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As this is a competition created by ESPN, all of the events will be broadcast on one of their many outlets. He also took silver in Big Air. Last year's performance, along with second-place finishes at the first two Dew Tour events of season, have established him as a ringleader of this new generation of rippers. Not only are his tricks big and technical, but his edge control and stomped landings set him apart from the field.
In April , he became the third person in history to stick a triple, behind Norway's Torstein Horgmo and McMorris, when he landed a backside triple cork at Squaw Valley, Calif. Horgmo, who has the distinction of being the first snowboarder to land a triple cork, in May in Norway, is still the favorite to win WX Slopestyle this year, despite his best finishes being a fourth place in and sixth in he won gold in Big Air in Here's why: For , he has an arsenal of double corks.
To top it off, he has almost every combo imaginable of spins into and out of the rails. All this, and his riding is done with incredible control while maintaining a look of ease and style. Mostly I just want to do all my tricks with style. McMorris, fresh off a win at the O'Neill Evolution in early January, enters WX further refining his already-consistent Cab double cork and backside double cork He also has a double backside Rodeo and a unique double backflip.
He says Winter X Games is all about making it through the semifinals because everyone "just throws down all they've got. Willett just took the win at last week's Dew Tour slopestyle in Killington, where he beat out Toutant who took second and others with a stout run. In , Norway's Braaten broke his collarbone two days before WX and had to watch the event on television. He burst back on the scene full force this season, upsetting a stacked field at the Breckenridge Dew Tour stop for the win.
Chas "Chuck G" Guldemond, who at 24 is the veteran of the new guard, beat a tough field in very tough conditions to win the WX Europe Slopestyle gold. Aside from being one of the best spinners in the game, with multiple double cork variations on lock, he is among the small handful of riders who have landed a in competition. At least we hope. Add in tricks and you have a dangerous enough event that the whole family can enjoy. Now, I first fell in love with this event at the summer X-Games with the skateboarders, but something about doing it on snow makes this even cooler see what I did there.
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