Darcy Sharpe of Comox won the silver medal for Canada in slopestyle at the FIS Snowboard Junior World Championships in Spain.
The 16th FIS Snowboard Junior World Championships wrapped-up March 31 in Sierra Nevada, Spain.
The slopestyle competition closed out the championships with the biggest Canadian delegation of the week on hand. Sharpe had a strong run to win the silver medal with a score of 88. Winner Marko Grigis of Italy scored 94 while bronze medallist Brandon Davis of the USA scored 86.
The world silver is part of an impressive season for the 16-year-old Mark Isfeld student.
Before heading to Spain, Sharpe was in Calgary for the Canadian slopestyle championships from March 15-17 where he also won silver.
Jon Versteeg from Vernon had the best run of the day scoring 81.70 to put him on top of the podium while Sharpe was a close second with a score of 80.50, followed by Matts Kulisek from Sainte-Adèle, QC, in third with a score of 80.3.
Sharpe won this year's Afterdark Invitational Big Air at Mount Washington when he returned to his home mountain after placing sixth at the LG FIS World Cup in Stoneham, Quebec.
At the same event, Sharpe was chosen to narrate an in-depth course review for the LG FIS World Cup Slopestyle held in Stoneham, Quebec.
With a respectable placing at the Canadian Open in Calgary and a second place and best trick win at the Seymour Canadian Shield, Sharpe has been on the road a lot this year.
He wraps up his season April 13-22 in Whistler Blackcomb at the Telus World Ski and Snowboard Festival.