipe. I wanted to do more in the first run, just based on how it was going, I decided not to do one of my doubles."

Simon d'Artoisof Whistler, B.C.finished ninth.

While, CassieSharpewas the lone Canadian inthe women'sfinal. The Comox, B.C., native finished seventh.

Hoyer wins inaugural event

Canada started off day 2 of the Winter X Games with a pair of medals in the debut of snowbikecross— a racing competition involvingmodified dirt bikes which a feature a ski in place of the front wheel and a snowmobile track instead of a rear wheel.

BrockHoyerof Williams Lake, B.C. won gold in the inaugural event with a time of 14 minutes 15 seconds while fellow CanadianCodyMatechukearned bronze 23 seconds behind.

ReaganSiegofColdstream, B.C. finished in seventh.

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