Winter X Games XVI (re-titled Winter X Games Aspen'12; styled as Winter X Games Sixteen in the official logo) were held from January 26 to January 29, 2012, in Aspen , Colorado . They were the 11th consecutive Winter X Games to be held in Aspen. The events were broadcast on ESPN . Next year, the Winter X Games will be held in two international cities in Aspen, Colorado (January 24–27, 2013); Tignes, France (March 20–22).[1]
Sports [ ]
The following are the events at Winter X Games 16.
Highlights [ ]
Games dedicated to renowned freestyle skier Sarah Burke , who died on January 19, 2012, after a freak accident in training.[2]
Mark McMorris and Torstein Horgmo landed the first-ever triple corks in the Big Air competition.
Heath Frisby landed the first-ever snowmobile frontflip in the Best Trick competition.
Shaun White's final run in the Snowboard SuperPipe final scored a perfect 100.00. White's victory also gave him the first-ever five-peat in that event.
Mark McMorris became the first snowboarder since Shaun White to win two gold medals in one X Games.
Results [ ]
Medal count [ ]
* Host state (Colorado)
Skiing [ ]
Men's Slopestyle results [ ]
[3]
Women's Slopestyle results [ ]
[4]
Men's SuperPipe results [ ]
[5]
Women's SuperPipe results [ ]
[6]
Men's Big Air results [ ]
[7]
Women's Skier X results [ ]
[8]
Men's Skier X results [ ]
[9]
Men's Mono Skier X results [ ]
[10]
Rank
Name
Time
(CAN )
1:51.98
(USA )
1:52.61
Josh Dueck (CAN )
1:53.14
4
(UK )
1:53.57
Snowboarding [ ]
Men's Snowboard Street results [ ]
[11]
Rank
Name
Score
(USA )
88
Ryan Paul (USA )
83
(USA )
76
4
(USA )
74
5
(CAN )
10
Women's Snowboard Slopestyle results [ ]
[12]
Women's SuperPipe results [ ]
[13]
Men's Big Air results [ ]
[14]
Women's Snowboard X results [ ]
[15]
Men's Snowboard X results [ ]
[16]
Men's Slopestyle results [ ]
[17]
Rank
Name
Run 1
Run 2
Run 3
Score
Mark McMorris (CAN )
90.00
93.00
8.33
93.00
Sage Kotsenburg (USA )
30.00
37.66
88.00
88.00
Peetu Piiroinen (FIN )
60.00
70.00
86.00
86.00
4
Sebastien Toutant (CAN )
83.66
47.66
21.66
83.66
5
Seppe Smits (BEL )
26.00
40.66
79.33
79.33
6
Gjermund Braaten (NOR )
29.00
78.66
17.00
78.66
7
(USA )
38.66
63.00
37.00
63.00
8
Torstein Horgmo (NOR )
28.33
24.00
29.66
29.66
Men's SuperPipe results [ ]
[18]
Shaun White became the third athlete in Winter X Games history to achieve a five-peat . His 100-point victory run included a Double McTwist 1260 combo'd into the first-ever frontside double cork 1260. It was the first-ever perfect score in the history of SuperPipe.
Snowmobile [ ]
Freestyle results [ ]
[19]
Rank
Name
Run 1
Run 2
Score
(USA )
92.66
93.66
93.66
Joe Parsons (USA )
90.66
89.00
90.66
Caleb Moore (USA )
87.00
86.00
87.00
4
Heath Frisby (USA )
80.00
82.66
82.66
Best Trick results [ ]
[20]
Rank
Name
Score
Heath Frisby (USA )
96.66
(USA )
89.66
Joe Parsons (USA )
88.00
4
(USA )
79.33
5
Caleb Moore (USA )
72.00
6
(USA )
71.33
Frisby won gold with the first-ever Frontflip
Colten Moore won silver with a Tsunami flip
Justin Hoyer attempted a double back flip, but under-rotated, fell over his handlebars, and broke his arm
References [ ]
^ Davon O'Neil, X Games expands globally , Xgames.com, May 1, 2012
^ "Canada's Groenewoud wins X Games superpipe gold" . CBC Sports . January 28, 2012.
^ "Winter X Games Aspen 2012 schedules, news, results, video highlights and athletes - ESPN" . Archived from the original on 2012-01-30.
^ Winter X Games Aspen 2012 - Results: Women's Ski Slopestyle - ESPN
^ "Winter X Games Aspen 2012 schedules, news, results, video highlights and athletes - ESPN" . Archived from the original on 2012-01-31.
^ Winter X Games Aspen 2012 - Results: Women's Ski SuperPipe - ESPN
^ Winter X Games Aspen 2012 - Results: Ski Big Air - ESPN
^ Winter X Games Aspen 2012 - Results: Women's Skier X - ESPN
^ Winter X Games Aspen 2012 - Results: Men's Skier X - ESPN
^ Winter X Games Aspen 2012 - Results: Mono Skier X - ESPN
^ Winter X Games Aspen 2012 - Results: Snowboard Street - ESPN
^ Winter X Games Aspen 2012 - Results: Women's Snowboard Slopestyle - ESPN
^ Winter X Games Aspen 2012 - Results: Women's Snowboard SuperPipe - ESPN
^ Winter X Games Aspen 2012 - Results: Snowboard Big Air - ESPN
^ Winter X Games Aspen 2012 - Results: Women's Snowboarder X - ESPN
^ Winter X Games Aspen 2012 - Results: Men's Snowboarder X - ESPN
^ Winter X Games Aspen 2012 - Results: Men's Snowboard Slopestyle - ESPN
^ Winter X Games Aspen 2012 - Results: Men's Snowboard SuperPipe - ESPN
^ Winter X Games Aspen 2012 - Results: Snowmobile Freestyle - ESPN
^ Winter X Games Aspen 2012 - Results: Snowmobile Best Trick - ESPN
External links [ ]
[1] Winter X Games XVI Page