Canada Snowboard – Vancouver, BC –  Another successful X Games Aspen for Team Canada was capped off by yet another double podium performance. In only his second ever X Games Aspen appearance, Tyler Nicholson (North Bay, ON) took home his first ever X Games medal with a silver in Sunday’s Men’s Slopestyle Final.  Mark McMorris (Regina, SK) followed up his impressive Big Air performance and took home his second bronze of the weekend with a score of 87.33. Norway’s Marcus Kleveland took home the gold medal
 
In his second and final run with the pressure on, Nicholson landed an impressive and technical rail section before boosting off the jump features with a cab 1440, switch backside 1260 japan grab, and frontside 1440.
 
Canada was once again well represented in the final, with 5 of the 12 riders coming from the great white north. After winning Friday’s Big Air competition, Max Parrot (Bromont, QC) barely missed out on a podium spot, finishing in 4th. First time X Games participant Mikey Ciccarelli (Ancaster, ON) slid into 10th with Sebastien Toutant (L’Assomption, QC) besting him by a single spot in 9th place.
 
A busy week lies ahead for Canada Snowboard’s national teams with parts of the Big Air and Slopestyle team headed to a Slopestyle World Cup at Mammoth Mountain or Air + Style Innsbruck before converging on the Quebec City Jamboree for a pair of World Cups in Slopestyle and Big Air.
 
Snowboardcross and Alpine snowboard athletes head across the pond to Bankso, Bulgaria for their respective world cup events while the Para snowboard team will compete on home soil at the Big White 2017 World Para Snowboard Championships from February 1-8, 2017.
 
For more information on Canada Snowboard or to schedule and interview with one of our athletes, please contact:

Eric Escaravage
Communications Coordinator
Canada Snowboard
eric.escaravage@canadasnowboard.ca
(613)-862-6532

About Canada Snowboard
Canada Snowboard is the national governing body for snowboarding in Canada. With the support of valued corporate partners like The Canadian Tire Corporation, Mackenzie Financial, FA Design, Burton Snowboards, Zanier Gloves, and Mazda Canada, along with the Government of Canada, Own the Podium,the Canadian Olympic Committee, and the Canadian Paralympic Committee; Canada Snowboard is committed to high performance excellence in FIS World Cup, World Championships, World Snowboard Tour and Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games competition. Canada Snowboard also provides a wide range of programs and support services based on established principles of long-term athlete development. For more information on the services and programs offered by CanadaSnowboard, visit: www.canadasnowboard.ca