ASPEN, Colo. – Action sports made a triumphant return this past weekend at Buttermilk Mountain with 17.5 hours of live content across three days of X Games Aspen competition on ESPN, ABC, ESPN2, @XGames socials and the ESPN App.
As the first action sports event to occur in North America since the pandemic put such large competitions on hold, congratulations go out to the team behind it. The team worked tirelessly to prepare for the event, the first in the Aspen edition’s 20-year history without spectators.
It’s impossible to spotlight everyone who put this together, but these are several employees who led the way:
Our @XGames crew worked tirelessly to prepare for this weekend's event
Meet Sr. Manager Venue Operations, Jeff Hermanek
With no spectators for the first time in X Games history, his focus shifted to executing overall event operations with reduced working credentials & staff pic.twitter.com/JTNQ8IuIVV
— ESPN PR (@ESPNPR) January 31, 2021
Our @XGames crew worked tirelessly to prepare for this weekend's event
Meet Director of Content, Sharon Bauer
A 20-year X Games veteran, she oversees lighting, announcements, music & fan experiences on-site
With no fans this year, she's added all X content to her wheelhouse pic.twitter.com/vkdO8wElou
— ESPN PR (@ESPNPR) January 31, 2021
Our @XGames crew worked tirelessly to prepare for this weekend's event
Meet Director of Communications, @DannyChi_ESPN
Overseeing event publicity, he works with X Games Medical & COVID-19 teams for athlete injuries & health/safety messaging while leading crisis comms response pic.twitter.com/Z4TTFA1bwo
— ESPN PR (@ESPNPR) January 30, 2021
Our @XGames crew worked tirelessly to prepare for this weekend's event
Meet Sheena Williams, Manager of Business Operations
Despite reduced staff, she worked to ensure air filtration, work spaces, catering & transportation were in accordance with all health & safety guidelines pic.twitter.com/kfeqdZQj3k
— ESPN PR (@ESPNPR) January 30, 2021
Our @XGames crew worked tirelessly to prepare for this weekend's event
Meet Vanessa Anthes, Assoc. Director Event Operations
An Aspen-native, she worked with Aspen Ski Co. to oversee state & local level permitting alongside medical/safety experts to help mitigate COVID-19 risk pic.twitter.com/gTIglQ2Orb
— ESPN PR (@ESPNPR) January 29, 2021