Overview
Winter X Games XVI (re-titled Winter X Games Aspen'12; styled as Winter X Games Sixteen in the official logo) were held from January 26 to January 29, 2012, in Aspen, Colorado. They were the 11th consecutive Winter X Games to be held in Aspen. The events were broadcast on ESPN. The following year, the Winter X Games were held in two international cities: Aspen, Colorado and Tignes, France.
Sports
The following are the events at Winter X Games 16. *Freestyle Skiing *Snowboarding *Snowmobiling
Highlights
*Games dedicated to renowned freestyle skier Sarah Burke, who died on January 19, 2012, after a freak accident in training. *Mark McMorris and Torstein Horgmo landed the first-ever triple corks in the Big Air competition. *Heath Frisby landed the first-ever snowmobile frontflip in the Best Trick competition. *Shaun White's final run in the Snowboard SuperPipe final scored a perfect 100.00. White's victory also gave him the first-ever five-peat in that event. *Mark McMorris became the first snowboarder since Shaun White to win two gold medals in one X Games.
Men's SuperPipe results
*Shaun White became the third athlete in Winter X Games history to achieve a five-peat. His 100-point victory run included a Double McTwist 1260 combo'd into the first-ever frontside double cork 1260. It was the first-ever perfect score in the history of SuperPipe.
Best Trick results
* Frisby won gold with the first-ever Frontflip * Colten Moore won silver with a Tsunami flip * Justin Hoyer attempted a double back flip, but under-rotated, fell over his handlebars, and broke his arm
External links
* https://web.archive.org/web/20111226041122/http://espn.go.com/action/xgames/winter/2012/ Winter X Games XVI Page