With two previous Golds to his name, four-time event medalist, the Sports Syndicate's Torstein Horgmo opened the Snowboard Big Air competition with its first triple. But in the waning minutes, the 25-year-old Norwegian scored a perfect 50-point run with a switch backside triple cork 1440, the first ever landed in competition, to claim the Gold. "I can't believe it," Horgmo said. "I tried it a week ago and I thought I'd give it a shot here. Any of the other podiums I've been on ever, this was the best one for sure. This was the craziest level of riding that I've ever been a part of." The Sports Syndicate's Mark McMorris also nailed a critical triple on his final hit of the night, a cab triple underflip 1440, a trick he had never tried before Friday night, and no one has ever landed in competition before. The judges awarded him with a score of 48, which was not enough to overtake Horgmo, but allowed him to nab the Silver medal. "Torstein is a boss! What can I say," McMorris said of his friend's victory. "He just absolutely changed the game of snowboarding, and I'm very, very glad I could be a part of it." McMorris's final triple tied his score at 94 with Horgmo, but it was the Norwegian's next-best score that flawless 50-pointer that broke the tie. McMorris also defended his 2012 Gold medal in Slopestyle, posting that event's top two scores and winning with his third-run 98.00, the highest score in X Games Slopestyle history. McMorris raised the bar when he could have coasted down the course on a victory lap. He added a difficult cab double cork 1260 to his last run, which bumped his score from 94.66 to 98.00. "I came here to do the cab 12 and I just felt like it needed to be done," McMorris said. "The course was too good not to do that run. I'm so glad it's over," said McMorris, "I proved myself the way I wanted to and I'm just a happy camper. I landed a run I don't think I've ever done, really." Congrats to both Torstein and Mark on their dominance on the mountain at X Games Aspen 2013!
Mark McMorris Winning Run - Snowboard Slopestyle Final
