A rider airs it out during the snowboard big air qualifier at the world championships on Sunday, March 14, 2021, at Buttermilk Ski Area in Aspen. Photo by Tamara Susa/Aspen Skiing Co.
Mark McMorris bounced back from his slopestyle shortcomings to make big air finals, while Anna Gasser led a strong contingent of women in Sunday’s qualifying ahead of the final events of the world championships at Buttermilk Ski Area in Aspen.
McMorris, the Canadian superstar and Winter X Games medals record holder, was among the biggest surprises to not have qualified for slopestyle finals earlier in the week, but scored 92.75 on the first of his two big air qualifying runs on a tricky jump Sunday to lead the men.