Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle: FULL BROADCAST | X Games Aspen 2018

welcome to progressions playground it's day three of X Games Aspen twin city for the cheap slopestyle course it's the men snowboard slopestyle final Brandon Graham alongside Canadian heartthrob Craig McMorris and the third member of our field Kroy Corbin Harris excuse me out on the course today Craig this is one of our favorites because we see innovation we see creativity we see tricks we've never seen before year after year preach Brando preach I look forward to this day every single year it's your Christmas this is my Christmas by New Year's and you know what it's my Thanksgiving too because I got a thanks to these riders for going for it in day and day out on this beautiful slopes of course yeah we've got a heavy roster headlined by some big names including those two right there are defending gold medalists on the right 18-year old Marcus Cleveland and your little brother Mark McMorris trying to regain the top spot this is of an event he's won bow so many times now the interesting thing here is the podium from last year did not have to compete in the slopestyle qualifier so these two we have not seen what they could throw down on the slopes of course yet very good point who will be joining those two we see now in our eight-man final of course Tyler Nicholson was our silver medalist last year he also pre qualifies how about red Girard first top ranked qualifier from a couple of days ago red Girard is like a fine wine as he gets older he just gets better and better I'm gonna start calling him Rouge that's good to know it's not even enough to drink and of course you dono in search of his very first slopestyle that hard to believe he's been so good at biggera never met the sister got all the tricks passed best result for you kiddo toe was outside of the top ten that's silly so he's already ahead today because only eight guys in the field his finish today will be his best slopes on result which is just mind-blowing because he's got triples two different ways he's got a backside 1980 quadruple cork I don't think we're gonna see that today but he is capable look at this crowd invading buttermilk mount and it's a fan favorite this coffee year-after-year a look at our format for today we've got eight riders are getting three runs each single best score counts overall impression now what that means is the judges want to see you ride this course uniquely with extremely difficult or technical tricks and while you do all that they want to see you perform it or execute it perfectly and what of course this is Craig a little bit of a departure from what we've seen I love this course I had the pleasure of riding practice in the rail section up top forces these riders to slow down gives them so many options and the ability to get extremely technical you'll see a lot of different line choices this first rider to drop in twenty-one-year-old out of Tokyo Japan making his seventh X Games appearance Yukiko doto regular footed rider dropping in with that left foot forward switching up here going to the half on that first down rail you can coming in hot with a podium finish last night big air so he's got a lot of momentum but he needs to bring it to that slope horse needs a full pool especially if that first router you want to set that benchmark score if you will going it snap 1080 on that she takes off switched land switch three formations that goes absolutely out of the ballpark trying to go right over that fence switch backside triple sixteen on that middle jump if he would have landed that it's crazy to think at 21 years old making a seven thick sub-games appearance I still feel like when you watch Yuki he's so good but there's still some sort of untapped potential with him that we're yet to see I couldn't say it better it's consistency when it comes to you we've seen him blow mines do stuff we've never seen before and then we'll see him come out and not make a final or outside of the top ten so if Yuki is just coming down three runs in the slopestyle final run one first rider throw that one away and of course he's been here before twenty-six point six six go talk to me that first one to drop in Saturday funds so here's Kyle back making his fourth scheme he looked really good it looks good the face of this board is also yellow we cannot say for sure but we assume that his favorite cool clothes on would be yellow cow back was riders s gonna take advantage of these top sections this tactical rail line 180 in a backside switchbacks at 60 puts it down perfectly this disregard may be one speed check that is how Mac did that on that double Michael Chuck go in front one switch tail press switch backside 360 out but this is where he went down Brando double Michael Chuck made famous by Canadian Mike Michael chocolate and what happened with Kyle there yet way too much air so we start doing frontside rotation you want to laugh with that right foot board and to take off with her right foot board again each of these guys getting three cracks out on this course Chris morning 18 years old making his X Games debut has made a lot of noise this winter in other contests he came correct and qualifiers this guy did not just come here to get to the finals he expects to get on the code he's got the tricks can he cleaned it up on the rails Wow have one a backside 360 out 50/50 frontside 360 I'm grabbing a little bit of melon at that front hand on the hillside edge the backside to set Lee so far so good for Chris pouring out of Silverthorne Colorado [Applause] switch I really appreciate the style trying to bus it around 60 or 1440 they have to really get going and Chris Corning falling on that second job there now there was some speed concerns on this course yesterday when the ladies hit it in fact a couple dropped because they weren't sure about that seeing no after-effects here today the men are normally a little bit bigger than the women so if you have more weight on the snowboard you can carry a lot more speed the other thing that was affecting the women was that fresh snow that was worked into the course and there was definitely some itches oh yeah Ralph all overnight for sure here in Aspen and it was not snowing last night so that fresh snow was worked in and the course is running extremely fast a 31 for Chris Corning and he's temporarily putting him into first place now in his third X Games appearance out of British Columbia to one point rolled Darcy sharp Darcy sharp pulled out of the big air event last night due to ankle issues he has been battling six now and he knows that he has a much better attempt or better shot and this is the reason why he is best rail riders in this field Dali fretboard same way out that was real pretty the nuances of the knowledge and take off on that front foot was Tony Hawk pro skater s that was that really was and we'll tab over to on that whole monster on the camera switch backside 1260 from Darcy sharp what a run so far for the 21 year old frontside off the closed Rabbitohs and 80 he's our brand oh the money booter one two three that was a backpack pistol 1440 the Canadian onslaught continues you just have to get that in there somebody's gotta say it Darcy sharp putting down the best run of the day take another look onto this sea rail every part of that rail run was so unique so different then going off the toes spinning front side grabbing the nose all the way down backside triple I think this is a extremely good run for those judges are gonna love how tech he got the rails on top but we have to remember the names at the bottom of this lineup eighty-seven point six six what a score for Darcy as he takes over the top spot when we return our defending gold medalist Marcus Cleveland hits the course we're in the middle of run number one here in the men's snowboard slopestyle final but Craig walk us through this course feature one I love this top feature in force the riders get extremely technical and this second feature is right up against it so you don't have very much time in between the first rail section and the second rail section so that whole thing is kind of meshed together big rail garden with it if you will pardon me in that of the stirrers third rail section this is where the riders gain speed see a lot of gap two's on that down flat down or the rainbow rail that puts them in the position for this first tough free jump so this first of three jumps is a little bit smaller so you'll see guys doing 12 sixties there really have to get on the gas but that'll bring it around this second of three jumps has two quarter pipes on each side as well so the riders have of hitting the quarter pipes or going straight over and then that money boot a red Dan random 70 feet look at that for sheeps and insane crowd out here on hand at Buttermilk Mountain hey let's turn down to Corbin Harris who's with some x-games royalty on the summer side Corbett who you with that's exactly what I was gonna say he's only young but he's x-games royalty right now he's got three gold medals one vert two big air Elliott Sloane thanks for coming down here who is your pick today I'd have to say Carl Mack that's my dude right there why do you love you so much I don't know we've just been riding together like the past year or two and uh yeah he shreds alright thanks for coming down with us yeah thank you well thank you Corbin so rad to have Elliot Sloane out here on either side we welcome you back to the Jeep slopestyle course we're in the midst of one horn you're the mint snowboard slopestyle final we drop now our top ranked qualifier from just a couple of days ago red Gerrard oh yeah hi Brad red is a beauty that's the only way you can describe talented kids on a snowboard the nicest kids so well sick a snowboarder snowboarder just such style such lacks personality he's everything that's right about this board right now rides left foot forward regular if you will so far on this rail section is my favorite trick switch back to pull back that is so hard to stop your rotation then go board slide under flip on that a frame rail read Girard great top section switch backside 1260 landing perfect and here's where he sets itself apart boosting on this quarter pipe frontside 1080 double all the way down brando field you've been put on notice red Gerrard riding with such confidence such ease as we take one more look now red Gerrard has to beat Darcy sharps eighty-seven point six six if he wants that number first that's where I think he out star ste right there the quarter pipe feature is rewarded so heavily it's so different and red Gerrard throwing a double on that that is very 2.66 putting him into second place two more attempts here well there we'll see Mark McMorris who is a true snowboarder riding all aspects of the sport and joined the competitive scene let's now take a look at the Netflix altered carbon on the move with Marcus [Music] [Applause] I think he feels he's got some unfinished business he's a very competitive person he's so hungry there's only one thing that matters and that's winning like I see that I see that that's where his motivation is and he's using that to his advantage to us winning is a good feeling being the best feels good there's no doubt about that and I mean mark is a good rail rider he's a great jumper he rides back country you know he gets himself immersed in the in the powder and building jumps out there and he's a true snowboarder there's huge contests and there's endorsement deals and and everything that goes along with that you know and media coverage and stuff but that's just one part of snowboarding you going out there to have kick-ass time you know you can't forget that you know it's all about the fun with Mark so I think his passion for snowboarding he loves it like actually really loves it and it's it's really inspiring it makes me feel like there's there's no other way for him it runs in his blood [Music] there's no doubt about it no bigger name in snowboarding right now then Mark McMorris making his 10th x-games of parents owner of 14 medals he's won this event four times before not taste the Regina Rough Rider can't do so much watch this gap front - that's a big down slide down round by the way you looked great in that feature thank you so much Mark McMorris is riding with a chip on her shoulder [Music] he's the most competitive [Music] he wants to win and last night that fourth place position in a way him finishing off the podium is just so bizarre wanted a frontside triple 1440 on the middle jump Marc's got his eyes set on one thing and that's a gold medal if Marc puts this front triple down back that up with a backside 16 on that money booter almost perfect that jump that trick off the middle jump so gnarly cray if you would have put that down just a bit too much weight on that back foot but that trick is so difficult that frontside triple cork 1440 more in the camo kit this wintry lope I'm glad the camera was able to catch up yeah that we were worried about that too here's our defending silver medalist making his fifth X Games appearance we saw him in big air last night 22 years old at North Bay Ontario Tyler Nicholson [Applause] spring front for trying to gap out to the switch to 70 pull it back kind of comes off a little bit early but that front side to makes no mistake and our ladies go ahead no please you I wasn't going to say the Canadian Air Force seven straight gold in a row that's what I was gonna say cray upset by Marcus swedeland who won it last year but somebody who could jump into that full bail position it's Tyler Nicholson in this field there's no room for error there's no room for the baby that's what's so scary about the Canadian national team we know the big dogs right Mark McMorris max Perot who did not qualify for this sebastian to talk as well and then oh by the way Tyler Nicholson comes in last year says kid on the block I want a silver medal we have 1440 on that right there and this frontside 360 he's kind of got to be frustrated because he knows at the top he had a couple bobbles has to throw this run away but I would Mickelson more than capable 1440 is too different direction a forty six point six six for Nicholson good enough for the bronze medal position but were early well there we see Norwegian Marcus Cleveland he finds his home ski hill to be the perfect training spot let's take a look now at the real cost keys to success with Marcus Cleveland my name is Marcus Cleveland I'm from doom boost Norway it's a pretty small town but it's it's awesome there there's not really much people and whenever I go to the resort up here like 200 meters away I can pretty much do whatever I want start to lift whenever I want and yeah it's a [Music] resorts pretty small and that's probably why I got to this level that I can just ride whenever I want and if I want to learn something new on the rail sort of knuckle so I can just go up there and build it and getting creative and just try it it's awesome to experience all the best parts and mountains all around the world but like coming home and ride up my home Resort is always the best the gold medal last year in slope style a silver medal in big air just last night is coming in riding with supreme confidence I love that feature it just goes to show doesn't mean you don't need a massive you don't need the best you just need a ride a lot of artists Cleveland is for people who haven't watched this kid ride at 80 years old what makes him so special for control his ability to pop off his front foot is back foot ability to flip off of rails there we call that the berserker switch that's gonna be a throwaway run for barges cleaver Wow I just saved it with that front sights ahead and I going in back triple o sixty that he knew that switch back pan you saw yeah he was kind of playing it by year scrambling a little bit there yeah became straight jazz but here we go to 70 on 450 get knocked off filter he is the one who brought that trick to slopestyle snowboarding and he's probably the best at it so Marcus will look to clean things up on attempt number two again each of the riders getting three runs here in this finals format as we await his run one score of 40 quitting him into fifth and run one officially in the books here at the Jeep's slopestyle course or to come from buttermilk mountain after this message and a word from our stations [Music] [Applause] my name is Aaron Hogue and I'm a Whistler faced freelance photographer mood twists are about eight years ago and have been shooting snowboarding for the past five on this particular day it had dumped about three or four feet in the night before this photo was taken and this waterfall sits at the top of a massive Hill Climb that you can't sled to the top of so I was stoked when the guys were down to hike because it's about an hour hike in waist-deep snow to get to the top of it and I was stoked to cuz Charles was down to hit it more than once and I'm how good he did the x-games zoom contest is a fan vote contest celebrating the best in action sports photography go to X games.com slash zoom get your votes in the winner gets an X Games gold and a prize purse of 10 G's welcome back to the Jeep slopestyle course Run 1 officially in the books here at Men's snowboard slopestyle final and a special guest coming through straight legend James medalist Olympic gold medalist stage costs a book I'm here I'm here these are having too much fun in here I was out there I had to come in here so sage you just watched Run 1 Darcy sharp with a commanding lead what do you think so far Darcy's run was insane I'd love to see Mick moe toss it down and Cleveland put those down and then from there on I'd like to just you know see people build on those runs and go from there back stack stack if you put your run down you're in the top two exactly we want to see a couple more stomps in their stage it's been a minute since an American even meddled in this event you were the last one to do it back in 2012 I'm claiming Reds gonna do it Red's my dog he's gonna he's gonna get it right here I mean he's got all the tricks he's got the technical rail he's got it's that switch to pluck do you pull back you're putting your slope run is straight up money if you like calling some runs with us let's do this all right well we got you so here is a look right now at the top three after run 1 Darcy shot the lead Reggie our top-ranked qualifier Gerard sitting in second and Tyler Nicholson our defending silver medalist sitting in third place as we bring you back to the top of the Jeep slopestyle course just like that run to set to kick it off you don't know how do you feel about you think you don't go and switch back 16 20 on the second job dude Yuki is straight up a tornado coming down the school hearse dude he has all the tricks and let's see what he's got here we were talking about on his first run brando the consistency is really affects them yeah it's the work to fall in the first rail man and then going in now that was the second run going into your third run with falling on Drake meters rail is a huge like mentally breaks you down Craig and I talked about it so much success in big air it's crazy to us that he doesn't even have a top 10 finish in slope style it's so good any hat you know he has that US Open went with the right with those back-to-back triples that was just a mind-blowing run but yeah I mean that stands you come here and it's definitely a mental mental task being here with all the world's best and everyone watching well speaking of mental days now on his third of three runs coming in you're dropping and you know you fell on the first rail that is the only thing that looks you in the face yeah on your third run it's out you regain control regain confidence when you're coming in maybe you hit that come into the Joseph yeah you've kindly gotta just go numb do it cuz if you fall on one of the jumps you can't see them they're at the bottom and like you just said it's a perfect example the rails is staring you in the face you've got to let that go and know that you have it so here's the michigan kid Kyle Mack finished 7th at X Games Aspen 2016 when he made his debut trying to find his very first X Games poem kit flare for days hit they're looking to see a front end you gotta put some respect on that thing little street flare I thought you would be a guy that would really appreciate this particular edition of the slopestyle course given how techy it is up top one of the best slope courses I've seen this is such a sick trick switch backside 12 grabbing switch tail that second port on it so you digging into the oh and that's just the giving of trouble okay we saw him fall on that in his first run I was so amazed in the qualifier it was a two run format he went yard on it and was able to save it but here's a day that double michael checked it's not working out for ya that landing looks a little brick to so I think those guys that are hitting the quarter pipes on it having a little bit of a tough time coming down on it today what's so hard not to over rotate that trick look at him trying fight yeah yeah toe edge in but just unfortunate so seventh place is where kind of man this day but of course he does give one more attempt out here on the course tonight 96 Pacific on ESPN our coverage continues from Aspen with the women's snowboard super pipe final and a men's ski big air finals all of our X Games coverage is also streaming live on the ESPN app sage women's super pipe you got I'm gonna toss Chloe Kim on the top there she's riding so good but I love seeing Kelly take the top two just got to put some respect on that which they respect on that name we expected some respect on Kris Corning the corn dog out here putting it down dude Kris corny in his X Games debut looking so comfortable on this course was terrific and qualifiers sitting in 6th place not so terrific on that second rail feature they're coming off way early what do you make of that backside rodeo off that a frame there's dude backside rodeo up to a frame is gnarly coming in the cab 12 nose panting Ali how are you [Music] Wow frontside 1440 on that bottom jump so a full pull from Chris corny than you will but right at the top round oh that Braille bobble yeah yeah the judges are keeping this thing so close to the vest they want to see it from top to bottom in years past maybe you could get away if you're a big guy jumps of fixie anot oh yeah getting a little lighter on the rails 928 no in 2018 you got to have a grade rails and a great jumps it's not like you know you're just gonna win on the jumps nowadays it's just not end of an era especially the way this course is building nowhere you couldn't know exactly I like how you put it because the rails are a huge part of it there's a lot of them and if you put a technical and creative run together with the rails you're gonna pry see yourself on the podium speaking of technical and creative Brando chipped our c-sharp diamonds are alluding to that's what we call a sec way okay Darcie sharp our current leader just so six-six my goodness I love this rail line is so technical watch this nollie front blunt safe something you don't really see on that camera he was not laying into that was just really sick I'm always saying all we need he jumps off his front foot when you ollie onto a rail you usually take off with your front foot up and then your back foot drives the pocket and ollie love the hardware katzie's just the distance covered on that trick is so good now sharks sitting in first place with an 87 56 and Wow heavy edge couplets looks like you kind of houdini'd out of that one though without the score he's kind of it you kind of escape this door up there that cab over so epic so gnarly that rail is extremely long so you're cooking into that now this switchback 12 sage looks like he had it it looks like you had if he can seize he comes around his body keeps rotating can't see it on that angle but that's an edge catch right there and that is one of the worst ways to fall we sail we saw semi - the big air laughs and he landed and then your body keeps rotating you catch your edge and you're just not ready for it darcy sharp though evades inter that's when you just go full body bag there's nothing else that you can do there it's just your body's going one way your boards going the opposite and you're just you're kind of just in for the ride right there make sure you go to espn.com for info on event and schedules that's X Gamescom we've got you covered all here of X Games Aspen 2018 really excited about this one we got a brand new event the Harley Davidson Snow Hill Climb I'm actually calling it tomorrow night with Chris bran that's how we'll be closing it out on ESPN more from slope style right after this [Applause] we came back all the times that I felt belated it really hurt me a lot it affected me when I was bullied because it just made me a stronger person knowing that you know there probably had something going on in their life to look back on the times that I felt like that I can reflect on and feel like maybe I did that to someone else it hurts me myself I mean now if I could go back to tell myself but I myself hey listen being nice is cool just don't let them push you over the edge just keep being yourself and keep doing exactly what you know what you want to do shred hate choose kindness one of the best initiatives x-games has gotten behind make sure to go to X Gamescom slash read hate for more we are in the midst of run to here on the Jeep slopestyle course it's the men's snowboard slopestyle final Darcy Sharpe still in the lead there you see the guys still to run including our top ranked qualifier from a couple of days ago who's dropping in next red Gerard red Gerard spend money all week and I love his rail line stage what you think that kid the kid is fired you know he had the yellow and red last year he's got the all-white now he's looking clean you know you look good you're out good I mean he's got everything going for red but gets tape Smith the pick team qualifies first at the X Daniel Block in Tehran respect it's just like everything is coming together this winter and it couldn't happen to a better kid 50 outside three sick or at a better time oh good noisiest of hammers that was insane mad nice kids laying it down this is one of the best tricks of the competition triple on the money booter Brando looks like he missed a little bit of pop on that a little less speed it's amazing we always talk about guys when they make their X Games debut as he did last year with all the talent but maybe he's not able to put it together on the big stage for sure all of a sudden totally different ballgame he got switched back to 70 Paul back was textbook that's something you've seen a video part right there so gnarly and this back triple 1440 as you said just didn't get the pop now you got a wonder he hits the quarter pipe lands extremely deep does he have enough speed to really generate the lift needed for that triple true so red will hold on to his first run score of that eighty two point six six and second place is where he will stay Sunday our X Games coverage from Aspen continues on espn2 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern we'll have the women's ski big air and the men's ski slope style finals Nick Goepper and Gus Kenworthy are the ones to watch in slope then at 8:30 Eastern 5:30 Pacific on ESPN it's the men snowboard super pipe final and the snow bike best trick finals all of our X Games coverage is also streaming live on the es [Music] and there he is a bronze medal and uncharacteristic bronze medal last year in this event because he flat-out owns it can he get back one of the most consistent riders of our generation here yeah on backside 270 270 out the way you held that on that time on that kind of trick it's easy to over rotate on the rail of Mark McMorris keeping that Tavita switchback 12 now we went down on this trick here in the last run 1 2 3 no mistakes no handcuffing waiting for the 16 2 3 guys for the 14 keeps it in D that was insane follower 1 set off the top sage one of the most consistent riders of our generation in the name that Brando gave Mark McMorris why do you call him the closer because when he comes out everybody else is done Enter Sandman here comes the closer switch backside 1260 and where this run was really made was right here this front triple on the second jump went down that on that and run 1 but sage Domus is going that insane off jump number 2 jump number 2 looks like a tough one for everyone here especially him on his first run and he has laid that one down looked easy now sage I got to ask you back triple 1440 we know marks got the 16 20 you think he's gonna drop that in his third run I guarantee he's gonna drop it in his third run just even if he's in first I guarantee he's just gonna do it just the ceiling deal thirty six point three three for Mark McMorris on run number one probably a better score I think it's gonna be better we have a new leader on the gun for Mark McMorris welcome to first place respect right there they still got more in the deck back in familiar territory is Mark McMorris I have the tiger up here Tyler Nicholson yeah how do you follow that up by the way Mark McMorris puts down that 90 Tyler Nicholson our soldier battle is from last year he's sitting in fifth place switch front boy look at his camp to that Braille that big that is big again I had a lot of speed coming back rodeo of this grabbing views on the backside row do you see a lot of guys get down that's front enemy PL edge Nicklaus adopting to grab front and in between the bindings we switch backside there but you made that backside Japan Road yeah it's so famous big fat we're big fancy let's not forget blew out his ACL less than a year ago in saying that he's riding at the level he is right now Tyler Nicholson is a bulldog he's a little bee he is straight up ball dog if that's weak right there collect the areas board keeps rotating can't hold it no son Darcy sharp yeah let's switch backside 1260 his shoulders kept turning got his edge there Nicholson his shoulders keep turning and that will be a throwaway run look at the focus here his own Marcus Cleveland at that silver medal last night in big air landed another quad I think he's asked himself what more do I have to do I know he wants to improve on this how does he respond to Mark McMorris who just took the long with a nice gap back lip that's now that was very pretty of that down flat down back to in to out with someone saying just do that yep there we go love that trick too in 450 out we've been calling that the Berserker I like it I like it 10 bolts that's what gave him trouble and he had to go kind of rogue on this next jump but this is what he really wanted 16 triple dipping and another triple dip right here I did not want to be this is when you literally just do not want to be a judge in these scenarios its nitpicky typing everything to my I was textbook yeah but we're not judges here the bat the gap back lip that was textbook the only draw away would call was that flat down rail kinda came off a little bit early was a little bit CG and that's when you're not teed up for your boards completely 90 but I mean we're just picking that straws now splitting hairs yeah seriously is that enough those two landings that you have to take two that were flawless to catapult Cleveland into the top spot six six all the way in the first place are just gold medalist goes in Seine Marcus Cleveland taking over the top spot on run number two here starts the battle so two attempts into our three-run final and look at those names Marcus Cleveland in the top spot Mark McMorris joining him in the 90s club and Darcy sharp right behind them on third place thank you so much sage kotsenburg for coming through loved it we'll be right back after this message and a word from our ABC stations [Music] welcome back to the cheap slopestyle course run - officially in the books here at the men's snowboard slopestyle final on just a gorgeous day three here at X Games Aspen it's been so much fun the last couple of days headline night one david wise winning the gold for different double corks that's never been done 1260 part me in the pipe on the ski side and we were a part of this one yesterday Jamie Anderson back on top after six straight silver medals another gold she is on another level and then what about max Perot of the barn burner of a big air we had last night going cap triple 1800 and then a frontside triple two scores could buy and that got him the gold I got to talk to him after he loved the fidgets spinner ass back to the goal pedal and then finally snowmobile freestyle ret Turcotte this guy went double gold so he wins that and then speed and style last night like a boss comes back and goes to four to doughnut the scary thing is Brando yeah he still has another event this week oh don't tell me that could it be three four three Jaimie Anderson a cold best excuse ever she also gets to watch her boyfriend Tyler Nicholson throw down with the rest of the field so run to officially in the books and it's Marcus Cleveland the 18 year old Norwegian super kid with a ninety three point six six taking the lead away from Mark McMorris and this thing is shaping up to come down to the wire Krieger I mean the tension is palpable you Donnell's facing the wrong way right now yoky turn around but the course is this way this is very innovative because we talked about this with sage kotsenburg if you fall in the first rail it's staring you in the face when you're about to drop it he just simply turns his back to it he's doing it literal we do so it's third and final a tough time here on the jeep slopestyle course you dono currently in eighth place did not have a great start to his second attempt already much better that down bar just give them a bit of trouble though steps away from attend Brando I have to say we've been talking about it in the qualification we were talking about all day and finals this top rail section there's no place to hide you can't just go fast and gap the rails we will find you we will find you like it's a Liam Neeson movie though take it take it to take it three you dono he knew it was his third of three runs he knew he had to put something down goes hard in the paint and the paint came out a little too quick those blue lines coming after so see on that cab 12 doesn't really get the rotation enough and then he still tries a frontside triple berry under-rotated that nose of the snowboard hit in the snow hope you donas okay very animated bronze medal last night and big air he will not get on the podium in slope style and again that slope style metal or lutz in part together MVP as far as kits go I mean rivaled by retro arts all-white kit yeah it's the church on Saturday versus canary now Kyle back has fallen in the same place on both of his two runs thus far I like that I can flip right in the middle of the run to make sure it's on there good tight so this switch backside 12 grabs which tail dumps it over nice here's that doublet Michael Chuck grabs Andy on it give it up so much trouble not in red three Brando not run Theresa's money booter time that was such a sick back side triple 1440 that was a full pull from Kyle Mac branded us what we were waiting to see from him all day that's what we saw in qualifying to skyrocket him up the standards now I don't know if it's enough to catch up to Cleveland and Vinny Morris but that could bump Darcy sharp out of that third place position to switch back 12 so sick and look at the way he kind of grabs mute on that back triple and then switches to stalefish back side triple was groundbreaking 2-3 years ago now guys are doing well this would be really interesting to see where the judges Jamie it's not happy about it she's gonna be vocal this week's NBA Saturday primetime game could be a finals preview the best in the East taking on the kings of the West Kyrie and the Celtics battle chef curry and KD the Golden State Warriors our coverage tips off with NBA countdown at 8:00 Eastern and 5:00 Pacific on ABC you can always watch both on the ESPN app that is my Finals prediction by the way you're a huge Warriors fan a big dubs guy from the Bay Area yay area for the layman so Marcus Cleveland still leading the way Chris corny that seventy two point three three good enough for sixth right now what can we clean up to try and crash that podium you can have one in backside three 50/50 front psycho 68 people sound of a rail run but is getting through it the animal emphasis of this backside rodeo now this cab 1260 watch him grab the daily route brings that up to the ear it tries to really flip it around so far so good for Chris courting same run as the second one maybe a little bit cleaner on the front side 1440 yeah it looked that way to me and again trying to replace that 70 2.33 but is it enough to best Darcy who's sitting in that bronze medal position nearly 10 points higher where Darcy Trump's Chris Corning is the top on that rail section his run is just a little bit more technical a little bit more unique right than according have won in back 350 front three so it improves his score but not enough to get into the top three so here's Darcy sharp in search of his very first X Games medal he's sitting in bronze his sister of course Cassie competes in the ski super pipe [Applause] seeking his very first X Games medal he's in a great spot right now but he could do something a little bigger to give him some more breathing room so solid through this top section every time now Cassie sharp she earned a rose gold medal in the pipe that's bronze for the layman term as well thank you I didn't yeah we like to have fun here so if it ended right now Darcy Sharpe will be matching his sister but we know Darcy sharp he doesn't want to be like his sister he wants silver he wants gold switch backside 12:6 is so solid front side I might be mistaken but into that bit of frontside 1440 off the toes I think it was and backside 1440 I think that was a frontside 1440 off the toes which I've never seen garcy Sharpe do graphic does there's mob chant sharp she's having a good time mrs. sharp approves what a run the best we've seen from Darcy on the X Games stage that was frontside 1440 off the toes now Darcy sharp has been battling ankle injuries and that's why the way he goes so deep and lands with so much weight on there wow what a run from Darcy sharp he has got to be ecstatic opted out to be bumped it to drop out of fake air last night save himself for this event mark since in front of them without 90 sharp has to be feeling good that's a better run we think than what God of the at point six six is it enough a 91 and he leapfrogs McMorris to take silver metal position now holy mark obviously still has one more run but Wow Darcy sharp our final four when we return retro art our top ranked qualifier Tyler Nicholson our silver medalist from last year Mark McMorris and our leader Marcus Cleveland more from Aspen after this welcome back to the Jeep slopestyle course it's down to the final four here at the men's snowboard slopestyle final there is our leaderboard Marcus Cleveland our defending gold medalist in the top spot but Darcy sharp just made the loudest of noises jumping up from bronze medal position into second place of course Mark McMorris who he just leapfrog still has one more go as does red Gerrard our top qualifier and our silver medalist from last year Tyler Nicholson that podium yeah it's not safe yet Mark McMorris finished off the podium in big air last night but this truly is his event slopestyle he did not come here for a bronze or silver he came here to get back on top with retroarch currently just outside of the podium it should be noted the last time an American seed kotsenburg back in 2012 is that officially a drought Rando red help us please we know he has the tricks just gotta clean some and come correct in that jump section Oh every time three for three on that switch back to pull back you start that switch backside rotation stop yourself on the rail and put your board the opposite way so difficult Brandon right now a big gap between E and Mark McMorris eighty two point six six to ninety what can he do to catch up to par maybe don't answer the question what would have helped him a lot was that backside triple on the last somebody better if you will he's been struggling with that not getting that much hop off the take-off and really having a fight that triple around so the judges were noticing that but he's been so solid on this all week frontside double off the quarter pipe judges loving the way that rad was taking such a creative use of the jumpers so rad will just miss out on the podium fourth place is where he will stay Mark McMorris a bronze medal last year in big air he's sitting in the third place again right now take a look at the all-time medals leader list he still might earn one obviously Tyler Nicholson could change things but he didn't come here for a medal he came here for gold it's the pressure cooker Craig battle here today jumps up into the company of Jamie Anderson who we had the pleasure of calling that big air medal she becomes the most winningest female of all time at the X Games but Mark McMorris Marcus Cleveland is in gold medal position but you know he's looking over his shoulder because the most successful rider on the men's side when it comes to slope style is about to drop in for his third and final attempt trying to earn a fifth slopestyle gold medal here's Mark McMorris so solid on that frontside 270 last run came off the end of the rail just a little bit to the inside that back to to semi oh he tosses up a Zurcher switches the exam Mark McMorris play ball switch backside 1260 - this Craig he goes for the back triple 1440 and Marcus Cleveland he's breathing with deep side really oh the hearts are beating very quickly here Craig it was so close here is the back triple 1440 that he went down on now mark was landing so deep on that second jump and it's hard to gain speed for the third jump we were speculating that he would attempt to 1620 so that trick with another 180 on the end but he switched up his rail game at the top and then stuck with the 1440 unable to put it down so he's gonna sit in third position with a score of 90 yeah he's in that bronze medal position but the last guy that could change things up here Tyler Nicholson who's sitting in 7th place it hasn't been his day he had a tough go of it last night and big air you have to wonder if that's affecting him but he is the last guy that's between Marcus Cleveland and a repeat gold medal switched up board cap 270 pull back the fence when he's done today we saw Tyler Nicholson as you said in that paper he put his face in the snow breakfast with him this morning it was very very scratched up so tough Canadian kid coming out here now cap 1440 on the first of three Jeff's switch backside 1260 grabbin that Japan made famous by sage kotsenburg adjusted the food right side what a run for Mickelson on his final attempt Marcus Cleveland was thinking about a victory lap Tyler Nicholson comes correct we'll see where that puts him Tyler Nicholson switch backside 1260 grabbing Japan he fell on that run to able to stop it here couple hands down but gain speed in this frontside 1414 I was with jacket Ronnie on the host set we're talking a little lingo and what it means to say bolts while your bindings are attached to your snowboard with some hardware and bolts and when you land like that we say where else are you gonna find this type of Intel on television so that will certainly replace his forty six point six six what is it enough no an 81 puts him up in the fifth and with that our podium was set and with that Marcus Cleveland repeats with another gold medal last night he took an L but today he bounces back defending his gold medal here in 2018 Benetton it's kind of a big Shawn guy Marcus Cleveland that cab 16 triple was so solid that back triple his so solid he had such a good run this is just simply remarkable Marcus Cleveland on his second attempt puts down that ninety three point six six and he's not able to beat hot this one is a victory lap for the fans here of buttermilk mountain as he makes it two straight on the slopestyle course well Cleveland he's got me riding with a bit of a chip on his shoulder in some at mid-year last night put down a quad eighteen hundred perfect dishes site beau simply psycho this switchback the ripple was giving them some trouble he wasn't able to land it beats and did not earn a gold block back so today Marcus Cleveland comes out and comes correct Norway well-represented Marcus Cleveland with another gold medal this 18 year old just continues to write his name in the history books Darcy Sharpe with the silver and Mark McMorris earning the bronze medal two in a row for Marcus let sat down to Corbin who's whipped Cleveland yeah thanks very much guys Marcus back-to-back gold medals you are the number one slips all variety in the world right now what's it like to be back on top again I don't know I've been struggling pretty hard this week I've been taking a couple bales my ass isn't really feeling that good so I'm super happy to land a run today and come out on top so thank you I saw you have a chat with your manager over there before it seemed like you were having a bit of a strategic planning what was said we were just talking like you can do this and yeah pretty much that's it all right well I'm gonna let you go celebrate now congratulations again thank you in his fourth X Games appearance he earns his fourth X Games medal two silvers and big air and two gold in bronze what kit what camp this kid do I mean he loves gold he loves the Finnish spinner aspect I do too and what a great feature on these metals a heated battle between he and Mark McMorris Mick Moe was unable to put it down on that third and final run it was a ton of fun out here today but once again Marcus Cleveland reign supreme So Solid such a good event we set off the top this is my favorite day of the year no disappointment at 28 team bruh it's been a heck of a day three but we're still just getting started more from buttermilk after this message and a word from our ABC stations [Music] [Applause] [Music]

Channel: X Games

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Id: SDdfIqJLrq4

Length: 59min 48sec (3588 seconds)

Published: Sat Jan 27 2018

Reddit Comments

[u/Cantaloupsareswell]

people who wear Supreme on the mountain think they look like that but in reality look like this

edit: I mean this

[u/JodyyB]

His 3rd run is the one where he lands everything. @43:33 and his 2nd run is @24:51

[u/adjacentsloth]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWl_HlyHeVc

[u/bapecow420]

Ayy I was thinking about posting this! Kyle rode insanely well too

[u/RunSwag]

Kyles flow is unreal, its so different and just enjoyable to watch. Shredbots is the shit too

[u/GarbageKnapp]

the gucci mane ski mask too gdammn

[u/breadshredder]

too steezy

[u/elcapkirk]

How does he not have a clothing sponsor?

[u/tommy_pt]

Super smooth style