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Britain's Jenny Jones won the slopestyle contest on Friday at the first X-Games to be held in Europe. Her win in Tignes gives her another gold medal to put on the mantlepiece alongside the gold she won in the US-held X-Games earlier this season. read more — full article at powderroom.net |
Switzerland's Iouri Podladtchikov returned from Winter X Games 14 with a silver medal, a fourth place finish from the Olympics in Vancouver, and can now add gold to that list from his win today at Winter X Games Europe. France's Mathieu Crepel, who finished tenth at the Vancouver Olympics, was ... — full article at bnqt.com
Tignes, France Four-time Winter X Games medalist, Jen Hudak, won her first X Games gold last month in her hometown of Aspen in Women s Skiing SuperPipe. Competing with a full international field in Tignes, France, Hudak led the pack from her first run through her third run. She was ... — full article at bnqt.com
Mr. Johnson was an X Games medalist in two disciplines, and was the first to perform many of free skiing’s maneuvers.
Chances of a United States medal in the debut of ski cross at the Vancouver Games took a hit when the team’s only competitors were injured.
The double cork has become as good a symbol as any of the dizzying progression in snowboarding that has more athletes specializing in specific disciplines within the sport.
Shaun White put on a flawless performance at the Winter X Games that reinforced his status as the gold-medal favorite at the Vancouver Olympics.
Jon Olsson, an accomplished freestyle skier, figures he will spend close to $500,000 in an attempt to win a $6,000 bet that he could not make Sweden’s 2014 Olympic Alpine team.
Athletes in snowboard cross and ski cross have long worn loose outerwear, but that has changed as more Alpine skiers have begun competing in the freestyle disciplines.
Torah Bright, 23, won the 2009 Winter X Games but remains relatively unknown outside of snowboarding.
If you enjoy watching men soaring into the air on skateboards, snowboards and dirt bikes and then crashing, then you’ll like the movie.
Over the years, skateboarding evolved into vertical and street competitions, but the old-school park variety has been making a comeback.
As action sports become more mainstream and their culture changes, some have recognized a greater profile for religion.