Mark McMorris

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Mark McMorris
Personal information
Full name Mark Lee McMorris
Nickname(s) McLovin'[1]
Nationality Canadian
Born (1993-12-09) 9 December 1993
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Residence Regina, SK[2]
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[3]
Weight 72 kilograms (159 lb; 11.3 st)[2]
Website www.markmcmorris.com
Sport
Country Canada
Sport Snowboarding
Event(s)
  • Big Air
  • Slopestyle
Turned pro 2010
Medal record
Competitor for  Canada
Men's snowboarding
FIS Snowboarding World Championships
Silver 2013 Stoneham Slopestyle
Winter X Games
Gold 2012 Aspen Big Air
Gold 2012 Aspen Slopestyle
Gold 2013 Aspen Slopestyle
Silver 2011 Aspen Slopestyle
Silver 2013 Aspen Big Air
Silver 2014 Aspen Slopestyle

Mark McMorris (born 9 December, 1993) is a Canadian snowboarder who specializes in the slopestyle and big air events. He was the first ever to complete a backside triple cork 1440 and won back-to-back gold medals in the 2012 and 2013 Winter X Games in the slopestyle event.[4]

Career

McMorris competed at his first FIS Snowboard World Cup during the 2009–2010 season placing eighth in the big air event in Quebec City.[5] He followed up with a World Cup victory in slopestyle in Calgary.[6]

At the Winter X Games XV in Aspen, Colorado, he won a silver medal in the slopestyle competition finishing behind fellow Canadian Sebastien Toutant.[7] He also won the 2011 World Snowboard Tour's Air & Style competition beating out Peetu Piiroinen, Werner Stock, and Nils Arvidsson in the final.[8] McMorris is the first person in X Games history to score a 98.00 in snowboard slopestyle.[9] McMorris achieved the score while defending his title in his final run at the 2013 Winter X Games.[10] The medal had completed a double podium performance at the games where McMorris had also won the silver with a sterling performance in the big air competition. This all occurred just several days after he won his first ever medal when he placed second at the 2013 FIS World Championships.[11]

In the 2014 Winter X Games, McMorris placed 2nd behind fellow Canadian Max Parrot in the Slopestyle event. McMorris' hopes of a 3rd consecutive gold medal were dashed when he crashed and fractured a rib during the 3rd and final run of the event.[12] Despite the injury, McMorris is still planned on competing in the Winter Olympics in Sochi.[13] As McMorris arrived in Sochi he said he felt remarkably good, stating "The amount of progress I've made since I broke my rib on Saturday has been unexplainable. I didn't believe I could be on this path, going this fast. At the same time, walking around an airport is different than going snowboarding and taking impact."[14]

Personal

McMorris was born in Regina, Saskatchewan and is the son of Saskatchewan provincial politician Don McMorris, a grain farmer, and Cindy McMorris, a nurse.[15][4] His older brother, Craig McMorris, is also a professional snowboarder.[16] McMorris attended Dr. Martin LeBoldus High School.[citation needed] McMorris also competed in wakeboarding before devoting himself to snowboarding. He has several tattoos, including one of sheaves of wheat representing the province of Saskatchewan.[15]

References

  1. ↑ Dean, Josh (January 31, 2013). "The Next Shaun White?". Rolling Stone (1175): 24. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Mark McMorris Profile – Bio". ESPN. Archived from the original on 2012-07-20. 
  3. ↑ "Profile". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2014-01-25. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Regina snowboarder wows fans with trick". CBC.ca. 8 March 2011. Archived from the original on 8 March 2011. 
  5. ↑ "Korpi caps gold weekend at World Cup". Postmedia News. 24 January 2010. Archived from the original on 8 March 2011. 
  6. ↑ Meyers, Sean (30 January 2010). "McMorris wins slopestyle gold". Postmedia News. Archived from the original on 9 March 2011. 
  7. ↑ MacDonald, Nancy (1 November 2011). "Canada’s queen of the slopes". Maclean's. Archived from the original on 9 March 2011. 
  8. ↑ Larsen, Melissa (7 February 2011). "TTR 6 Star Billabong Air & Style Innsbruck won by second-place Winter X slopestyle winner Mark McMorris". ESPN. Archived from the original on 9 March 2011. 
  9. ↑ Slater, Craig (28 January 2013). "Regina snowboarder Mark McMorris wins two medals at Winter X-Games in Aspen". Regina Leader-Post. Archived from the original on 28 January 2013. 
  10. ↑ "Mark McMorris wins gold at X Game". CBC Sports. January 26, 2013. 
  11. ↑ "Canada nabs gold, silver in slopestyle events at snowboard worlds". CBC Sports. January 18, 2013.  In the 2013 Winter X Games he placed first in the slopestyle event, with the first ever backside triple cork 1440 ever thrown in the Winter X Games. He beat out pro snowboarder Shaun White, who placed in 5th during the 2013 Winter X Games
  12. ↑ Colin Bane. "Mark McMorris breaks rib". ESPN. Retrieved 2014-01-29. 
  13. ↑ "Mark McMorris faces uphill battle to recover in time for Olympics". CBC Sports. January 27, 2014. 
  14. ↑ "Mark McMorris, snowboarder, feels "pretty good" despite broken rib". CBC Sports. January 31, 2014. 
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Branch, John (September 15, 2013). "‘Like a Hurricane in the Air': Mark McMorris, Olympic Snowboarding Gold Contender". The New York Times. pp. SP1. Retrieved September 15, 2013. 
  16. ↑ "Feature Footy: Mark and Craig McMorris". Snowboard Canada. 

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