Mark landed a switch backside 1080 early on in the finals. But he was still up against some heavy hitters. Two time Shakedown champ Seb Toots threw down some double corks, so Mark unloaded a gnarly double cork of his own. Other riders threw down bolts: A backside 1080 into a nosepress to 360 out on the flat rail and the backside 1260 also graced the crowd. Judging wasn’t easy, but hey either was winning! Congratulations to team rider Mark, the 2010 Ride Shakedown Canada Champ!
For those that don’t want to watch the entire video of the finals (posted below), this video shows Mark’s first run at the Arctic Challenge. This was Mark’s highest scoring run and he puts it down bolts!
Rail Wars at Asessippi was a great time. The hill and Xtreme Adrenaline did a great job of putting on the contest and it looked like everyone involved really enjoyed themselves.
For us, the day started with the crew piling into the van in the early morning to make the trek out to Asessippi. Luckliy we had a dvd player and Shrek 2 to keep us occupied for the long drive.
Craig, Mark, Kurtis and Stuffed Animal in the van for the drive up. (Plus a glimpse of an 10.11 Class Five graphic).
The contest was a pretty decent setup with a host of riders from around the area taking part. Being called Rail Wars, the setup was your choice of a down-rail or flat-box, and a then a barrel jib.
Craig looks on as Mark does a 270 into the down-rail.
Some of the highlights were: (1) all three of the Class Five riders at the event making it to the finals, (2) Mark showing Kurtis how to tie his bib around is leg, (3) Kurtis missing the finals because he was doing park laps trying to figure out what tricks he should do for the finals (nice work Kurtis); and (4) Mark and Craig taking first and second place respectively.
Young teaches the old. Mark shows Kurtis how to tie your contest bib around your leg.
A fun event that promises to be even better next year. Thanks for the great time everyone!
After a week of blue bird days the finals for the Canadian Open in Calgary were fogged out. Even though the weather wasn’t the best some pretty insane riding went down. Class Five rider Mark McMorris rode well in the finals but unfortunately had a fall in his run that held him back from scoring higher. Mark finished in 9th place.
Here a few photos of Mark and Craig McMorris from the week leading up to the event.
Mark being interviewed after the finals.
Mark Boardslide.
Craig over the channel.
Mark back rodeo.
Thanks to Mitch Crowshaw for snapping the last three photos.
Be sure to check out the live coverage of the Canadian Open this weekend. We are super stoked that our rider Mark McMorris qualified in 3rd place in the slopestyle semi-finals today. That puts him in a great spot going into slopestyle finals on Sunday. Just go to opensnowboarding.com and check click on the Canadian Open to watch the event live. It will be airing on Sunday at 11am MST.
Better yet, if you live in or near Calgary head on down to COP to check the action out first hand. Go Mark!
Kurtis has just started to get back on his snowboard again after having knee surgery. You know that he is going to be jibbing it up as soon as possible. For now check the part below.
