Detroit-Area Native Kyle Mack Wins Silver Medal In Snowboard Big Air
(WWJ) - West Bloomfield's Kyle Mack took the silver medal in the Snowboard Big Air event on the penultimate day of the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea.
The Pontiac High School graduate failed to qualify for the finals in the Slopestyle event last week, but redeemed himself in a pretty big way in Big Air.
BLOODY. DRACULA.@_KyleMack lands one of the coolest-named tricks, a frontside 1440 Bloody Dracula, to earn #silver for @TeamUSA! #WinterOlympics https://t.co/nZf7QVVztK pic.twitter.com/nN2pVvHsHc
— NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics) February 24, 2018
Mack had a pretty priceless reaction to landing that trick:
Kyle Mack can't quite believe he landed that.
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) February 24, 2018
He pulls the "bloody dracula" out of the bag and goes into second.
Watch the men's big air final
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His highest score came on the second of three runs in the event. Canada's Sebastian Toutant took gold, while Great Britain's Billy Morgan won the bronze medal. Two Americans just missed out on medals, with Chris Corning and Red Gerard finishing fourth and fifth, respectfully.
Mack grabbed headlines earlier this week when he divulged his secret to performing well: binge-watching Netflix.
U gotta love these snowboarders. West Bloomfield's Kyle Mack has been binge watching Netflix in the Olympic Village before competition. 10 hours of Designated Survivor. He's in the finals of Big Air. https://t.co/qJjwLOpyCg via @freep @_KyleMack
— Jeff Seidel (@seideljeff) February 22, 2018