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Casey Puckett, of Aspen, goes off a jump in the men's Skier X at the Winter X Games 2012 at Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen, Colo., Sunday, Jan. 29. -
Markus Malin flips during the men's snowboard superpipe elimination at Winter X Games 2012 at Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen, Colo., Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012. -
Louie Vito competes in the snowboard superpipe elimination round Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012, during the Winter X Games at Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen, Colo. Vito advanced to the finals Sunday night. -
Scotty Lago competes in the snowboard superpipe elimination round Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012, during the Winter X Games at Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen, Colo. Lago crashed on both runs and missed the finals. -
Gold medalist Samson Danniels celebrates his win following the mono x finals at Winter X Games 2012 at Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012. -
From left, Gregory Peck of Wasilla, Alaska; Samson Danniels of Whistler, Canada; Sean Rose of St. Neots, Great Britain; and Josh Dueck of Vernon, Canada, take off from the final jump during the Winter X Games' monoskier cross event on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012, at Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen. Danniels won the gold medal, Peck second and Dueck third. -
Marte Gjefsen celebrates as she crosses the finishline for the gold medal in the skier X women's final Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012, during the Winter X Games in Aspen, Colo. -
Matt Ladley skis during the men's snowboard superpipe elimination at the Winter X Games in Aspen, Colo., on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012. -
Competitors in skier X launch off of the final jump during the qualifications at the Winter X Games on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012, in Aspen, Colo. -
Colten Moore does his first trick Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012, during the snowmobile best trick final at the Winter X Games at Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen, Colo. Moore won the silver while Health Frisby took the gold. -
Shaun White celebrates after his run in the men's snowboard superpipe finals at Winter X Games 2012 at Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen, Colo., on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012. -
Shaun White takes off on his final run during the Winter X Games' men's snowboard superpipe final on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012, at Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen, Colo. White, who won the gold medal, scored a perfect 100 for the first time in X Games history. -
Shaun White scores a 94.00 on his first run to win the gold medal Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012, during men's snowboarding superpipe finals at the Winter X Games at Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen, Colo. -
Shaun White during the men's snowboard superpipe finals at Winter X Games 2012 at Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen, Colo., on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012. -
Joe Parsons does a move he calls the "gator wrestler" in the snowmobile best trick competition on Sunday night Jan. 29, 2012 at the Winter X Games in Aspen, Colo. Parsons won the bronze medal in the event. -
Medical personnel attend to Justin Hoyer after he was injured Sunday Jan. 29, 2012, during the Winter X Games in Aspen, Colo., while attempting to perform a double-backflip on his snowmobile. X Games spokesman Danny Chi said Hoyer fractured his left ankle and right forearm. -
Nate Holland, center right, leads a group of snowboarders over the final jump during the Winter X Games' snowboarder boardercross quarterfinal on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012, at Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen. Holland eventually won the gold medal. -
Sammy Carlson competes in the big air skiing competition, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012, at the Winter X Games in Aspen, Colo. -
Dara Howell competes in the skiing superpipe final at the Winter X Games, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012, in Aspen, Colo. -
Tucker Perkings competes in the skiing superpipe final at the Winter X Games, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012, in Aspen, Colo. -
Canada's Roz Groenewoud competes in the women's skiing superpipe final at the Winter X Games, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012, in Aspen, Colo. -
Phil Parrish watches the snowboarder X competition at the Winter X Games, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012, in Aspen, Colo. -
Keltie Hansen wrecks during the skiing superpipe final at the Winter X Games, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012, in Aspen, Colo. -
Torin Yater Wallace competes in the skiing superpipe final at the Winter X Games, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012, in Aspen, Colo. -
Nate Holland celebrates after winning the gold in the men's snowboarder X competition at the Winter X Games, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012, in Aspen, Colo. -
Jossi Wells competes Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012, in the ski big air men's competition at the Winter X Games at Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen, Colo. -
Louie Vito sails above the pipe during Mens Superpipe practice Saturday Jan. 28, 2012 at the 2012 X Games in Aspen, Colo. -
Kevin Rolland, of France, competes during the men's ski superpipe elimination round at the Winter X Games, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012, in Aspen, Colo. -
Forest Bailey performs his gold-medal winning run in the snowboard street finals at the Winter X Games, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, in Aspen, Colo. -
Devin Logan competes in the women's slopestyle skiing final at the Winter X Games, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, in Aspen, Colo. -
A man competes in the men's skiing slopestyle elimination during the Winter X Games on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, in Aspen, Colo. -
Anna Segal competes in the women's slopestyle skiing finals at the Winter X Games, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, in Aspen, Colo. -
Kaya Turski, the winner of the women's slopestyle, reacts to her run at the Winter X Games in Aspen, Colo., on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012. -
Kaya Turski celebrates after winning the women's slopestyle skiing finals at the Winter X Games, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, in Aspen, Colo. -
Nick Goepper following his second place run in the men's skiing slopestyle final at Winter X Games 2012 at Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012. -
Tom Wallisch skis during the men's slopestyle elimination at the Winter X Games Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, in Aspen, Colo. -
Canada's JF Houle falls in front of an approach during the men's slopestyle elimination at the Winter X Games Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, in Aspen, Colo. -
Sweden's Henrik Harlaut loses his balance during the men's slopestyle elimination at the Winter X Games Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, in Aspen, Colo. -
Bobby Brown skis during the men's slopestyle elimination at the Winter X Games on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, in Aspen, Colo. -
Sammy Carlson skis during the men's slopestyle elimination at the Winter X Games Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, in Aspen, Colo. -
Alex Schlopy skis during the men's slopestyle elimination at the Winter X Games Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, in Aspen, Colo. -
New Zealand's Jossi Wells jumps during the men's slopestyle elimination at the Winter X Games on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, in Aspen, Colo. -
Switzerland's Elias Ambuhl jumps during the men's slopestyle elimination at the Winter X Games on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, in Aspen, Colo. -
Two-time Olympic champion Shaun White, right, is helped to the athlete medical tent by personnel after his final practice run at the Winter X Games in Aspen, Colo., on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012. -
Two-time Olympic champion Shaun White, right, is examined by medical personnel after his final practice run at the Winter X Games in Aspen, Colo., on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012. -
Tom Wallisch launches off the last jump during slopestyle ski practice at the 16th Winter X Games on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, in Aspen, Colo. -
A slopestyle competitor launches off the last jump during ski practice at the 16th Winter X Games on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, in Aspen, Colo. -
A competitor launches off a jump during snowmobile freestyle practice at the Winter X Games on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, in Aspen, Colo. -
Snowboarder Shaun White, right, jokes with the media during the opening of the Winter X Games on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, in Aspen, Colo. -
Snowboard superpipe competitor Gretchen Bleiler wipes a tear from her eye as she remembers Sarah Burke, the Canadian freestyle skier who died less than a week ago, during the opening Winter X Games news conference on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, in Aspen, Colo. -
B.J. Oberhaus, right, works on the Big Air take off in preparation for the Winter X Games on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, in Aspen, Colo.
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