Shaun White hangs his sixth consecutive gold medal in Superpipe

X Games Aspen 2013 down the curtain on a new edition has again shown that action sports are living its golden age.

Buttermilk Station has lived four days exciting with great care that has witnessed live the great figures of the winter sports. The town of Aspen breathed X Games and the feeling of being in the biggest event of the winter action sports has created a great atmosphere among residents and people coming to see the show. Few sports must have today, such as those in Aspen, where year after year exceed the tricks and the size of the jumps. In 2013, we saw triple corks in slopestyle, halfpipe double corks in women, a backside triple cork 1440s in Big Air, "Electric Doom" in Snowmobile Best Trick and amazing butter Harlaut triple cork 1620 in Big Air, the riders are breaking all barriers of gravity and fly whenever rotate and more. The question is, how far do they go?

Sunday The day began and ended with two luxury end, Slopestyle Ski and Snowboard Superpipe. Nick Goepper in his second appearance in a X Games has taken the victory in a very tight final with the top five over 90 points. Two "beasts" of Henrik Harlaut freestyle ski like James Wood and have failed with the young rider from Indiana, USA, only 18 years have ironed tricks like switch left double cork 1080 Japan, switch double misty 1260. Late There were no surprises and more media rider of action sports, Shaun White, has added its sixth consecutive gold medal in Superpipe, the number 16 in the X Games. Without any rival who could stand up, White has proven to be the best in the half pipe with a memorable second round reaching a height in their spectacular jumps.

The next meeting of the best riders in the world will take place in Tignes, France in late March. It will be the last stage of the Winter X Games that will lead to new cities chosen in the globalization project where for the first time in Europe, we will have the chance to see live the largest in the Summer X Games. 108 days for the X Games come to Barcelona!

Victor C. / Winter X Games Aspen