She went on to compete in the Snowboard Halfpipe in the Olympics, has medaled at the X-Games and was the first ever snowboarder (of any gender) to land a double backside alley-oop rodeo during a halfpipe competition.This year, Elena appears in her first ever Warren Miller film“Future Retro,” when she travels with fellow Protect Our WinterAmbassadors Danny Davis and Nick Russellto Antarctica. Photo: Matt Hardyīorn in Hawaii and raised in Lake Tahoe, Elena was the first female to land a 900 in competition when she was only 13 years old. 2018: Mark McMorris earns a bronze medal in Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle 11 months after waking from a medically induced coma after an accident boarding in the backcountry that left him with 17 broken bones, a collapsed lung and ruptured spleen.For episode 5 of season 5 of the “Long Underwear” Podcast presented by Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, host Amie Engerbretsonchats with snowboarding Queen, Elena Hight.īe sure to rate, review and subscribe on iTunes to help spread the word.Įlena Hight smiling at the camera while filming in Antarctica in November, 2019.2016: Max Parrot lands the first cab triple cork 1800 in Snowboard Big Air.2013: The first triple corks were landed in the Ski Big Air competition.2013: Elena Hight became the first snowboarder, male or female, to land a double backside alley-oop rodeo during a halfpipe competition.2012: Shaun White won Snowboard Superpipe for the fifth year in a row and posted a perfect 100 for the first time in the history of the winter or summer X Games.2011: Torstein Horgmo, a Norwegian professional snowboarder, landed the first triple cork in competition in Men’s Snowboard Big Air.2011: Kelly Clark landed the first 1080 as a female snowboarder in Women’s Superpipe.2009: Shaun White won the first back-to-back gold medals in the Snowboard Superpipe.2007: Peter Olenick landed the first double-flip (later coined the Whiskey Flip) while free skiing in halfpipe competition history. ![]() Plus according to Nielsen Media Research, viewers across all three networks streaming the event live, ABC Sports, ESPN and ESPN2, exceeded 2001’s household average by 30%.Īthletes who have competed in the X Games live up to its ‘extreme’ reputation, and have progressed winter sports and inspired several generations of athletes with its many firsts in the competitions that have been established over the years, an unavoidable result of some of the best athletes in the sport going head-to-head year after year attempting to one-up one another.Ī post shared by Alex Ferreira Few Noteworthy Firsts: This strategy worked with a new record of over 36,000 people in attendance in Aspen. In order to boost viewership, the competition schedule was shifted to later in the day and added events in the evening so more people could tune in and attend. The first year the Winter X Games were televised live also took place in 2002. Since 2002, Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen continues to be the proud home resort to the X Games, when they occur in the United States Then, both in 19, Crested Butte Mountain Resort hosted in Colorado, and then in 20 the X Games were held in Mount Snow, Vermont. ![]() The first Winter X Games took place in 1997 in Big Bear, California. ![]() To stoke the hype around this annual event that brings together some of the world’s top winter athletes, we put together a guide on how to watch, what to expect from this year’s competition and a little history about how the X Games started. This weekend, Aspen will be hosting the Winter X Games for the 23rd year.
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