Perfect score gives Shaun White his 12th Winter X gold medal
Shaun White recorded the first perfect score Sunday in Winter X Games snowboard superpipe history, performing a never-before-seen frontside double cork 1,260 for his 12th gold medal on Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen. Video by Brian Gomez, The Gazette.
Kelly Clark executed a three-rotation 1,080 for her 13th consecutive victory, defeating Elena Hight and Hannah Teter in the snowboard superpipe finals of the Winter X Games on Friday on Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen. Video by Brian Gomez, The Gazette.
Canadian Mark McMorris recorded his second victory of the Winter X Games, defeating Sage Kotsenburg and Peetu Piiroinen, of Finland, in the snowboard slopestyle finals Saturday on Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen. Video by Brian Gomez, The Gazette.
The complicated lingo at the Winter X Games has grown to include Japan, at least for Tom Wallisch, who set a record score in winning the skiing slopestyle competition Thursday on Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen. Video by Brian Gomez, The Gazette.
Brian Gomez of The Gazette conducts a taste comparison and interviews action sports athletes about Red Bull, Monster and Rockstar energy drinks before the Winter X Games, which begin Thursday and run through Sunday on Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen.
Brian Gomez of The Gazette makes the drive Tuesday into the mountains, preparing fans for the Winter X Games, which run Thursday through Sunday in Aspen, with more than 200 athletes competing in snowboarding, skiing and snowmobiling.