Are the x games always in aspen

Check out the highlights from three days of competition at Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen, Colorado. Need a refresher on three days of snowboarding action from X Games Aspen ? Need a refresher on three days of freeskiing action from X Games Aspen ?

At just 17 years old, Dusty Henricksen became the first snowboarder to win two gold medals in his rookie appearance at X Games. Here, Dusty recounts his first Slopestyle experience for Xplained. Take it from here Shaun! X Games Aspen Schedule Announcement. X Games Aspen Returns Jan. X Games Aspen Is Back! Now, most competitors and viewers are members of Generation Y, born between the early s and Also called Boarder-X or BX.

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Last Updated Jan. X Games Aspen The lack of crowds and concerts will be a compromise, but did that give athletes pause? There is perhaps no better metaphor for the growth of the Winter X Games than the mighty halfpipe at the base of Buttermilk.

Those swooping curves of adrenaline have come a long way from the abandoned swimming pools of California where skateboarders first discovered the thrills of manmade inclines. Indeed, the Buttermilk halfpipe, dug physically into the side of the mountain, has become something of a monument to extreme sports — its line of white snow lasting well into the summer.

Among other things, our pipe is smoother, more extreme and requires much less water to create. The Continuation Of A Legacy.