USA Today · Feb 10, 2018
School's out; Canadian Parrot wins Olympic-sized gamble
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — The words floated out of Max Parrot's mouth while sitting with his parents one day and landed with the impact he fully expected.
Alain Parrot and Suzanne Noel spun around in their chairs immediately, as tends to happen when your son tells you he's bailing on college to pursue professional snowboarding and, oh by the way, he'd like to use the money you'd set aside for his education to fund the whole deal.
"They were like, 'No, you have to go to school,'" Parrot said.
It was the answer he knew was coming and that was fine. He had a plan. He always has a plan.