While he got a score of 67.00 on his first jump, the Montreal native fell on his second and third attempts to finish in 26th.
On the women's side, Laurie Blouin qualified fourth and Jasmine Baird was 10th in the big air qualifiers.Parrot on Tuesday will be trying to become the first snowboarder to win two gold medals at their first Olympics."We saw today that we lose six or seven points as soon as we put our hand down," Parrot said." want clean jumps and tough manoeuvres."
Needing a big score to reach the top 12 on his third jump, he tried a frontside triple cork 1620 Weddle and fell heavily, lying on the ground for several minutes while medical staff checked him. He got up, slowly, and left the course with help.