X-Games 2021 round up!

Michael Fulton2 Feb 2021

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X-Games 2021 (USA) was held over the last weekend in its natural home of Aspen, CO. Contestant from all over the world made the pilgrimage to Aspen a little differently this year due to the ongoing pandemic and needed to arrive with enough time to quarantine.A number of key standouts had to miss the event this year like superstar snowboarder Mark McMorris who sadly tested positive to Covid-19 upon returning from Switzerland after the LAAX open. All the events this year were closed to the public to ensure the safety of everyone competing and the local mountain community of Aspen. Big shout out to Scotty James for taking home Silver in the Men’s Snowboard Superpipe and also Zoi Sadowski-Synnott for taking home Silver in the Women’s Snowboard Slopestyle + Bronze in the Women’s Snowboard Big Air.We have compiled all the broadcast and results in order of how each event took place over the weekend.Friday, January 29, 2021 Jeep Women's Snowboard Slopestyle🥇Gold - Jamie Anderson🥈Silver - Zoi Sadowski-Synnott🥉Bronze - Laurie Blouin Women's Ski Big Air🥇Gold - Mathilde Gremaud🥈Silver - Megan Oldham🥉Bronze - Eileen Gu Wendys Snowboard Knuckle Huck🥇Gold - Dusty Henricksen Women's Ski Superpipe 🥇Gold - Eileen Gu🥈Silver - Cassie Sharpe🥉Bronze - Rachael Karker Men's Ski Superpipe 🥇Gold - Nico Porteous🥈Silver - Aaron Blunck🥉Bronze - Birk Irving Saturday, 30 January, 2021 Women's Ski Slopestyle🥇Gold - Eileen Gu🥈Silver - Isabel Atkin🥉Bronze - Megan Oldham The Real Cost Men's Ski Big Air🥇Gold - Andri Ragettli🥈Silver - Antoine Adelisse🥉Bronze - Alex Hall Monster Energy Women's Snowboard Superpipe🥇Gold - Chloe Kim🥈Silver - Maddie Mastro🥉Bronze - Haruna Matsumoto Sunday, 31 January, 2021 Monster Energy Men's Snowboard Slopestyle 🥇Gold - Dusty Henricksen🥈Silver - Mons Røisland🥉Bronze - Rene Rinnekangas Jeep Men's Ski Slopestyle 🥇Gold - Nick Goepper🥈Silver - Ferdinand Dahl🥉Bronze - Evan McEachran Pacifico Women's Snowboard Big Air🥇Gold - Jamie Anderson🥈Silver - Miyabi Onitsuka🥉Bronze - Zoi Sadowski-Synnott Monster Energy Men's Snowboard Superpipe 🥇Gold - Yuto Totsuka🥈Silver - Scotty James🥉Bronze - Ruka Hirano The Real Cost Men's Snowboard Big Air🥇Gold - Marcus Kleveland🥈Silver - Sven Thorgren🥉Bronze - Mons Røisland Wendy’s Ski Knuckle Huck🥇Gold - Henrik Harlaut

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Michael Fulton

Melbourne-based skier and snowboarder with 50+ resorts across 5 continents. Specialises in Australian resorts and international resort comparisons.

50+ resorts visited15 years skiing

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Michael Fulton

Melbourne-based skier and snowboarder with 50+ resorts across 5 continents. Specialises in Australian resorts and international resort comparisons.

50+ resorts visited15 years skiing