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

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. They were the 11th consecutive

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to be held in Aspen. The events were broadcast on

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. The following year, the Winter X Games were held in two international cities:

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and Tignes, France.

Sports

The following are the events at Winter X Games 16. *

Freestyle Skiing Freestyle skiing is a skiing discipline comprising aerials, Mogul Skiing, moguls, Ski Cross, cross, Half-pipe skiing, half-pipe, slopestyle and big air as part of the Freestyle skiing at the Winter Olympics, Winter Olympics. It can consist of a ...

Snowboarding Snowboarding is a recreational and competitive activity that involves descending a snow-covered surface while standing on a snowboard that is almost always attached to a rider's feet. It features in the Winter Olympic Games and Winter Paralympi ...

Snowmobiling A snowmobile, also known as a Ski-Doo, snowmachine, sled, motor sled, motor sledge, skimobile, or snow scooter, is a motorized vehicle designed for winter travel and recreation on snow. It is designed to be operated on snow and ice and does not ...

Highlights

*Games dedicated to renowned freestyle skier

Sarah Burke Sarah Jean Burke (September 3, 1982 – January 19, 2012) was a Canadian freestyle skier who was a pioneer of the superpipe event. She was a five-time Winter X Games gold medallist, and won the world championship in the halfpipe in 2005. She s ...

, who died on January 19, 2012, after a freak accident in training. *

Mark McMorris Mark Lee McMorris (born December 9, 1993) is a Canadian professional snowboarder who specializes in slopestyle and big air events. A three-time Olympic bronze medallist, he placed third in each of the 2014 Winter Olympics, 2018 Winter Olympics, ...

and

Torstein Horgmo Torstein Horgmo (born 18 February 1987) is a Norwegian professional snowboarder. Horgmo has competed, and medalled in, a variety of slopestyle and big air snowboarding competitions. He rides regular stance. Personal Horgmo grew up in Trondheim ...

landed the first-ever triple corks in the Big Air competition. *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. *

became the first snowboarder since

Shaun White Shaun Roger White (born September 3, 1986) is an American former professional snowboarder and skateboarder. He is a five-time Olympian and a three-time Olympic gold medalist in half-pipe snowboarding. He holds the world record for the most X G ...

to win two gold medals in one X Games.

Results

Medal count

Skiing

Men's Slopestyle results

Women's Slopestyle results

Men's SuperPipe results

Women's SuperPipe results

Men's Big Air results

Women's Skier X results

Men's Skier X results

Men's Mono Skier X results

Snowboarding

Men's Snowboard Street results

Women's Snowboard Slopestyle results

Women's SuperPipe results

Men's Big Air results

Women's Snowboard X results

Men's Snowboard X results

Men's Slopestyle results

Men's SuperPipe results

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.

Snowmobile

Freestyle results

Best Trick results

Winter X Games Aspen 2012 - Results: Snowmobile Best Trick - ESPN
/ref> * Frisby won gold with the first-ever Frontflip * Colten Moore won silver with a Tsunami flip * Justin Hoyer attempted a double back flip, but under-rotated, fell over his handlebars, and broke his arm

References

External links

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