Tanner Hall became the only person to three-peat in two Winter X disciplines, adding three straight Skiing SuperPipe wins to his Slopestyle victories. White had equipment trouble in Slopestyle, which allowed for an easy title defense for Andreas Wiig. Gretchen Bleiler scored her third SuperPipe gold in what was likely the best women's pipe comp ever. Bleiler threw a frontside and a pair of tough variations to top Torah Bright's super tech switch backside indy.
Kelly Clark became the first woman to attempt a in a superpipe comp. Alpine fixture Daron Rahlves came from behind in every Skier X heat to take his only skiercross win to date. The viewers at home and 68, spectators in attendance witnessed the world's top winter action sports athletes compete in a new foot SuperPipe, and the addition of two new disciplines making their debut -- Women's Skiing Slopestyle and Snowmobile Nex Trick. The eight telecasts averaged , homes, up nine percent from It was Hibbert's eighth medal, matching Blair Morgan for most in the Snowmobile disciplines.
But Nate Holland stole the "peat" show when he became the third person in Winter X history to win four straight in a single discipline, doing so in Snowboarder X. Torah Bright flashed the most technical riding ever witnessed in a women's SuperPipe competition, beating Kelly Clark, for her second Winter X gold. Winter X Games 14 also set a new attendance record in Aspen with a total of 84, spectators over four days -- an increase of nine percent from the record.
In the year of the peat, five atheltes earned record-breaking performances at Winter X Games Lindsey Jacobellis defended her back-to-back gold medals in Women's Snowboarder X, becoming the first athlete to three-peat twice in the same discipline. Not to be left out of the history books, Shaun White won his third straight Men's Snowboard SuperPipe gold with the McTwist to become the first athelte to three-peat in Snowboard SuperPipe and the second person to thee-peat in two separate divisions.
Not only did he win Big Air, he earned a perfect score on two of his runs, giving Brown an unprecedented perfect score of The next evening, Halldor Helgason became the second athlete to recieve a perfect score on his way to winning Iceland's first gold in Snowboard Big Air. In the inaugural Adaptive SnoCross event, Mike Schultz won the gold medal in his first appearance back at Winter X since having his leg amputated.
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He gave me all of the core information that I needed to understand the physics and the geometry of executing this trick safely on snow. We built the exact jump that Nick recommended onto an airbag on January I have never been so scared in my life. JD: We just got the phone call that Sarah had passed away. I just fell over. We were in a place that Sarah absolutely loved, and it was a good afternoon to be doing what we were doing.
Instead of being afraid to hit the airbag, I said, I know exactly what Sarah would do. She loved to be afraid and overcome those challenges. There was no question. Rory Bushfield, her husband, came back on the snow for the first time since she had passed. The best moment for me was not doing the backflip—it was seeing him smile so big and so bright. Just for the tiniest of moments he was able to enjoy being out there. Ultimately ski racing is like a meditation in motion for me.
My mind becomes incredibly calm. JD: I also really love freeskiing and want to continue working with Salomon Freeski. Film is such a good way to tell a story. Our vision is empowerment through adventure.
We just did an adventure camp up in Whistler. We took a group of kids from North America who had recently had spinal cord injuries and took them bungee jumping, trekking, mountain biking, and road bike riding. JD: I did my best to continue having fun with the life that I had. To know that those actions have inspired others to do the same is awesome. However you want to look at it, we all face challenges. All rights reserved. A: That was the same day that freeskiing legend and your friend, Sarah Burke, passed away after her accident in Park City.
A: A few weeks later, when the conditions lined up to take it to the snow, was Sarah in your thoughts? All I can say is, as long as you have a dream and try for it, anything's possible. Live it fast! Kurka has exploded onto the mono ski scene, honing his skills at a rapid rate. The X Games is a dream come true, and it's only the beginning of a long career in the adaptive racing world.
Anderson adds, "He is the leader on our race team.
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