Start the show at Buttermilk

The best riders looking for a place in the final and uncover their tricks to try to fight for the gold.

In the dark night of a stunning Aspen Valley spotlights illuminate the facilities and the people making it clear that the X Games are prepared to offer a first class show. The best riders coming from all over the world come with the ambition to meet its objectives, the big stars are between the eyes gold, and the rest try to "board" the perfect round to be one of the surprises of the competition.

Initial journey where favorites pull calculator to secure a place in the final without star showcase their tricks. One of the issues of the day, has been the practice session on Wednesday that Shaun White tries a triple cork 1440, staying on the verge of dropping it well. Never in the X Games nobody has ironing a triple cork and the fight for being the first meet Shaun White and Mark McMorris, reigning in slopestyle. The big surprise of the evening was in Snowboard Slopestyle elimination winner Sebastien Toutant in this same event in 2011.

When one speaks of U.S. stations, the first thing that comes to mind is infinite powder and powder. For everyone's surprise, this year seemed more Aspen ski resort in the Pyrenees (except this season). What no one expected, was a blanket of snow at 7 pm that happy face all but Technologie Snowpark workers, builders of the parks were already working all night to make the perfect facilities for the competition. During the snow, in the tie Superpipe is disputed male snowboarders. Few surprises, Shaun White, Louie Vito Kazuhiro Kokubo or getting a spot in the final. Finally, the opening day gave the first medals at the X Games in Aspen Snowmobile Freestyle final. Levi LaVallee has won the gold followed by Joe Parsons and Justin Hoyer.

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Victor C. / Winter X Games Aspen