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!
