Mark
McMorris
Canada
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Snowboarding
Date of birth | 9 December 1993 |
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Place of birth | Regina, Saskatchewan |
Age | 32 |
Nationality | Canada |
Career start | 2011 |
Disciplines | Snowboard Backcountry / Snowboard Slopestyle / Snowboard Big Air |
It all started for Mark McMorris on the slopes of Calgary, where he and his brother, Craig, cut their teeth in skiing and snowboarding during family holidays. Mark joined the Saskatchewan Snowboard Team at the age of 11 and soon began competing in rail jams and slopestyle contests around Canada.
In 2009, at the age of 15, Mark competed in his first FIS World Cup snowboard contest and his first Burton U.S. Open. Then he secured spots on the podium at nearly every contest he entered. At his first X Games appearance, in Aspen, Colorado, in 2011, Mark earned a silver medal in Slopestyle and fourth place in Big Air.
Mark McMorris prepares for action at Jackson Hole
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Unwinding at Mammoth Mountain
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Tearing up a slopestyle course in the Swiss Alps
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Carving powder in Aspen
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