<div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The first wave of athlete invites will include 83 additional invitations to compete at X Games Aspen 2016. For X Games Aspen 2016, all 2015 medalists with sport disciplines returning in 2016 received an automatic invite to compete in the 2016 event. For a complete list of invited athletes please visit <strong><a href="http://espnmediazone.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a461e1e6f7e3229bc709fc784&id=87ef4f53e9&e=34e6cc1672" target="_blank">www.xgames.com</a></strong>.<br /> <br /> ESPN and ABC will televise a combined 16 hours of live X Games Aspen competition. Additional competition, music and behind-the-scenes content will be carried on ESPN3 as well as the latest coverage across ESPN digital platforms, including XGames.com, X Games app, X Games pages across Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Tumblr and more.<br /> <br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Snowboarders in the first wave of invited athletes include:</p><ul style="text-align: justify;"> <li><strong>Mike Schultz</strong> (St. Cloud, Minnesota) – The five-time consecutive SnoCross Adaptive gold medalist, Schultz was injured competing in the Snowboarder X Adaptive discipline at X Games Aspen 2015 and was unable to complete the six-peat. A seven-time medalist, Schultz has competed at X Games in SnoCross Adaptive, Snowboarder X Adaptive and Moto X Racing Adaptive.</li></ul><ul style="text-align: justify;"> <li><strong>Yuki Kadono</strong> (Tokyo, Japan) – Making his X Games Aspen debut with a silver medal in Snowboard Big Air in 2014, Kadono hasn’t looked back. In 2015 Kadono added X Games Big Air silver, a win at the Los Angeles Air + Style with the first-ever switch backside triple cork 1620 and a win at the Burton U.S. Open with the first ever back-to-back triple cork 1620s.</li></ul><ul style="text-align: justify;"> <li><strong>Arielle Gold</strong> (Breckenridge, Colorado) – A two-time X Games bronze medalist, Gold has finished in the top four at each X Games event in which she has competed. Both she and older brother Taylor earned the chance to compete at the Sochi Olympics, with Arielle being the youngest member of the halfpipe team.</li> </ul><div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /> The full initial list of invited athletes can be found on <strong><a href="http://espnmediazone.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=a461e1e6f7e3229bc709fc784&id=064a5ffbca&e=34e6cc1672" target="_blank">www.xgames.com</a></strong>. Follow the X Games on Twitter at <strong><a href="http://espnmediazone.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a461e1e6f7e3229bc709fc784&id=5bae5e207f&e=34e6cc1672" target="_blank">twitter.com/xgames</a></strong>.<br /> <br /> Tickets and full music and competition schedules are now available at <strong><a href="http://espnmediazone.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a461e1e6f7e3229bc709fc784&id=46a21c8193&e=34e6cc1672" target="_blank">XGames.com</a></strong>. As always, general admission to the action sports competitions and festival villages is free to the public.<br /> <br /> *PLEASE NOTE: The invited athlete list and competition schedule is constantly being updated and is subject to change. <br /> <br /> </div>