The lights are up and bright! The athletes are here! Winter X Games 2012 is underway in Aspen, CO at Buttermilk Mountain. This year's event opened on a somber note with the passing of one of the innovators in the sport of women's skiing. Sarah Burke succumbed to her injuries on January 19, 2012. Burke, 29, injured herself while training in the halfpipe in Park City, Utah on January 10. Burke, a Canadian, is credited with pushing the envelope of women's skiing and helping to get halfpipe skiing into the 2014 Winter Olympics. Athletes have been wearing purple ribbons and red Sarah stickers in her honor. There was a tribute to Sarah on the first night of the games.
There is sure to be high flying action and mind bending tricks! Here is the rest of the competition schedule for spectators for the rest of the Games. Get out there and enjoy the X:
Competition Schedule
Friday January 27, 2012
10:30 a.m.Men's Snowboard Slopestyle Elimination 11:30 a.m.Men's & Women's Skier X Qualifying 1:30 p.m.Women's Snowboard Slopestyle Final 2 p.m.Men's & Women's Snowboarder X Qualifying 3:30 p.m.Adaptive Snowboarder X Exhibition 6:30 p.m.Men's Ski SuperPipe Elimination 8:30 p.m.Snowboard Big Air Final 9 p.m.Women's Snowboard SuperPipe Final
Saturday January 28, 2012
9:30 a.m.Mono Skier X Qualifying 11 a.m.Women's Ski SuperPipe Final 12:30 p.m.Men's Ski SuperPipe Final 2 p.m.Men's & Women's Snowboarder X Final 6:45 p.m.Ski Big Air Final 7:30 p.m.Men's Snowboard Slopestyle Final
Sunday January 29, 2012
12 p.m.Men's & Women's Skier X Final 12:15 p.m.Men's Snowboard SuperPipe Elimination 2:45 p.m.Mono Skier X Final 7 p.m.Snowmobile Best Trick Final 7:45 p.m.Men's Snowboard SuperPipe Final
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