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Winter X Games 15 Was Redonculous

We were too busy skiing pow to make it down to the X-Games this year, but damn did we ever miss a good show. Thank god for the internet, we still caught some fo the action. If you've been living under a rock, you can still get a healthy dose of gnar on the X-Games website.

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Game On at Telus World Ski & Snowboard Festival

It's midnight on Monday April 20, already a third of the way through the biggest 10 day ski & snowboard party on the planet, and we've finally got a spare minute to bring you up to speed on the event! Because the party died down? Nope, just taking 1st period break.

Colby West Wins US Freeskiing Open Big Air

American Colby West threw down the biggest air of the night with a Switch 1080 Stomp, clinching the championship title for Big Air.

X-Games Medalist Jossi Wells, of New Zealand, cheered his friend on from the second spot on the podium, pulling a flawless mute grab in his final run. Michael Clark placed third, Russ Henshaw, yesterday's slopestyle medalist, nails fourth.

Huge Crowd for NZ Free Ski Open

NZ Free Ski Open wrap up.The NZ Free Ski Open concluded a few nights ago with a huge crowd turning up to watch skiers and snowboarders show off their skills at the BASE Down-town Rail Jam.

Some 2500 people packed out the Bullock Bar car park to see the rail jam, where 30 riders slid down the BASE rail that was part of a 3m-high, 6m-long structure, performing their tricks, slides and rotations.

One snowboarder, who had not officially entered the competition, was brave enough to take on the challenge by MCs to do a back-flip off the kicker, which he successfully achieved on his second attempt.

Eliassen Repeats X-Games Gold

The weather slowed down the Winter X Games 10 Skiing SuperPipe Women's competition, but it wasn't enough to slow down Grete Eliassen. With snow beating down on Buttermilk Mountain at Aspen/Snowmass, 10 finalists participated in a thirty minute jam session to determine the winner of Skiing SuperPipe Women's. For the second year in a row, Eliasson (Lillehammer, Norway) edged out Sarah Burke (Squamish, B.C., Canada) to secure the top spot on the podium. It is her second Winter X Games medal in two appearances. Eilassen started her run big, with a 15 foot mute grab on her first hit and then threw in big tricks including an alley-oop 540.