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However, despite several attempts, he was unable to land this trick. Furthermore, he is a good friend of the famous skateboard rider Tony Hawk , Shaun White who for his own team Bird House is committed -Skateboarding as a driver. Source Authors. Previous article Next article. Olympic champion in the halfpipe snowboard.

Cookie-policy To contact us: mail to admin zxc. Shaun White. United States United States. Weather Traffic U. Station Info. Newsmakers Our America Localish. Follow Us:. Share Tweet Email. Share: Share Tweet Email. It will be White's first halfpipe event since he finished fourth in Sochi, Russia, last February while trying to win his third straight Olympic gold medal. White, an eight-time Snowboard SuperPipe champion, arrived in Aspen earlier this week but had not confirmed whether he would take part in Thursday's competition.

Watch it here. New world record set in speed skiing Simone Origone sets new speed skiing world record …. Snowboarding's 5 Most Underrated Riders A look at five snowboarders who deserve a higher …. Everyone is eager to see her become the first woman to land a double cork in competition: she has landed several in practice sessions. Jamie Anderson is yin and yang personified, known for literal tree-hugging and yoga vibes and also as one of the fiercest competitors X Games has ever seen.

She has scars to show for it: she's been taking big risks and heavy slams in the effort to push women's progression and stay ahead of younger riders, and she smashed her face up attempting a frontside at X Games Aspen With 16 X Games medals -- 5 gold, 7 silver, 2 bronze in Slopestyle, and 2 bronze in Big Air -- she owns the most Snowboard medals 16 of any woman in X Games history and sits at 3 for most medals among all snowboarders, behind Shaun White 18 and Mark McMorris Don't miss her backcountry film, "Unconditional.

In one of the greatest comeback stories of all time, Max Parrot returned to the top of the Big Air podium at X Games Norway just two months after completing an aggressive six-month chemotherapy treatment plan for the Hodgkin lymphoma cancer he was diagnosed with in December He already had a reputation as the hardest-working guy in the game before all that, and now owns the most Snowboard Big Air gold 5 and most Snowboard Big Air medals 8.

One more win and he could crack the top-5 for most gold of all X Games snowboarders. Bet on it: he now owns 5 gold, 3 silver from his 9 Big Air starts plus 1 gold, 1 silver in Slopestyle , and says X Games Aspen is favorite stomping ground. Kelly Clark's retirement from competition at X Games Aspen was a tear-jerker for the ages, after setting the standard in SuperPipe competition for nearly two decades.

With 7 gold, 6 silver, 1 bronze, she owns the second most Snowboard gold and second most Snowboard medals of any woman at X Games and is at 4 on both lists among all snowboarders, male or female.

The first to bring s to Women's SuperPipe, she also deserves credit for paving the way for the future: she was an early supporter of a young Chloe Kim via her Kelly Clark Foundation. Pay attention to her second act: she spent slashing pow, filming in the backcountry, and hitting up surf spots around the world. Mark McMorris was the first to land a proper triple cork at X Games, stomping a backside triple cork at X Games Aspen to usher in a new era of Big Air progression. Bet on him to tie that record and establish a new standard in he's one of the most reliable medal miners in the game, with 17 medals from 22 X Games competition starts across Slopestyle 5 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze and Big Air 3 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze.

He could be competing in as many as four disciplines at X Games Aspen The numbers don't lie: Lindsey Jacobellis won an astonishing 10 gold medals racing in Snowboarder X between and , putting her at 2 behind Shaun White for most X Games Snowboard gold. She won four in a row between before blowing the ACL in her left knee in practice at X Games Aspen , then came back to win three in a row between and , the most recent year the race was held in Aspen.

One of the great all-around talents in snowboarding, her X Games haul includes 10 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze in Snowboarder X; and 1 bronze in Slopestyle.