Max PARROT

Historical Results

Mountain bike, playing guitar, tennis, golf, wakeboarding, and wakesurfing.

Athlete

Father, Alain.

French, English

Father Alain Parrot (Alpine skiing): Was an Alpine ski racer and Canadian jumping waterski champion.

2011 FIS event in Snow Park, New Zealand (Slopestyle - 3rd)
2011 World Cup in London (Big Air - 14th)

Missed the 2018/19 season while undergoing treatment for Hodgkin lymphoma cancer diagnosed in December 2018, completing the last of 12 chemotherapy treatments in late June 2019. When he returned to competition, he won the X Games Norway 2019 big air, the Olympic test event in Beijing, the big air gold at the X Games Aspen in 2020, then slopestyle gold and big air silver at X Games Norway 2020

Started snowboarding switching from skiing at age 10 after a friend of his received a snowboard for Christmas. (canadasnowboard.ca)

"There's still a lot of stuff to be done out there, I just want to keep pushing. I want to use more and more of my creativity in tricks, into runs. After the Olympics, I would like to film more, so maybe do fewer contests."

"I want to inspire anyone to go out there and try snowboarding and feel the same feeling and feel the same love I have for my sport. I want to inspire more people to go out there, get out of the city." (olympics.com, 2 Dec 2020)

During offseason and summer, gym and practise on an airbag for snowboard landings in Quebec multiple times a week.

Practises yoga and meditation. "When I do yoga and meditation after that, I often find so many solutions. By clearing your mind, you can see the problem more clearly, and you see what's important and what you can let go of." (olympics.com, 2 Dec 2020)

Getting back on a snowboard to win gold at X Games 2019 two months after his final chemotherapy treatment in June 2019, six months after he was diagnosed with cancer. “It was a very special moment that I’ll remember for the rest of my life. It felt amazing to ride along with the other riders, who I hadn’t seen for months. And on top of that, after all the hard work at the gym to regain the muscles and cardio that I’d lost during treatments, I was able to win gold. But to win it was really just the candy at the end." (copingmag.com, March 2021)

Racecar driver Lewis Hamilton (GBR), F1 driver. Has won a joint-record seven World Drivers' Championship titles. "I've actually already met Lewis Hamilton and I really admire the competitive side of him. He's such a warrior when he gets in his car and drives it." (olympics.com, 2 Dec 2020)

Facing cancer taught him to live really in the present moment, which is what he puts into his daily routine, especially since the quarantine. "So, in April and March (2020), when I was taking more time for myself, I was also appreciating the time every day. And I wasn't thinking, 'In two months I'm going to start going back to the gym,' no I was really going day by day and I still do that now. I think it's definitely good to think about the future because you want to see your goals, you want to see where you're going, but it's important to live every day and in the present moment." (olympics.com, 2 Dec 2020)

"Comeback of the Year" Award at the Laureus World Sports Awards (2021)