Watch The 2011 ESPN Winter X Games 15 Online Live Free Streaming

Article by Jerry Rogers









Well it is that time of year again for the popular extreme sports event Winter X Games 15. The events will kick off on January 27 and end on January 30th. They are being held in Aspen, Colorado and will host the biggest names in the world of snowboarding competing against each other. There will be more than 250 athletes from all over the world participating.

This will be the 10th straight year that the Winter X games will be hosted in Aspen, Colorado. There will also be new events that will be debuted throughout the 4 days of competition. One of the new games is called the Snowboard Best Method which will showcase 5 snowboarders in a final-only 10 minute jam for best method. The judges for this event will be fans who will be able to text in their votes or go online an submit their votes.

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Another event that will be returning is the Snowmobile Speed and Style. It was first introduced to the Winter X games back in 2008 and will show up again for this year?s Winter games. It will have the same format as it had at the X Games 16 event. It will have 8 athletes in competition for a single elimination and a two rider event in competing head to head.

Some of the big names that will be participating in the Winter X Games 15 are famous snowboarder Shaun White who has won at this event 9 times and also has won gold in the 2006 and 2010 Olympics. He will be defending his SuperPipe gold medal and will try to become the first person to strike double digits in gold medals.

For the women the most talked about snowboarding star is Gretchen Bleiler who is a 3 time Winter X Games Snowboard SuperPipe gold medalist. She is in a class by herself as the only woman to have won this event 3 times.



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