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The White World of Snowboarding in the X-GAMES

The Winter X-Games is a competetion of athletes from around the world in extreme sports. Performing stunts that may seem almost impossible. These athletes bend the lays of physics, soaring high into the air and attempting death defying stunts, for all spectators to be amazed at their skill.

Here is a clip from the Woman's Winter X-games:

Danny Davis wins Gold in Men's Snowboard SuperPipe presented by ESPN.com YouTube.

Winter X-Games was first televised in 2002. It was a live transmission covered by ESPN's new sports programming known as SportsCenter. The location of the X-Games is set in Aspen, Colorado till the year 2019. As the years continued the new extreme sports competition added new events, the X-Games have a gained a large following. ESPN in 2008 described the X-Games as a competition compiled of the greatest winter action sport athletes from around the world competing on an annual basis.

The Backcountry

Venues of Winter X Games:

1997 Big Bear Lake, California
1998 Crested Butte, Colorado
1999 Crested Butte, Colorado
2000 Mount Snow, Vermont
2001 Mount Snow, Vermont
2002 Aspen
2003 Aspen
2004 Aspen
2005 Aspen
2006 Aspen
2007 Aspen
2008 Aspen
2009 Aspen
2010 Aspen
2011 Aspen
2012 Aspen
2013 Aspen
2014 Aspen
2015 Aspen
2016 Aspen

Click below to listen to the SportsCenter theme song:

Shaun White has a perfect run through the pipe:

Video courtesy of YouTube.

THE WINTER
X-GAMES!!!
Competition for the most extreme athletes



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