Norwegian gold medalist Marcus Kleveland (center), silver medalist Canadian Sebastien Toutant (left) and Finish bronze medalist Rene Rinnekangas celebrate on the podium after the men s snowboard slopestyle competition at the FIS Snowboard and Freeski World Championships at Buttermilk Ski Area.
Photo from US Ski and Snowboard
Summit County’s Red Gerard led the American contingent in Friday’s men’s snowboard slopestyle final at the world championships in Aspen, but it wasn’t enough to sneak onto a star-studded podium led by Norway’s Marcus Kleveland.
Kleveland, a four-time X Games champion, including Aspen big air gold only six weeks ago, nearly dropped out of the final after hurting his leg in training.