Four world-class skiers duked it out and wowed a capacity crowd on Buttermilk Mountain tonight as ESPN Winter X Games hosted the first-ever Skiing Big Air Final.

The Jeep U.S. Freeskiing Open, the largest and most respected contest in freeskiing, completed competition in Copper Mountain, Colorado earilier this week with the men’s and women’s Superpipe events, following Friday’s Slopestyle finals and Saturday’s Big Air contest. Tanner Hall of Park City, UT took first in men’s Superpipe, claiming the $7,000 prize, while Grete Eliassen of Holladay, UT placed first in the women’s division carrying a $2,500 prize. For complete results, photos and more please visit www.usfreeskiingopen.com or www.skinet.com.

The Swedes are at it again, here's their New Generation Events release...

It rocked last year, and you would be a fool to miss it this year. The New Generation Events will be the most elaborate ski event of the season in all of Scandinavia and possibly all of Europe. The New Generation Events return for the third consecutive year, as part of the FIS Alpine World Championships 2007 in Åre, Sweden.