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Marcus Kleveland’s 2013 Triple Cork at Vierli

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Marcus Kleveland’s Vierli footage captures an early milestone in his snowboarding career. The Norwegian rider was thirteen when the archive reported his successful triple cork on a purpose-built jump.

Sequence image showing Marcus Kleveland rotating above a snow jump
Sequence image showing Marcus Kleveland rotating above a snow jump Credit: Daniel Tengs.

A sequence image makes the movement readable

Several positions placed across one frame let the viewer trace the rotation from take-off towards landing. It is a photographic sequence, not several riders performing together.

Kleveland’s 2013 milestone

At thirteen, Kleveland was attempting a trick already associated with established professionals such as Torstein Horgmo and Mark McMorris. The contemporary report called him the youngest rider to land it. That makes this a milestone from 2013, rather than a claim about the youngest successful rider today. The age is remarkable, but the purpose-built Vierli jump and time spent learning the landing are just as much a part of the achievement.

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Video: 13-year-old Snowboarder lands Triple Cork - Marcus Kleveland 2013 (published by Red Bull).

The purpose-built jump gives the attempt context

The original account describes Kleveland becoming familiar with the landing before completing the trick on a jump built for the attempt. That preparation helps explain the successful attempt. It places the sequence within a specialised session rather than a spontaneous move made on any ordinary slope.

The photograph and video explain different aspects

Daniel Tengs’s photograph offers something the moving clip cannot: time to compare positions without pausing a player. Follow the same board and rider across the frame, paying attention to how their orientation changes relative to the slope. The video then brings those separated positions back into a continuous movement. Viewed together, the two records explain why a single airborne photograph would tell only part of this story.

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