DAY 1. Records were decimated on Thursday at Winter X Games in Aspen as Tom Wallisch's gold medal Slopestyle run scored a 96.00 and Kaya Turski became the first woman to win three consecutive gold medals in Slopestyle. It was Wallisch's first Winter X Games medal and he was thrilled to win it "under the lights in primetime." Buttermilk Mountain hosted the first nighttime X Games Slopestyle competition under the lights. "I think it's going to open the sport up to a bigger audience," Wallisch said. His winning run featured an impressive wallride on the first feature that drew cheers from the audience below. Winter X Games rookie and the youngest Slopestyle competitor Nick Goepper, 17, scored 94.66 and took the silver. For the third-consecutive year, Norway's Andreas Håtveit grabbed the bronze. Earlier in the day, the women took to the 1600-foot long course with six features, where Canada's Kaya Turski won the first gold of the Games and her third-consecutive gold in Women's Ski Slopestyle. In the past two X Games, Turski's final run had been a victory lap, but this year it all came down to that crucial third run, when Turski, who was in third-place after two runs, landed her switch 1080 off the final jump and scored a 95.00 to win it. Devin Logan, 18, scored a 92.33 and took silver. Australia's Anna Segal, who scored a 90.00 on her first run and led the competition through two rounds, grabbed the bronze. "I've never seen the level so high as I've seen it today," Turski said ...
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
X Games 2012 ► WINNERS & BEST MOMENTS MIX - Part 1. (1. & 2. day)
X Games 2012 ► WINNERS & BEST MOMENTS MIX - Part 1. (1. & 2. day) Video Clips. Duration : 10.17 Mins.
DAY 1. Records were decimated on Thursday at Winter X Games in Aspen as Tom Wallisch's gold medal Slopestyle run scored a 96.00 and Kaya Turski became the first woman to win three consecutive gold medals in Slopestyle. It was Wallisch's first Winter X Games medal and he was thrilled to win it "under the lights in primetime." Buttermilk Mountain hosted the first nighttime X Games Slopestyle competition under the lights. "I think it's going to open the sport up to a bigger audience," Wallisch said. His winning run featured an impressive wallride on the first feature that drew cheers from the audience below. Winter X Games rookie and the youngest Slopestyle competitor Nick Goepper, 17, scored 94.66 and took the silver. For the third-consecutive year, Norway's Andreas Håtveit grabbed the bronze. Earlier in the day, the women took to the 1600-foot long course with six features, where Canada's Kaya Turski won the first gold of the Games and her third-consecutive gold in Women's Ski Slopestyle. In the past two X Games, Turski's final run had been a victory lap, but this year it all came down to that crucial third run, when Turski, who was in third-place after two runs, landed her switch 1080 off the final jump and scored a 95.00 to win it. Devin Logan, 18, scored a 92.33 and took silver. Australia's Anna Segal, who scored a 90.00 on her first run and led the competition through two rounds, grabbed the bronze. "I've never seen the level so high as I've seen it today," Turski said ...
DAY 1. Records were decimated on Thursday at Winter X Games in Aspen as Tom Wallisch's gold medal Slopestyle run scored a 96.00 and Kaya Turski became the first woman to win three consecutive gold medals in Slopestyle. It was Wallisch's first Winter X Games medal and he was thrilled to win it "under the lights in primetime." Buttermilk Mountain hosted the first nighttime X Games Slopestyle competition under the lights. "I think it's going to open the sport up to a bigger audience," Wallisch said. His winning run featured an impressive wallride on the first feature that drew cheers from the audience below. Winter X Games rookie and the youngest Slopestyle competitor Nick Goepper, 17, scored 94.66 and took the silver. For the third-consecutive year, Norway's Andreas Håtveit grabbed the bronze. Earlier in the day, the women took to the 1600-foot long course with six features, where Canada's Kaya Turski won the first gold of the Games and her third-consecutive gold in Women's Ski Slopestyle. In the past two X Games, Turski's final run had been a victory lap, but this year it all came down to that crucial third run, when Turski, who was in third-place after two runs, landed her switch 1080 off the final jump and scored a 95.00 to win it. Devin Logan, 18, scored a 92.33 and took silver. Australia's Anna Segal, who scored a 90.00 on her first run and led the competition through two rounds, grabbed the bronze. "I've never seen the level so high as I've seen it today," Turski said ...
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