{"id":2453719,"date":"2020-01-25T17:28:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-26T00:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/canadian-boarder-darcy-sharpe-win-slopestyle-for-first-x-games-aspen-gold-medal\/"},"modified":"2020-01-25T17:28:00","modified_gmt":"2020-01-26T00:28:00","slug":"canadian-boarder-darcy-sharpe-win-slopestyle-for-first-x-games-aspen-gold-medal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/canadian-boarder-darcy-sharpe-win-slopestyle-for-first-x-games-aspen-gold-medal\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian boarder Darcy Sharpe win slopestyle for first X Games Aspen gold medal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery p402_hide\" readability=\"6.8196233894945\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-319789-655\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/01\/xsbslopemen-atd-012620-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/01\/xsbslopemen-atd-012620-1-1024x732.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Kelsey Brunner \/ The Aspen Times | X Games gold medalist Darcy Sharpe, left, and silver medalist Mons R\u00f8island congratulate each other after the men\u2019s snowboard slopestyle final on Saturday, Jan. 25.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"0\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"11\">\n<p><strong>X Games gold medalist Darcy Sharpe, left, and silver medalist Mons R\u00f8island congratulate each other after the men\u2019s snowboard slopestyle final on Saturday, Jan. 25.<\/strong><br \/>Kelsey Brunner \/ The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/01\/xsbslopemen-atd-012620-1-1024x732.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"X Games gold medalist Darcy Sharpe, left, and silver medalist Mons R\u00f8island congratulate each other after the men\u2019s snowboard slopestyle final on Saturday, Jan. 25.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/01\/xsbslopemen-atd-012620-1-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/01\/xsbslopemen-atd-012620-1-1-1024x695.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Kelsey Brunner \/ The Aspen Times | X Games snowboarder Red Gerard hits a jump during the men\u2019s snowboard slopestyle final on Saturday, Jan. 25. Gerard took home a bronze medal.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>X Games snowboarder Red Gerard hits a jump during the men\u2019s snowboard slopestyle final on Saturday, Jan. 25. Gerard took home a bronze medal.<\/strong><br \/>Kelsey Brunner \/ The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/01\/xsbslopemen-atd-012620-1-1-1024x695.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"X Games snowboarder Red Gerard hits a jump during the men\u2019s snowboard slopestyle final on Saturday, Jan. 25. Gerard took home a bronze medal.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/01\/xsbslopemen-atd-012620-1-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/01\/xsbslopemen-atd-012620-1-2-1024x645.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Kelsey Brunner \/ The Aspen Times | Darcy Sharpe hits a jump during the men\u2019s snowboard slopestyle final on Saturday, Jan. 25. Sharpe took home the gold medal.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>Darcy Sharpe hits a jump during the men\u2019s snowboard slopestyle final on Saturday, Jan. 25. Sharpe took home the gold medal.<\/strong><br \/>Kelsey Brunner \/ The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/01\/xsbslopemen-atd-012620-1-2-1024x645.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Darcy Sharpe hits a jump during the men\u2019s snowboard slopestyle final on Saturday, Jan. 25. Sharpe took home the gold medal.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/01\/xsbslopemen-atd-012620-1-3-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/01\/xsbslopemen-atd-012620-1-3-1024x653.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Kelsey Brunner \/ The Aspen Times | Red Gerard hits a jump during the men\u2019s snowboard slopestyle final on Saturday, Jan. 25. Gerard finished with a bronze medal.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>Red Gerard hits a jump during the men\u2019s snowboard slopestyle final on Saturday, Jan. 25. Gerard finished with a bronze medal.<\/strong><br \/>Kelsey Brunner \/ The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/01\/xsbslopemen-atd-012620-1-3-1024x653.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Red Gerard hits a jump during the men\u2019s snowboard slopestyle final on Saturday, Jan. 25. Gerard finished with a bronze medal.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/01\/xsbslopemen-atd-012620-1-4-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/01\/xsbslopemen-atd-012620-1-4-1024x682.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Kelsey Brunner \/ The Aspen Times | X Games silver medalist Mons R\u00f8island hits the monster rails during the men\u2019s snowboard slopestyle finals on Saturday, Jan. 25.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>X Games silver medalist Mons R\u00f8island hits the monster rails during the men\u2019s snowboard slopestyle finals on Saturday, Jan. 25.<\/strong><br \/>Kelsey Brunner \/ The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/01\/xsbslopemen-atd-012620-1-4-1024x682.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"X Games silver medalist Mons R\u00f8island hits the monster rails during the men\u2019s snowboard slopestyle finals on Saturday, Jan. 25.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/01\/xsbslopemen-atd-012620-1-5-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/01\/xsbslopemen-atd-012620-1-5-1024x682.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Kelsey Brunner \/ The Aspen Times | Brock Crouch hits a jump during the men\u2019s snowboard slopestyle finals on Saturday, Jan. 25.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>Brock Crouch hits a jump during the men\u2019s snowboard slopestyle finals on Saturday, Jan. 25.<\/strong><br \/>Kelsey Brunner \/ The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/01\/xsbslopemen-atd-012620-1-5-1024x682.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Brock Crouch hits a jump during the men\u2019s snowboard slopestyle finals on Saturday, Jan. 25.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/canadian-boarder-darcy-sharpe-win-slopestyle-for-first-x-games-aspen-gold-medal\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/canadian-boarder-darcy-sharpe-win-slopestyle-for-first-x-games-aspen-gold-medal\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">With fewer than five minutes remaining Saturday in the X Games men\u2019s snowboard slopestyle final, Canadian star Darcy Sharpe dropped in ranked eighth \u2014 last place. Sharpe thought if he landed his best run he could jump up, maybe, into the medal mix.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">But replacing Red Gerard in gold-medal position? That seemed a bit of a stretch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cI did not think I could beat what Red was doing all day,\u201d Sharpe said afterward, speaking on his first X Games Aspen gold. \u201cWe don\u2019t pay that much attention, because we are kind of, like, in our own bubble. He was dropping right behind me, we gotta get back up there, (it\u2019s) fast laps. But I didn\u2019t think I was going to beat his riding because he was just so on point, dealing with the pressure, stomping.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Seconds after Gerard dropped in with just under three minutes remaining for his fourth and final run, the unofficial ranking order bumped Sharpe from last to first. Talking on the win and the new score-less jam and judging format, Sharpe said he enjoyed the fresh approach though he wasn\u2019t exactly sure what helped him jump to gold.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIt\u2019s tough to say, I\u2019m a squirrely dude. I don\u2019t know what anyone sees in me,\u201d Sharpe said with a laugh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Sharpe thinks the judges appreciated his rail riding, specifically his hard-way cab 2(70) pull-back. It\u2019s a trick that has a snowboarder ride a rail unnaturally with a 270-degree rotation before rotating the opposite way of the body\u2019s natural physics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">For the jump section, Sharpe felt his transition riding was rewarded, namely his front triple-cork landing which he rode smoothly into the side quarter-pipe hit at the bottom of the course.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cEven though it wasn\u2019t a trick, it was tricky,\u201d Sharpe said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">While Gerard sat in first for the majority of the competition and dropped into his last run still in first on the unofficial scoreboard, he ended up finishing with a bronze medal. Norwegian Mons Roisland jumped him for the silver medal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Despite the bittersweet element of going in the final moments from gold-medal position to bronze-medal position, Gerard said winning his first X Games Aspen medal was a dream come true.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cReally, it\u2019s nuts,\u201d Gerard said. \u201cHonestly it\u2019s been a dream as a kid to win an X Games medal. Just really happy I was able to land all four runs here today and psyched.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">That said, from a competition standpoint, one would have to think it was tough for Gerard to get to the bottom of the course on his final run only to see Sharpe had gone from eighth to first. Gerard said he tried not to notice the scores throughout the competition, choosing instead to find out when he found out. Still, one has to think he glanced up at the fluid rankings at least a couple of times during the competition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">As for his runs, Gerard began the competition with a strong line through the course that put him in silver-medal position, once again showing he can settle his nerves in the biggest moments while other snowboarders falter. Gerard on that first run landed the big new trick he\u2019s been working on recently, a switch backside triple-cork 1440 to put him in second place position.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Gerard took over gold-medal position on his second run, which featured a run through the rails that included a board slide on the top rail, a backside 270 onto and another 270 off of the next rail and a switch backside 270 on the third rail. In the jumps section, Gerard landed a switch frontside 900, a backside 1260 and a frontside double-cork 1080 on the side hit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">After Gerard\u2019s third run, similar to his second, he was still in first. Afterward he signed an autograph for a young fan in the front row wearing a Red\u2019s Backyard terrain park sweatshirt. Then, after he saw Sharpe passed him by after on his fourth and final run, Gerard spoke glowingly of his 23-year-old snowboard pro friend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Though Red was so close, this was Darcy\u2019s gold-medal moment. The 19-year-old from Silverthorne soon enough may have his own golden glory in Aspen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cHe\u2019s been working so hard on and off the snow,\u201d Gerard said. \u201cSo it\u2019s really sick to see him win his first gold medal. He\u2019s such a nice guy and so humble. I think this was waiting to come for him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/canadian-boarder-darcy-sharpe-win-slopestyle-for-first-x-games-aspen-gold-medal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>X Games gold medalist Darcy Sharpe, left, and silver medalist Mons R\u00f8island congratulate each other after the men\u2019s snowboard slopestyle final on Saturday, Jan. 25.Kelsey Brunner \/ The Aspen Times X Games snowboarder Red Gerard hits a jump during the men\u2019s snowboard slopestyle final on Saturday, Jan. 25. 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