Justin Dorey and Mike Riddle are riding strong and both have runs that open with double cork 12s, as well as a variety of s to either side. Last year's silver medalist, Jossi Wells, is still working his way back from September ankle surgery and might not be percent in Aspen. Saturday, January In Slopestyle, he shocked one of the strongest fields in history, including silver medalist and pre-contest favorite Andreas Hatveit and wunderkind Tom Wallisch.
In Big Air, Brown earned the first perfect score for his switch double misty mute This year, he wants to prove to his peers that last year wasn't a fluke. He spent the summer working on his rail tricks -- his weakest area in Slopestyle -- and added unnatural spins to his list of tricks.
The work seems to have paid off. He's leading the overall Dew Tour standings in ski slopestyle and is fresh off a win last weekend in Killington. Last year, Brown had the advantage of arriving in Aspen as a virtual unknown outside of the core freeskiing community.
This year, he's feeling the pressure of expectations. Which means his biggest competitor in Aspen just might be himself. Six-time winner Lindsey Jacobellis -- who is going for a four-peat in SBX -- is once again the favorite to take this race.
But a Winter X bridesmaid believes her day has come: Twenty-year-old Helene Olafsen of Norway feels she is now fast enough and experienced enough to better last year's silver-medal finish. In Real Snow , eight of the best urban riders in the world will be judged on second video segments they submitted earlier this month, and those videos will be shown during the p.
ESPN broadcast Sunday night. In Snowboard Street, the same eight riders compete in a minute jam session while hitting obstacles in a mimicked city environment. Until now. Four-time SuperPipe gold medalist Gretchen Bleiler edged out her Olympic teammate, Kelly Clark and her foot airs with solid s and her signature Crippler But this season, Bleiler decided to scale back her contest schedule.
Then last weekend she showed up in Killington for the second Dew Tour contest and finished second. Clark scored a Since last year, Clark has added a Crippler to her run and will most likely attempt her in Aspen. Ellery Hollingsworth could also be the first woman to land the 10 in competition -- she landed it in practice and came close in competition last year.
And the young rider to watch this season is year-old Kaitlyn Farrington , who won the inaugural Winter X Europe by beating Torah Bright who has pulled out of pipe in favor of Slopestyle head-to-head.
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Online : ESPN. The app features complete venue info, customizable schedules, athlete bios, results, photo galleries and more. The event also will be simulcast on ESPN's international broadband platforms in 12 countries. Live coverage on ESPN3.
Fans who follow the X Games on Twitter will be provided with instant event updates, breaking news, results and a behind-the-scenes look at Winter X Games Sal Masekela has served as host of the Winter X Games since In addition to serving as host, Masekela's responsibilities include serving as play-by-play for the Snowboard SuperPipe, Slopestyle and Big Air events, and providing reports on "SportsCenter.
Kevin Pearce , who has five Winter X medals to his name, will serve as an analyst for the snowboard competitions at Winter X At Winter X 13, he was the first athlete to compete in three Winter X Games competitions in a single day and earned three medals in the three events. Zach Crist was a member of the U. Crist will work as an analyst for the X Course competitions. A former ski aerialist, Ernst is a live event announcer for numerous winter sports events and is the founder of EXP Productions.
Mike Douglas has been an integral part of the Winter X Games telecast team since A member of the Canadian Freestyle Ski team in the early s, he helped usher in the twin tip revolution. Chris Burandt helped pioneer the sport of snowmobile freestyle in the early s. Burandt will serve as an analyst for select snowmobile events at Winter X Games Sarah Burke was named one of the most influential skiers of the past 35 years by Powder magazine and was the first woman to land a , and in competition.
Burke has five Winter X Skiing SuperPipe medals, including three consecutive gold medals and back-to-back silvers before that.
Burke will serve as an analyst for specific freeski competitions at Winter X Games
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