Why The X Games Are Not Going To Calgary Anymore After being announced in early 2019 that Calgary, Alberta would host the Winter X Games from 2020 until 2022, it has now been confirmed that the extreme sports event will not be held there anymore due to a lack of funding. Most people in Calgary were happy when officials said in March that the city had secured the exclusive rights […] Industry News Micho | November 7, 2019 1 Comment
VIDEO: 16-Year Old Skier Kelly Sildaru Wins X Games Gold with Highest Recorded Slopestyle Score Ever 16-year-old Kelly Sildaru from Estonia made Aspen X Games history this weekend when she scored 99 points out of a possible 100 for her third slopestyle run of the competition, earning the highest recorded slopestyle score—men or women—in X Games history. You might also like: VIDEO: 13-Year Old Girl Lands First Ever Backside Double Cork 1260 and Takes Gold at the […] SnowBrains | February 2, 2019 0 Comments
VIDEO: 13-Year Old Girl Lands First Ever Backside Double Cork 1260 and Takes Gold at the X Games, Norway With her Japanese teammate and fellow X Games Big Air gold medalist Takeru Otsukawatching at the bottom, 13-year-old Kokomo Murase made history by putting down the first ever backside double cork 1260 in a women’s snowboarding final AND becoming the youngest snowboarder to ever win X Games gold in Big Air in Norway this weekend. Kokomo Murase took the gold […] Industry News Steven Agar | May 21, 2018 0 Comments
VIDEO: Ayumu Hirano Makes History by Landing Back-to-Back 1440’s at X Games History was made on Sunday at the 2018 Winter X Games in Aspen, CO as Ayumu Hirano became the first snowboarder to ever land back-to-back 1440s in a halfpipe competition, scoring a near-perfect 99.00 to claim the gold medal in the Snowboard SuperPipe competition, reports tetongravity.com. The 19-year-old Japanese wunderkind was already sitting on a score of 96.66 and in first place […] Industry News Steven Agar | January 31, 2018 0 Comments
VIDEO: X Games’ Documentary On Jeremy Jones | This Is One Cool Dude Jeremy Jones is synonymous with big mountain and backcountry snowboarding and has been recognized as “Big Mountain Rider of the Year” by Snowboarder Magazine 10 times. He has also created arguably three of the most iconic snowboarding films of all time. Chris Wallner | May 24, 2017 0 Comments
As The 2017 X Games Approach, The Selection Process Has Begun And Invitations Have Been Sent Out X Games is one of the biggest winter sports events in the world. The athlete competition is at an all time high along with the skill. To get an invitation to compete in such an event is extremely challenging and a huge honor. The way the X Games invitation system works starts with the previous seasons podium finishers. Each person who […] Dylan Cautela | November 17, 2016 0 Comments
VIDEO: 13-Year-Old Kelly Sildaru Becomes Youngest Person To Win Gold After Winning The X Games Slopestyle Kelly Sildaru became the youngest Winter X Games gold medalist at the age of 13 and brought home Estonia’s first-ever first-place finish. The Estonian skier competed in the Winter X Games in Aspen Friday, bringing home the women’s ski slopestyle gold with a score of 93. Kelly says that she works on her “hobby” on a 100-meter hill near her […] Chris Wallner | February 1, 2016 1 Comment
X Games: Danny Davis Wins Superpipe, Pushes White to 4th Danny Davis returned to the X Games to claim his second gold medal in a row last night, topping 2nd and 3rd place finishers Taku Hiraoka and Iouri Podladtchikov. Davis’ final run knocked 8-time superpipe champ Shaun White out of podium contention. Davis, who was up last, stomped under pressure on his third and final run. He earned a 93.66 for a run that showed Danny’s signature style: McTwist, frontside nine, backside seven, his trademark switch method, cab ten, finishing with a frontside double cork ten. “I think it’s […] ameliatraynor | January 23, 2015 0 Comments