Maxence Parrot

Maxence Parrot
Personal information
Nationality Canadian
Born (1994-06-06) 6 June 1994
Cowansville, Quebec
Residence Bromont, Quebec
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Weight 75 kg (165 lb)[1]
Sport
Country Canada
Sport Snowboarding
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals 2014

Maxence Parrot (born June 6, 1994) is a Canadian snowboarder. Born and raised near the Bromont ski area in the province of Québec, Canada. His father was an alpine ski racer national hopeful and Canadian waterski Champion. Max Parrot has made snowboarding history four times. In 2013 he laid down the first Backside Triple Cork ever seen in an X Games Sloplestyle event. In 2014, Max was the first to land consecutive Triple jumps in a Slopestyle run at the X Games. In April 2015, Max flawlessly performed the very first Cab Quadruple Underflip 1620. In January 2016, he brought the Cab 1800 Triple Cork into competition at X Games in Aspen, earning him his second Big Air gold medal. He competes in slopestyle and represented Canada in this event at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Parrot has won a gold and silver medal each in both slopestyle and the big air events at the Winter X Games.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Profile". Snowboarding Canada. Retrieved 2014-01-09.
  2. "Mark McMorris breaks rib in X Games slopestyle final". CBC Sports. January 25, 2014.

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