Watch Marcus Kleveland Hit His First Triple Cork When He Was Just 13

Marcus Kleveland is one of the most electric talents in the freestyle world. And I use that phrasing with intention because for as decorated as the young Norwegian is as a competitive snowboarder, it’s also no secret he’s a standout on skis too.

Just a brief rundown of his competitive accomplishments paints a simple picture of one of the best freestyle snowboarders on the planet: two-time slopestyle gold medalist at the FIS Snowboard World Championships as well as two bronze in big air competition there. His X-Games medal case is wildly diverse though, including eight gold medals between slopestyle, big air, and the fan-favorite knucklehuck. Now throw in three big air silver medals and two more slopestyle silvers and you have the resumé of an athlete in an elite class.

He was the first-ever snowboarder to complete a quad cork 1800 in competition and he’s done all of this before turning 25, so there’s reason to expect he’ll raise freestyle snowboarding’s bar even higher by the time it’s all said and done. On the flip side of that coin, anybody who watched Kleveland progress as a kid could have seen this coming. He was pulling double corks by the time he was 11 years old and two years later he was on to triples. At the time — which is wild to believe it was barely more than a decade ago — he was the youngest athlete to ever pull that off.

“I remember seeing an edit of Marcus a couple of years ago and I had to ask my Norwegian friends who this was, (it) was so sick,” Olympian Louie Vito said when he saw the young phenom pulling off tricks that were so progressive for the time. “I’m stoked to see him progressing at such a fast rate but having fun doing it at the same time. I hope to see this kid around for years to come.”

That wish was granted. This flashback of Kleveland at 13 years old is pretty rad, to say the least.

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