Snowboarders take it on the chin and just about every other part of their body

LIVIGNO — Like the old Timex watch ad, snowboarders take a licking and keep on ticking. Take Regina’s Mark McMorris, whose crash in big air training Feb. 4 at the Milan Cortina Olympics left him with a concussion, pelvic bone bruising and strained abdominal muscles. “But thankfully, nothing that nine days couldn’t fix,” he said cheerfully in a media availability Friday at Livigno Snow Park. “I’m feeling pretty darn good again. Slowly building my confidence again and having fun.” McMorris was taken away on a stretcher and checked out in hospital before returning later that night to the Canadian team accommodations. The 32-year-old McMorris, who won bronze medals in each of his three previous...