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Blunck had a strong fourth and final run that jumped him over Irving and into second place, but nobody could match the back-to-back s of Porteous, who held on for the biggest win of his promising young career. MacKay, who won bronze in , finished fourth. He had finished fifth the past two years, and was fourth in Your financial contribution supports our efforts to deliver quality, locally relevant journalism. Now more than ever, your support is critical to help us keep our community informed about the evolving coronavirus pandemic and the impact it is having locally.

Every contribution, however large or small, will make a difference. Each donation will be used exclusively for the development and creation of increased news coverage. Start a dialogue, stay on topic and be civil. Frisby finished with the silver medal. All eyes were on Gus Kenworthy in the Men's Ski SuperPipe final after he landed five doubles in what he claimed was one of the best X Games contest runs of his life.

He sat in first place until X Games Aspen SuperPipe silver medalist Kevin Rolland, pictured here, dropped in for the last place of the night. Kevin Rolland's score came in one point higher than Kenworthy's, giving him the gold and bumping Kenworthy into silver medal position.

Daina Shilts and Hannah Teter, pictured here, took bronze in the feel-good event that kicked off the action of X Games Aspen on Thursday morning. Racers such as Marcus Johansson, pictured here, gave it their best, but surrendered to the most dominant SnoCross racer in X Games history in the end. Then she tore her left ACL in Dec. In Feb. Another winter transplant from snowless Australia, Pullin is gunning for his first final after five consecutive finishes just outside the top Defending bronze medalist Alex Bellemare, known for his rail skills, perfects his airs in Men's Ski Slopestyle practice as he aims for a repeat podium in Sunday's Final.

Athletes arrived since Tuesday testing the courses and getting ready for the competition, which and runs through Sunday, Jan. Two-time Mono Skier X silver medalist Brandon Adam had to unfortunately withdraw from competition on Wednesday after injuring his left shoulder in practice.

The rest of the Mono X field will race on Saturday morning at 11 a. All freestyle ski and snowboard competitions this year will be held as Finals-only competitions -- meaning there will be no Elimination rounds.

Norway's Oystein Brten, pictured here, didn't make the Final last year. This year, he's coming in with a second-place Dew Tour win under his belt, ready to make his first podium at X. On Wednesday afternoon, defending gold medalist, Colten Moore, who won the event the last time it was held in , practiced hard for another win. Veteran competitors such as Cheryl Maas pictured , who incidentally was the first woman to land a in competition, are going to have to bring their A-game if they want to top the podium ahead of Anderson when the Final goes down Saturday morning.

Learn more. X Games Aspen Schedule Announcement. X Games Aspen Returns Jan. X Games Aspen Is Back! Highlight Reel: X Games Aspen Best of Skateboarding: X Games Best of Moto X: X Games Highlight Reel: X Games Real Street Real BMX So a three-peat is certainly possible.

His competition are all familiar foes, including two-time Olympic gold medalist David Wise of Nevada and two-time world champion Aaron Blunck from over the hill in Crested Butte. Projected winner: Kelly Sildaru. Three events in less than 24 hours for Sildaru? Kind of a normal X Games for her, honestly. Sildaru is just next-level amazing. Projected winner: Max Parrot.

The Canadian legend has won 20 medals at Winter X, winning both No. But McMorris only finished seventh in Aspen last year a stupid reason to pick against him, maybe. Max Parrot, a fellow Canadian who also is among the all-time greats, has 13 X Games medals and won slopestyle gold in Norway last year this after beating cancer the previous year.

Projected winner: Anna Gasser. The contest was a dominant Japanese podium sweep, with Miyabi Onitsuka winning gold, Kokomo Murase silver and Reira Iwabuchi bronze.

All three are back and all should be among the favorites. A key note to make here is that the contest will be held on the final jump of the slopestyle course, and not the traditional big air jump. Gasser is a four-time X Games gold medalist three in big air , but only one of those came in Aspen when she won the big air contest. Projected winner: Andri Ragettli. Do you bet against Henrik Harlaut here? His last big air gold came only a year ago here in Aspen.

The Swiss skier has four X Games medals, including slopestyle gold in Norway last winter. He won big air bronze in Aspen last year and I say he moves up to the podium a couple spots this year.

Projected winner: Chloe Kim. Chloe Kim is back and along with Kelly Sildaru in ski slopestyle is probably the easiest winner to predict at X Games this year. The Californian sat out the entire season to focus on being a Princeton University student, but is back for the next Olympic push. Kim also is the reigning Olympic champion. Should we worry about rust with Kim after a long layoff?

Or more likely hers to win big. Projected winner: Fabian Boesch. He finished a disappointing ninth in the lone World Cup event this season, a contest won by Ragettli, but that was way back in November. As an X Games rookie in , the American won both slopestyle and ski knuckle huck.