The first ever European X Games is happening in Tignes as we speak. The best skiers and snowboarders in the world will be battling it out for X Games gold from the 10th – 12th March.
MPORA are the official online partners for the event meaning we get the official highlights 24hrs before anyone else. As well as producing our own daily X Games highlights show covering all the action and behind the scenes.
Riders descending on Tignes include TTR World Tour Winner Peetu Piiroinen, Travis Rice, Scotty Lago, Louie Vito, Jenny Jones, Torah Bright and Gretchen Bleiler. An all star cast is set to light up Tignes over the next two days.
We are pleased to announce we have one of the first highlight clips to come out of Tignes. Yesterday was practice day so we had our guys out filming as riders got their runs down. Despite freezing cold temperatures and high winds the riders got stuck in. Two time X Games Slopestyle winner Jenny Jones talks us through the course as she prepares to try and bag her third X Games gold.
Eight Athletes Participate in Opening Press Conference; Two Eliminations Tonight
Tignes, France – Together with ESPN and Canal+ Events, Tignes Resort welcomed the first Winter X Games Europe today at a press conference in front of 125 media and the following eight elite athletes who will compete in the inaugural event: Torah Bright (Australia), Kevin Rolland (France), Jenny Jones (UK), Xavier Bertoni (France), JJ Thomas (USA), Mathieu Crepel (France), Louie Vito (USA). Final competitions begin tomorrow and will go through Friday.
Snowboard SuperPipe Women’s Eliminations were held tonight under the lights and temperatures in the teens. Australia’s Torah Bright, 2010 Winter Olympic gold medalist, easily qualified in first for the women’s Snowboard SuperPipe Final which will be held on Thursday. Bright’s best elimination run score was nearly 12 points higher than number two qualifier Ellery Hollingsworth from the USA. Four of the six riders who made the Winter X Games Europe Final were in the 2010 Olympics.
Skiing SuperPipe Men’s Eliminations were also held this evening where Canadian Justin Dorey took the lead with his second run, which scored 40 points higher than the second qualifier. Two athletes did not let there homecountry down in tonight’s elimination where Tignes’ own Xavier Bertoni and Kevin Rolland will head into tomorrow’s night final in the two and three spots, respectively.
The inaugural Winter X Games Europe will feature nearly 150 men and women from across the globe competing for medals and prize money in the sports of Skiing and Snowboard. Additionally, there will be daily Snowmobile Freestyle demonstrations. The event is the first Winter X Games held outside the United States and brings together ESPN's world class X Games franchise with Canal+ Events and Tignes Ski and Snowboard Resort.
Together with CANAL + Networks (CANAL +, CANAL + SPORT, Sport +) and ESPN International, Winter X Games Europe will be broadcast live in eight countries, including France, and distributed to 166 countries and territories, including Latin America, Middle East, Pacific Rim, sub-Saharan Africa, Brazil, Israel, Caribbean, North America and Europe.
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