2006 Winter X Games in Aspen, Colorado Seen by some as the anti-Olympics, the Winter X games are a good place to see more snowboarding in less time than the Olympics take. What, Where, When? The Winter X games took place January 28-31 at Buttermilk Mountain, in Aspen, Colorado. On the snowboarding side of things, it featured events in halfpipe, SBX (snowboardercross) and slopestyle (freestyle on the mountain, roughly). There are also events for skiers (superpipe, skier X), snowmobilers (Snocross) and motorcyclists (Best Trick). Who's in the game? The following people secured spots in the Winter X games. Note that at least 10 riders aged 30 and up were invited to or participated in the games; they are marked by with an asterisk (*). SNOWBOARD MEN'S SLOPESTYLE First place: Shaun White; Carlsbad, California Second place: Andreas Wiig: Oslo, Norway Third place: Danny Kass; Mammoth Lakes, California Others: Jake Blauvelt; Stowe, Vermont Wyatt Caldwell; Sun Valley, Idaho David Carrier-Porcheron; Squamish, British Columbia, Canada Eero Ettela; Espoo, Finland Marc Frank Montoya; Denver, Colorado Bjorn Leines; Big Lake, Minnesota Randy Marino; Salt Lake City, Utah Risto Mattila; Kannus, Finland Eero Niemela; Ojakkala, Finland Tuomo Ojala; Jyvasklya, Finland Jussi Oksanen; Kirkkonummi, Finland Chad Otterstrom; Breckenridge, Colorado Ryan Paris; Bradford, New Hampshire Travis Rice; Jackson, Wyoming Todd Richards; Breckenridge, Colorado* Heikki Sorsa; Helsinki, Finland Eddie Wall; Rome, Pennsylvania SNOWBOARD WOMEN'S SLOPESTYLE First place: Janna Meyen; Bend, Oregon Second place: Hana Beaman; Mammoth Lakes, Cailfornia Third place: Jamie Anderson; South Lake Tahoe, California Others: Izumi Amaike; Yokohama, Japan Torah Bright; Cooma, Australia Erin Comstock; Salt Lake City, Utah Jessica Dalpiaz; Salt Lake City, Utah* Laura Hadar; Salt Lake City, Utah Priscilla Levac;Whistler, British Columbia, Canada Cheryl Maas; Uden, Netherlands Anne-Flore Marxer; Prevernges, Switzerland Silvia Mittermueller; Munich, Germany Leanne Pelosi; Whistler, British Columbia, Canada Marie-France Roy; Whistler, British Columbia, Canada Mary Sallah; Stratton Mountain, Vermont Chanelle Sladics; Newport Beach, California Hannah Teter; Belmont, Vermont Emily Thomas; Sydney, Australia Alexis Waite; Kirkland, Washington Natasza Zurek; Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Tara Dakides; Mammoth Lakes, California* SNOWBOARD MEN'S SUPERPIPE First place: Shaun White; Carlsbad, California Second place: Mason Aguirre; Duluth, Minnesota Third place: Scotty Lago; Seabrook, New Hampshire Others: Antti Autti; Rovaniemi, Finland Tommy Czeschin; Crowley Lake, California Keir Dillon; Carlsbad, California Andy Finch; Truckee, Cailfornia Mike Goldschmidt; Bondville, Vermont Danny Kass; Mammoth Lakes, California Kazuhiro Kokubo' Tokyo, Japan Risto Mattila; Kannus, Finland Pat Moore; Water Valley, New Hampshire Nicolas Mueller; Zurich, Switzerland Chad Otterstrom; Breckenridge, Colorado Ross Powers; South Londonderry, Vermont Travis Rice; Jackson, Wyoming JJ Thomas; Golden, Colorado Louie Vito; Bellefontaine, Ohio Luke Wynen; Mammoth Lakes, California Danny Davis; Highland, Michigan Scotty Lago; New Hampshire SNOWBOARD WOMEN'S SUPERPIPE First place: Kelly Clark; Mount Snow, Vermont Second place: Torah Bright; Cooma, Australia Third place: Soko Yamaoka; Japan* Others: Molly Aguirre; Duluth, Minnesota Junko Asazuma; Tokyo, Japan* Clair Bidez; Minturn, Colorado Gretchen Bleiler; Snowmass, Colorado Tricia Byrnes; New Canaan, Connecticut* Elena Hight; Zephyr Cove, Nevada Melo Imai; Japan Lindsey Jacobellis; Stratton, Vermont Anne Molin Kongsgaard; Cardiff, California Mercedes Nicoll; Whistler, British Columbia, Canada Kjersti Oestgaard Buaas; Trondheim, Norway Manuela Pesko; Lenzerheidie, Switzerland Andrea Schuler; Basel, Switzerland* Hannah Teter; Belmont, Vermont Doriane Vidal; Rivesaltes, (South) France SNOWBOARD X MEN'S (Boardercross) First place: Nate Holland; Encinitas, California Second place: Marco Huser; Glarus, Switzerland Third place: Jason Smith; Basalt, Colorado Others: Nick Baumgartner; Iron River, Michigan Paul Henri de le Rue; Saint Lary, France Xavier de le Rue; Les Houces, France Alex Deibold; Mammoth Lakes, California Sylvain Duclos; Samoens, France Juha Guttorm; Espoo, Finland Jayson Hale; Sugarbowl, California Damon Hayler; Whistler, British Columbia, Canada Ueli Kestenholz; Gwatt, Switzerland Florent Mather; Briancon, France Christian Mosiman; Snowmass Village, Colorado Drew Neilson; North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada* Shaun Palmer; Steamboat, Colorado Michael Rosengren; Bozeman, Montana Francesco Sandrini; Italy Mark Schulz; Lake Oswego, Oregon* Ross Trulove; Carbondale, Colorado Seth Wescott; Kingfield, Maine Ryan Hickey; Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Simone Malusa; Courmayeur, Italy Tom Velisek; Vernon, British Columbia, Canada Graham Watanabe; Sun Valley, Idaho Alberto Schiavon;Madonna Di Campiglio, Italy SNOWBOARD X WOMEN'S (Boardercross) First place: Maelle Ricker; Canada Second place: Joanie Anderson; South Lake Tahoe, California Third place: Claudia Haeusermann; Bern, Switzerland Others: Jamie Anderson; South Lake Tahoe, California Deborah Anthonioz; Les Gets, France Tanja Frieden;Thun, Switzerland Kirsten Harris-Romano;Truckee, California Lindsey Jacobellis; Stratton, Vermont Jordan Karlinski; Snowmass, Colorado Doresia Krings; Obertauern, Austria Marie Laissus; Les Allues, AK France Yvonne Mueller; Zurich, Switzerland* Leslee Olson; Bend, Oregon Karine Ruby; Chamonix, France Erin Simmons; West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Marni Yamada; Seattle, Washington Kathrin Kellenberger; Zurich, Switzerland Olivia Nobs; La Chaux De Fonds, Switzerland * Denotes a rider who was 30 or older at the time of the games. Links The official web site of the X games Return to Grays on Trays home page.