Friday, January 23, 2009

Winter X Games 13 Gets Underway

Winter X Games 13 opened at the Buttermilk ski area Thursday morning. The annual trick ski and snowboard event wraps up Sunday evening with men’s snowboard super-pipe finals. Snowmobiles are part of the event, too.

All events are free and open to the public.

Here's the schedule.

Thursday, Jan. 22

8 - 9:45 a.m. — Snowboard Superpipe Practice (women)
8:30 - 11 a.m. — Boardercross Practice (men and women)
9 a.m. - noon — Snowboard Slopestyle Practice (men and women)
10 a.m. - noon — Snowboard Superpipe Elimination (women)
11:15 a.m. - 1:45 p.m. — Skiercross Practice (men and women)
Noon - 12:30 p.m. — Snowmobile Next Trick Practice
12:30 - 2 p.m. — Snowmobile Speed And Style Practice
12:30 - 4 p.m. — Ski Slopestyle Practice (men)
2 - 2:30 p.m. — Snowmobile Speed And Style Seeding
2 - 4 p.m. — Monoskiercross Practice
3:30 - 5 p.m. — Snocross Practice
4 - 5:30 p.m. — Ski Superpipe Practice (women)
5:30 - 7 p.m. — Ski Superpipe Practice (men)
6:30 - 8 p.m. — Snowboard Big Air Practice
7 - 7:45 p.m. — SNOWMOBILE SPEED AND STYLE FINAL
7:15 - 8:30 p.m. — MEN’S SKI SUPERPIPE FINAL
8:30 - 9 p.m. — SNOWBOARD BIG AIR FINAL

Friday, Jan. 23

8:30 - 9:30 a.m. — Boarderercross Practice (men and women)
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. — Snowboard Slopestyle Practice (men)
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. — Skiercross Practice (men and women)
12:30 p.m. - 2 p.m. — Skiercross Seeding (men and women)
12:30 p.m. - 2 p.m. — Snowboard Slopestyle Elimination (men)
1 - 2 p.m. — Snowmobile Next Trick Practice
2 - 3 p.m. — Snowmobile Freestyle Practice
2 - 4 p.m. — Skiing Slopestyle Practice (men and women)
2 - 4 p.m. — Monoskiercross Qualifying
4 - 6 p.m. — Snocross Practice
4:30 - 5:30 p.m. — Ski Supersipe Practice (women)
5:30 - 6:30 p.m. — Ski Supersipe Final (women)
6:30 - 7:30 p.m. — Snowboard Supersipe Practice (women)
7 - 8 p.m. — Ski Big Air Practice
7:30 - 8:30 p.m. — Snocross Round 1
7:45 - 9 p.m. — WOMEN’S SNOWBOARD SUPERPIPE FINAL
9 - 9:30 p.m. — SNOWMOBILE NEXT TRICK FINAL

Saturday, Jan. 24

9 - 10 a.m. — Skiing Slopestyle Practice (men and women)
9 a.m. - noon — Snowboard Superpipe Practice (men)
10:30 - 11 a.m. — Skiing Slopestyle Practice (women)
11 - 11:45 a.m. — WOMEN’S SKIING SLOPESTYLE FINAL
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. — Snowmobile Freestyle Practice
10:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. — Boardercross Practice (men and women)
11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. — Snowboard Slopestyle Practice (women)
1 - 1:45 p.m. — WOMEN’S SNOWBOARD SLOPESTYLE FINAL
1 - 2:30 p.m. — MEN’S AND WOMEN’S BOARDERCROSS FINALS
2:30 - 4 p.m. — Monoskiercross Practice
2:30 - 4 p.m. — MEN’S SNOWBOARD SLOPESTYLE FINAL
4 - 6 p.m. — Snowboard Superpipe Practice (men)
4 - 6 p.m. — Snocross Practice
6:30 - 8 p.m. — Snowboard Superpipe Elimination (men)
7 - 8:15 p.m. — Skiing Big Air Practice
7:15 - 7:25 p.m. — Snocross Last Chance Qualifier
8 - 8:30 p.m. — SNOCROSS FINAL
8:30 - 9 p.m. — SKI BIG AIR FINAL

Sunday, Jan. 25

9 - 10:45 a.m. — Ski Slopestyle Practice (men) 9 - 11 a.m. — Snowmobile Freestyle Practice 9 - 11:45 a.m. — Skiecrosss Practice (men and women) 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. — Skiercross Elimination (men and women) Noon - 2 p.m. — MEN’S AND WOMEN’S SKIERCROSS FINALS 1 - 2:30 p.m. — Snowmobile Freestyle Elimination 1 - 2:15 p.m. — Ski Slopestyle Practice (men) 2:30 - 3:15 p.m. — MONOSKIERCROSS SEMIS AND FINAL 2:30 - 4 p.m. — MEN’S SKI SLOPESTYLE FINAL 5 - 7:15 p.m. — Snowboard Superpipe Practice (men) 7 - 7:45 p.m. — SNOWMOBILE FREESTYLE FINAL 7:30 - 9 p.m. — MEN’S SNOWBOARD SUPERPIPE FINAL TV Broadcasts:

ESPN, ABC AND ESPN INTERNATIONAL TO TELEVISE EVENT LIVE

ESPN and ABC will feature 15 hours of live programming January 22 – January 25. ESPN2 will present daily late-night highlight programs resulting in 19 total hours of original programming for Winter X Games 12. Additionally, the Winter X Games will also be televised on ESPN's International networks to more than 121 countries and territories in Latin America, the Pacific Rim, Middle East, Africa and Israel.

SportsCenter, ESPN's flagship daily news program, will report from Aspen/Snowmass starting Thursday, January 24 through Sunday, January 27. Each of those nights, the 11 p.m. ET SportsCenter will contain event coverage from Winter X Games 12.

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