Street King
Winter X Games Rookie Forest Bailey Grabs Gold In Snowboard Street
The oohs and aahs echoing from the course at Buttermilk Mountain provided the perfect backdrop as Winter X Games rookie Forest Bailey wowed the crowd with a variation of tricks to grab the gold in Snowboard Street.
“I can’t believe this,” said an overwhelmed Bailey. “I never thought I would come to X Games let alone win a medal. X Games 2012 was sick; the setup was awesome and the crowd was awesome.”
Bailey’s total score of 88 was five points better than Minnesota’s Ryan Paul, who finished with 83 points and the silver.
“Everyone stood out and rode really well today,” said Paul, who wowed the crowd with a backflip on his final run. “It was a cool day.”
Truckee, California’s Nick Visconti’s score of 76 earned him the bronze.
Returning for a second year, the Snowboard Street contest features 10 of the world’s best street athletes putting their skills to the test on urban-inspired terrain features. Athletes are judged on aggressive execution of maneuvers, degree of difficulty of maneuvers, variety of maneuvers, originality and style.
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WINTER X GAMES ASPEN 2012
Winter X Games Aspen 2012 returns to Aspen/Snowmass, Colo., January 26-29, 2012, with live coverage on ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC. This year marks the 11th consecutive year the event is being held in Aspen and features more than 200 of the world’s best athletes in the sports of Skiing, Snowboarding and Snowmobile. In addition to 16 hours of live programing on ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC, more than nine hours of Winter X Games Aspen content will be offered on ESPN3 and 25 hours on ESPN 3D.
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