Winter X Games XVI (re-titled Winter X Games Aspen'12; styled as Winter X Games Sixteen in the official logo) were held from January 26 to January 29, 2012, in
Aspen,
Colorado. They were the 11th consecutive
Winter X Games to be held in Aspen. The events were broadcast on
ESPN. The following year, the Winter X Games were held in two international cities:
Aspen, Colorado and
Tignes, France.[1]
Sports
The following are the events at Winter X Games 16.
Heath Frisby landed the first-ever snowmobile frontflip in the Best Trick competition.
Shaun White's final run in the Snowboard SuperPipe final scored a perfect 100.00. White's victory also gave him the first-ever five-peat in that event.
Mark McMorris became the first snowboarder since
Shaun White to win two gold medals in one X Games.
Shaun White became the third athlete in Winter X Games history to achieve a
five-peat. His 100-point victory run included a Double McTwist 1260 combo'd into the first-ever frontside double cork 1260. It was the first-ever perfect score in the history of SuperPipe.