2008 Woodie Awards
Winter X Games Eleven Showcases Evolution In Extreme Sports
JOANNA BENJAMIN Senir Staff Writer
Issue date: 1/30/07 Section: Sports
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In the opening night of the winter X Games in Aspen, CO, extreme sports saw an array of progressive displays at Buttermilk
Mountain, leaving everyone satisfied.
Women's Snowboarding Superpipe
The 17-year-old member of the 2006 Olympic team, Elena Hight was the first female to ever land a grabbed backside 900 in her final run, securing her the bronze medal.
She was topped by Aspen native Gretchen Bleiler, whose run started off with a frontside 900 and included her trademark
crippler and a back-to-back 540 combo landing her a silver.
Torah Bright's gold medal run began with a huge air to fakie to a frontside 720 with a grab and a giant McTwist. Bright's progressive style rounded out the women's snowboarding superpipe competition.
Men's Skiing Superpipe
Last year's gold medalist Tanner Hall came out on top again. Dropping in switch, Hall started with a perfect 1080 on the first hit and ended with a 1080 as well.
Hall was followed closely by Simon Dumont, who landed a huge 1260 and was airing upwards of 20 feet out of the pipe.
Peter Olenick landed a double back flip with a torque or what has been dubbed the "Whiskey flip" for a solid bronze medal run.
Men's Snowboard Slopstyle
For the men's side of slopstyle,
Norwegian Andreas Wiig snagged the gold with a backside rodeo 900, newly named the "Wiig flip" after a cab 900 and finishing with a frontside 1080 with a frontside grab.
Jussi Oksanen scored an 84.66 and second place finish after a solid run that started off with two smooth rails and a switch backside 720 off the first hit. He followed the 720 by a cab 900 into a frontside 900 finishing with a switch backside 900 on the last kicker.
Shaun White's run that began
with a frontside 270 onto the first rail didn't land him X Game gold for the first time in four years. His run did include a cab 900 to a frontside 720 boardslide and White almost landed a cab 1260 but didn't manage to get the final rotation around, which placed him third with a score of 83.33.
Mountain, leaving everyone satisfied.
Women's Snowboarding Superpipe
The 17-year-old member of the 2006 Olympic team, Elena Hight was the first female to ever land a grabbed backside 900 in her final run, securing her the bronze medal.
She was topped by Aspen native Gretchen Bleiler, whose run started off with a frontside 900 and included her trademark
crippler and a back-to-back 540 combo landing her a silver.
Torah Bright's gold medal run began with a huge air to fakie to a frontside 720 with a grab and a giant McTwist. Bright's progressive style rounded out the women's snowboarding superpipe competition.
Men's Skiing Superpipe
Last year's gold medalist Tanner Hall came out on top again. Dropping in switch, Hall started with a perfect 1080 on the first hit and ended with a 1080 as well.
Hall was followed closely by Simon Dumont, who landed a huge 1260 and was airing upwards of 20 feet out of the pipe.
Peter Olenick landed a double back flip with a torque or what has been dubbed the "Whiskey flip" for a solid bronze medal run.
Men's Snowboard Slopstyle
For the men's side of slopstyle,
Norwegian Andreas Wiig snagged the gold with a backside rodeo 900, newly named the "Wiig flip" after a cab 900 and finishing with a frontside 1080 with a frontside grab.
Jussi Oksanen scored an 84.66 and second place finish after a solid run that started off with two smooth rails and a switch backside 720 off the first hit. He followed the 720 by a cab 900 into a frontside 900 finishing with a switch backside 900 on the last kicker.
Shaun White's run that began
with a frontside 270 onto the first rail didn't land him X Game gold for the first time in four years. His run did include a cab 900 to a frontside 720 boardslide and White almost landed a cab 1260 but didn't manage to get the final rotation around, which placed him third with a score of 83.33.
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