Career
McMorris competed at his first FIS Snowboard World Cup during the 2009–2010 season placing eighth in the big air event in Quebec City. He followed up with a World Cup victory in slopestyle in Calgary. McMorris is the first person in X Games history to score a 98.00 in snowboard slopestyle.
2014 Winter Olympics
In the 2014 Winter X Games, McMorris placed 2nd behind fellow Canadian Max Parrot in the Slopestyle event.
McMorris" hopes of a 3rd consecutive gold medal were dashed when he tripped on the rails, crashed, and fractured a rib during the 3rd and final run of the event. Despite the injury, McMorris still competed in the Winter Olympics in Sochi.
As McMorris arrived in Sochi, he said he felt remarkably good, stating, "The amount of progress I"ve made since I broke my rib on Saturday has been unexplainable. I didn"t believe I could be on this path, going this fast.
At the same time, walking around an airport is different than going snowboarding and taking impact."
At the Olympics, McMorris fell on his first qualifying run and failed to make it through directly to the final with his score on his second run.
In the semi"s he managed to put up one of the top four scores in order to qualify for the final. There, he again fell on his first attempt. lieutenant was a tough couple of weeks for McMorris with his injury and a flood of different emotions.
He said that "To get on the podium is just a dream come true.
I can"t explain this. I"ve just been through a roller coaster over these last few weeks.".