X Games: Max Parrot makes history on the way to big air gold

It was quite the day and night for Canada's Max Parrot.

Parrot won the men's snowboard Big Air final with a combined two-jump score of 83.00 to edge Norway's Marcus Kleveland by a single point.

Kleveland landed the first quad cork in competition history forcing the Canadian to dip deep into his bag of tricks.

Parrot responded with history of his own landing the first ever quad underflip in competition. It was a feat the other snowboarders couldn't match and before his final jump, Parrot had the gold medal wrapped up.

Max Parrot talks about the Quad Flip

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Max Parrot landed the first quad underflip in competition Friday night in Men's Snowboard Big Air at X Games Aspen 2017.

11-time Winter X Games medallist Mark McMorris added a bronze to that collection with his third place finish while Montreal's Sebastien Toutant finished just off the podium in fourth.

Mark McMorris adds bronze medal to X Games collection

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Canadian places 3rd in snowboard big air.

Mark McMorris: 'I tried the quad flip because I wanted to win'

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Mark McMorris: 'I tried the quad flip because I wanted to win'

​Earlier in the day, Parrot showed why he was the 2014 X Games champion in men's snowboard slopestyle, scoring an 87.00 in his final qualification run to top the field. The Bromont, Que., native finished a disappointing ninth place in last year's competition.

Tyler Nicholson, of North Bay, Ont., wasn't too far from his compatriot, scoring an 84.33 in his first run of qualifications to place third while Ancaster, Ont., native Mikey Ciccarelli placed eighth.

All three snowboarders advanced to Sunday's finals, joining fellow Canadians McMorris and Toutant who already qualified for Sunday's finals having placed first and second respectively in last year's event.

Bowman wins bronze

Noah Bowman led after the first run of the men's ski superpipe finals with a score of 71.00 but had to settle for bronze after being surpassed by Aaron Blunck of the United States and New Zealand's Miguel Porteous in their final runs.

Noah Bowman explains the reason behind all the crashes

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Noah Bowman won the bronze medal in LifeProof Ski SuperPipe, Friday night at X Games Aspen 2017

It was Bowman's second career Winter X Games medal after picking up a silver in the same discipline at Winter X Games Aspen 2012.

Noah Bowman wins X Games ski superpipe bronze

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Canada's Noah Bowman earns bronze with a score of 71.00.

"This was one of the crazier events I've ever seen, a lot of crashes and inconsistent riding," Bowman said. "I'm really happy I was able to put down a run. It was a really good pipe, but so icy and fast. It was really hard to hold on and make it back into the pipe. I wanted to do more in the first run, just based on how it was going, I decided not to do one of my doubles."

Simon d'Artois of Whistler, B.C. finished ninth.

While, Cassie Sharpe was the lone Canadian in the women's final. The Comox, B.C., native finished seventh.

Hoyer wins inaugural event

Canada started off day 2 of the Winter X Games with a pair of medals in the debut of snow bikecross — a racing competition involving modified dirt bikes which a feature a ski in place of the front wheel and a snowmobile track instead of a rear wheel.

Brock Hoyer of Williams Lake, B.C. won gold in the inaugural event with a time of 14 minutes 15 seconds while fellow Canadian Cody Matechuk earned bronze 23 seconds behind.

Brock Hoyer wins X Games snow bikecross gold

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Canada's Brock Hoyer wins the inaugural event, fellow Canadian Cody Matechuk earns bronze.

Reagan Sieg of Coldstream, B.C. finished in seventh.