A silver medal from the 2020 X Games has special meaning for Mark McMorris.
The Regina native placed second in the men’s snowboard big air event on Jan. 25 in Aspen, Colo.
This hardware brings the 26-year-old’s career total to 18 medals, including eight gold, seven silver and three bronze from Winter X Games events since 2011.
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It also ties the all-time record number of medals, originally set by American Shaun White from 2002-13, according to Guinness World Records.
The 33-year-old Californian also has five medals in the skateboarding vert, making him the most-medalled athlete to have competed at both summer and winter competitions.
McMorris has two bronze medals for snowboard slopestyle from the 2014 and 2018 Olympics.