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X Games Tignes 2013 – Invited athletes & competition schedule

With the first event of the 2013 global expansion completed, X Games returns to the center stage in France with X Games Tignes 2013, March 20 – 22.

Winter X Games Tignes 2013

CANAL+ Events and ESPN will collaborate to host and televise the fourth iteration of the event at Tignes Ski and Snowboard resort in the French Alps.

X Games Tignes will welcome 150 world-‐class athletes competing in Snowboard and Skiing events.

In ski, American David Wise, X Games Aspen Ski SuperPipe winner, France’s Kevin Rolland, Thomas Krief, Anaïs Caradeux and young Torin Yater-Wallace (17) (USA), Bobby Brown (USA), Tom Wallisch (USA), Nick Goepper (USA), James Woods (GBR), Kaya Turski (CAN), Maddie Bowman (USA) all return to Tignes in hopes of winning gold.

Among them, snowboarders Mark McMorris (CAN), Iouri Podladtchikov (SWI), Louie Vito (USA), Torstein Horgmo (NOR), Kelly Clark (USA), Jamie Anderson (USA), Elena Hight (USA) battle to remain atop the podium, while three rookies ‐ Arielle Gold (16 y-‐o, USA), Yuki Kadono (16 y-‐o, JAP) and Max Parrot (17 y-‐o, CAN) make their debut in Tignes after successful Aspen events.

Also returning are 2010 Olympic champion Torah Bright (AUS) and superstar Shaun White (USA) defending his two X Games Tignes 2012 gold medals.

* This athlete list will be updated and is subject to change!

The event will feature eight different events for men and women over three days, including Ski and Snowboard SuperPipe and Slopestyle.
Schedule highlights include:

Monday 18th and Tuesday 19th : training
Tuesday 19th : X Games Tignes 2013 opening press conference
Wednesday 20th : Two Women’s finals:
- 1pm – Women’s Ski Slopestyle Final
- 6:30pm – Men’s Snowboard SuperPipe Eliminations
- 8:30pm – Women’s Snowboard SuperPipe Final
Thursday 21st
- 1pm – Men’s Ski Slopestyle Final
- 6:30pm -‐ Women’s Snowboard SuperPipe Final
- 8:30pm -‐ Men’s Ski SuperPipe Eliminations
Friday 22nd : 4 finals
- Men’s (10 :30am) and Women’s (1pm) Snowboard Slopestyle Finals
- o Men’s (6 :30 pm) and Women’s (8 :30pm) Ski SuperPipe Finals

* Schedules subject to change!

Superpipe træning

Vi har lige været nede ved superpipen, og overvære den første træningssession!
Det er vildt nok endeligt at være her, og med dagens træning, begynder man virkelig at fornemme, hvor stort det hele bliver de kommende dage i ugen 😀

Med vores presseadgang, var vi i dag helt tæt på riders, fik fint lejlighed til at snakke med flere af dem og lave et par sjove gimmicks, som vi smider op på sitet en af de kommende dage!
Ideen med at filme riders med app’en “Cassius – I Love You So” holdt 100 % vand, og vores første target, var sidste- og forrige års vinder, Kevin Rolland. Da vi gik i gang var der var mindst 5-6 andre pressefolk, der strømmede til, og tog billeder og filmede os – bla. ESPN…!!! 😉

I dag fik vi taget ca. 900 billeder fra superpipe træningen – og yderligere ca. 200 billeder fra slopestyle træningen (og vores eget skiløb), så vi får en del at løbe igennem, inden vi har de bedste klar…!

I morgen skal vi til velkomstmøde og pressekonference, og er blevet tilbudt one-on-one sessions med udvalgte riders, så det regner jeg med, at vi vælger at sige jatak til – så skal vi bare lige have fundet nogle gode spørgsmål at stille – kom gerne med forslag, som kommentar til indlæget her!

X Games Tignes 2013 – Invited athletes & competition schedule

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