After the madness that was the 14th X Games in Aspen last weekend, we’re even more excited for the first European version of this legendary and defining event that will unroll in the French resort Tignes from March 10th-12th, 2010.
With preparations already going since July last year, you can certainly be excited about the set up they’re working on for this first ever event. The pipe is going to be the biggest superpipe ever in Europe with 240 metres in lenght, 19 metres wide and 7 metres high. But there’s also going to be goodness for the slopestylers too, the XXL course is 600 metres long, has a rise of 190 meters and 8 different modules including a 12 meter long rail. Such an epic set up needs folks that can deal with it though, so we’re happy we can present you the following snowboard superstars for the confirmed riders list, amongst them several gold medallists from the last X Games in Aspen…
List of Confirmed Riders
SUPERPIPE Snowboard – Women
Kelly CLARK USA
Torah BRIGHT AUS
Gretchen BLEILER USA
Ellery HOLLINGSWORTH USA
Sarka PACOCHOVA CZE
Sina CANDRIAN SUI
Lisa Wiik NOR
Elena HIGHT USA
Kjersti BUAAS NOR
+ 7 extra spots
SUPERPIPE Snowboard – Men
Mason AGUIRRE USA
Scotty LAGO USA, NH Silver medal Slopestyle 09
Louie VITO USA
Antti AUTTI FIN
Danny DAVIS USA (from our knowledge probably not though…)
Mathieu CREPEL FRA
Luke MITRANI USA
Iouri PODLADTCHIKOV SUI
+ 8 extra spots
SLOPESTYLE Snowboard – Women
Jenny JONES GBR
Jamie ANDERSON USA
Janna WEATHERBY USA
Cheryl MASS NED
Sarka PACOCHOVA CZE
Spencer O’BRIEN CAN
Sina CANDRIAN SUI
Lisa WIIK NOR
Kimmy FASANI USA, CA
Raewyn REID CAN
Silvia MITTERMUELER GER
+ 5 extra spots
SLOPESTYLE Snowboard – Men
Scotty LAGO USA
Chas GULDEMOND USA, CA
Mikkel BANG NOR
Torstein HORGMO NOR
Andreas WIIG NOR
Charles REID CAN
Sebastien TOUTANT CAN
Eero ETTALA FIN
Travis RICE USA
Arthur LONGO FRA
+ 10 extra spots
SUPERPIPE Ski – Women
Sarah BURKE CAN
Jen HUDAK USA
Virginie FAIVRE SUI
Mirjam JAEGER SUI
Anais CARADEUX FRA
+ 3 extra spots
Xavier BERTONI FRA
Simon DUMONT USA
Justin DOREY CAN
Mike RIDLEY CAN
Kevin ROLLAND FRA
Josiah James WELLS NZ
Taylor SEATON
AJ KEMPAINEN FIN
David WISE USA
Duncan ADAMS USA
Colby WEST USA
Byron WELLS NZL
+ 4 extra sports
Kaya TURSKI CAN
Anna SEGAL AUS
Grete ELIASSON NOR/USA
Sarah BURKE CAN
Kim LAMARE CAN
Eva PATSCHEIDER AUT
+ 2 extra spots
SLOPESTYLE Ski – Men
Tom WALLISCH USA
Henrik HARLAUT SWE
TJ SCHILLER CAN
PK HUNDER NOR
Sammy CARLSON USA
Jacob WESTER SWE
Colby WEST USA
Bobby BROWN USA
Andreas HATVEIT NOR
Josiah James WELLS NZ
Philippe CASABON CAN
Elias AMBUHL SWI
Beni MAYR Ger
+ 3 extra spots
