When I met Mark McMorris, he seemed pretty unassuming. The 23-year-old Canadian spoke quietly but with a casual confidence as he asked about my day. I walked away thinking, “Nice kid.” Then I saw what he could do on a snowboard and found it impossible to reconcile that insane hell-man with the guy I was […]
When I met Mark McMorris, he seemed pretty unassuming. The 23-year-old Canadian spoke quietly but with a casual confidence as he asked about my day. I walked away thinking, “Nice kid.” Then I saw what he could do on a snowboard and found it impossible to reconcile that insane hell-man with the guy I was […]
The winter X Games in Aspen began on Thursday, which means extreme skiers and snowboarders performing tricks that will make your stomach drop, even if you’re just watching from the comfort of your couch. Each year these athletes attempt to jump higher, fly further, spin faster and generally do more ridiculous stunts than they did […]
The winter X Games in Aspen began on Thursday, which means extreme skiers and snowboarders performing tricks that will make your stomach drop, even if you’re just watching from the comfort of your couch. Each year these athletes attempt to jump higher, fly further, spin faster and generally do more ridiculous stunts than they did […]
With all the hifalutin analytical tools available to sports like baseball, basketball and tennis, younger sports BMX and skateboarding probably aren’t the most statistically sophisticated events going. Fair enough — but the foundation is being built for them faster than for sports that haven’t yet undergone a statistical revolution, like boxing or hockey. At the […]
