13 year old with trippel cork

Triple Cork is a snowboard trick with a triple backflip with screw. First made by the Norwegian snowboarder Torstein Horgmo in the X-Games Big Air last year. Last week 13 year old Markus Kleveland copied the trick, the yongest ever to make it. The yongster from Dombås is already being featured in a number of international snowboarding magazines, and coach Thomas Harstad predict a bright future for the teenager if he continues this trend

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The Norway Post

Thursday, 14 March 2013 21:53

Posted in Section: Local Shortnews - Category: Local Shortnews

Written by The Norway Post

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