The backside triple cork 1440 is dead, long live the backside triple cork 1620! Whereas only a few weeks ago everyone was bemoaning the fact that progression at the Air & Style seemed to have stalled, last night all of the riders on the podium put down a variation of the same trick with an extra 180.

Mark McMorris walked away with the top spot, his second scoring hit was also a triple dipper, but one not often seen: a frontside triple 1440, actually the same as the first one ever put down by Torstein Horgmo.

That was enough to give him a combined score of 88 and a comfortable lead over fellow countryman Max Parrot and a ton of respect – spinning four times and flipping three off your heels is hard. At night and in front of thousands, harder still. McLuvin’ It.

Hit next to see Max Parrot’s second place runs.

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