Snowboarder McMorris edges Parrot for gold in big air at World Cup
QUEBEC — Snowboarder Mark McMorris of Regina edged defending champion and fellow Canadian Max Parrot for the gold medal in big air at a World Cup event on Saturday.
McMorris, who won bronze in slopestyle at the Sochi Olympics in 2014, scored 189.50 points to secure his third career big air World Cup gold.
Parrot of Bromont, Que., was second with 184.75 points while Russia’s Anton Mamaev scored 174.75 points to finish third.
The Quebec City event served as the final stop of the first ever big air Super Series, a tour within the World Cup tour. McMorris and Parrot wrapped up the six-stop season with 2,600 points but McMorris, who finished with one more victory than Parrot, earned the Crystal Globe as the series winner.