Winter X Games Aspen gets underway in a couple of weeks with the women’s ski superpipe event on Wednesday, Jan. 21. The main part of the schedule then begins the next day and continues for four days with action wrapping up on Sunday, Jan. 25. Here is a look at Winter X Games 2015 Aspen and the schedule.
Halfpipe Rivalry
The friendly rivalry between Olympic freeskiers Torin Yater-Wallace and David Wise will get a lot of attention at Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen. Yater-Wallace could have the edge as he is from Aspen and he beat Wise in the final at Breckenridge.
Snowboard Stars
The new snowboarding star is Ty Walker who, at 17, became the first women to win an FIS Snowboard Big Air World Cup event. She will be competing in the slopestyle snowboarding event in Aspen. The women’s final in slopestyle will be on Sunday. Walker is coming off a big win in Istanbul, where she beat Sina Candrian and Cheryl Maas.
“Before the last jump, I was going crazy at the top,” Walker said, “I knew I had the trick, but I was nervous. I kept telling myself, ‘I always land my runs in Turkey. I always land my runs in Turkey.”
One of the stars on the men’s side at Aspen could be slopestyle rider Brandon Davis from the U.S. who finished in third place in Turkey. He finished behind Seppe Smits from Belgium and Jonas Boesing of Switzerland.
Winter X Games 2015 Aspen Schedule
Wednesday, January 21
- Ski SuperPipe Women’s Final
Thursday, January 22
- Snowboarder X Men’s Qualifying
- Snowboarder X Women’s Qualifying
- Snowboarder X Adaptive Qualifying
- Ski Slopestyle Men’s Elimination
- Mono Skier X Final
- Special Olympics Unified Snowboarding
- Snowboard SuperPipe Men’s Elimination
- Snowmobile Speed & Style Qtrs/Semis/Finals
- Snowboard SuperPipe Men’s Final
Friday, January 23
- Snowboarder X Men’s Qtrs/Semis/Finals
- Women’s Qtrs/Semis/Finals
- Sowboard Slopestyle Men’s Elimination
- Snowboarder X Adaptive Semis/Finals
- Ski SuperPipe Men’s Elimination
- Snowboard Big Air Round One
- Snowboard Big Air Final
Snowmobile Long Jump Final
Saturday, January 24
- Ski Slopestyle Men’s Final
- Major League Gaming “Counter Strike: Global Offensive” Semifinal #1
- Major League Gaming “Counter Strike: Global Offensive” Semifinal #2
- Ski Slopestyle Women’s Final
- Snowmobile HillCross Quarters/Semis/Final
- Snowboard SuperPipe Women’s Final
- Ski Big Air Round One
- Ski Big Air Final
Sunday, January 25
- Snowboard Slopestyle Women’s Final
- Major League Gaming “Counter Strike: Global Offensive” Bronze Medal Match
- Snowboard Slopestyle Men’s Final
- Snowmobile SnoCross Adaptive Final
- Major League Gaming “Counter Strike: Global Offensive” Gold Medal Match
- Snowmobile SnoCross Round One & Final
- Ski SuperPipe Men’s Final
