<div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The second day of competitions on Saturday included six medaled events on a sunny day in Aspen Snowmass. With two Slopestyle, a SuperPipe and three Big Air events, X Games history was made throughout the day.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In less than 22 hours, Tess Ledeux became the first female skier to win double gold in Big Air and then Jeep Women’s Ski Slopestyle. The first female skier to land two doubles in a run at X Games, her third run was the best. In the rail section she landed a switch pretzel 270, switch rightside 270 continuing 270 and a blind 450 safety. Then through the jumps Tess stomped a switch leftside 1080 Japan, switch rightside bio 900 safety and a left double 1260 Weddle grab. Mathilde Gremaud won her second Slopestyle medal with a silver and Megan Oldham earned her second Slopestyle bronze after capturing her third Big Air medal on Friday. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">After missing X Games Aspen 2021, <strong>Mark McMorris</strong> earned his spot back atop the <strong>Jeep Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle</strong> podium to take home his sixth gold medal. Mark now has 12 medals in 14 competition starts at X Games and is tied for fifth-most X Games medals. The only rider to throw three triple corks on the jump line, Mark’s fourth run launched him into gold medal position with a 50-50 backside 270 transfer, switch lipslide transfer to switch boardslide 270 out, switch backside 270 to fakie through the rails into a switch backside triple cork 1620 stalefish, frontside triple cork 1440 Weddle and backside triple cork 1620 Indy on the jump line. <strong>Marcus Kleveland</strong> earned his first silver and<strong> Sven Thorgren</strong> bronze. Although he finished in fifth place, Rene Rinnekangas landed a competition-first 1980. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Adding to her Friday Slopestyle gold, <strong>Zoi Sadowski-Synnott</strong> earned her first-ever Big Air gold medal with frontside double cork 1080 melon and a backside 1260. The entire field going frontside double cork 1080 on their first runs, <strong>Pacifico Women’s Snowboard Big Air</strong>. The defending Big Air gold medalist, <strong>Jamie Anderson</strong> earned a silver medal, to re-tie her with McMorris for the most medals in X Games winter history. <strong>Miyabi Onitsuka</strong> stayed podium perfect in her Big Air appearances, landing a cab 1260 and frontside 1080 for bronze. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Sena Tomita</strong> made X Games history, becoming the first Japanese gold medalist in <strong>Women’s Snowboard SuperPipe</strong>. After taking a hard fall on her first run, Sena returned to the top to land a run that included a frontside 900 on the first hit, into a backside 540, frontside 720, cab 720 and ending with a frontside 1080. Although X Games 2020 gold medalist <strong>Queralt Castellet</strong> landed a solid run, it was not enough to catch Sena and she settled for silver. In the very last run of the contest, <strong>Haruna Matsumoto</strong> landed her first full run which included a frontside 1080 and a frontside 900 for bronze. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In the Men’s Ski Big Air competition, the spin was king with riders landing 1800s and 1900s. In his first competition of three this weekend, Alex Hall earned his third Big Air gold with tricks that included a 1980 and a 2160. In the sixth round of runs, Mac Forehand was sitting in first place position with a switch 1800 double grab and 1800 tail grab, but Alex cleanly landed the first 2160 for gold. X Games rookies Mac Forehand and Teal Harle both earned their first X Games medals with silver and bronze. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The day closed with <strong>Men’s Snowboard Big Air</strong>, where defending gold medalist <strong>Marcus Kleveland</strong> earned his second medal of the day. Not to be outdone, the snowboarders also joined the 1800 and 1900 clubs. Marcus' best tricks were a backside quad cork 1800 Indy and a Cab 1800 Weddle. Big Air specialist <strong>Max Parrot</strong> returned to X Games after missing Aspen 2021 to earn his 11th Big Air medal, a silver. Max's best tricks were a Cab triple cork 1800 Weddle and a frontside triple cork 1800 Weddle. Fan favorite <strong>Rene Rinnekangas</strong> opened up the contest with the 1980 in the first run, however he eventually earned bronze. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Results</strong></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Jeep Women’s Ski Slopestyle</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">1. Tess Ledeux (FRA)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">2. Mathilde Gremaud (SUI)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">3. Megan Oldham (CAN)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">4. Johanne Killi (NOR)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">5. Kirsty Muir (SCO)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">6. Maggie Voisin (USA)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">7. Kelly Sildau (EST)</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Gold - Tess Ledeux</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Silver - Mathilde Gremaud</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Bronze - Megan Oldham</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Jeep Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">1. Mark McMorris (CAN)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">2. Marcus Kleveland (NOR)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">3. Sven Thorgren (SWE)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">4. Red Gerard (USA)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">5. Rene Rinnekangas (FIN)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">6. Darcy Sharpe (CAN)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">7. Max Parrot (CAN)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">8. Ståle Sandbech (NOR)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">9. Mons Røisland (NOR)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">10. Dusty Henricksen (USA)</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Gold - Mark McMorris</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Silver - Marcus Kleveland</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Bronze - Sven Thorgren</strong></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Pacifico Women’s Snowboard Big Air</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">1. Zoi Sadowski-Synnott (NZL), 85.00</div><div style="text-align: justify;">2. Jamie Anderson (USA), 82.00</div><div style="text-align: justify;">3. Miyabi Onitsuka (JPN), 78.00</div><div style="text-align: justify;">4. Kokomo Murase (JPN), 65.00</div><div style="text-align: justify;">5. Laurie Blouin (CAN), 51.00</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Gold - Zoi Sadowski-Synnott</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Silver - Jamie Anderson</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Bronze - Miyabi Onitsuka</strong></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Women’s Snowboard SuperPipe</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">1. Sena Tomita (JPN)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">2. Queralt Castellet (ESP)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">3. Haruna Matsumoto (JPN)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">4. Kurumi Imai (JPN)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">5. Maddie Mastro (USA)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">6. Summer Fenton (USA)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">7. Elizabeth Hosking (CAN)</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Gold - Sena Tomita</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Silver - Queralt Castellet</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Bronze - Haruna Matsumoto</strong></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Men’s Ski Big Air</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">1. Alex Hall (USA), 94.00</div><div style="text-align: justify;">2. Mac Forehand (USA), 92.00</div><div style="text-align: justify;">3. Teal Harle (CAN), 91.00</div><div style="text-align: justify;">4. Edouard Therriault (CAN), 89.00</div><div style="text-align: justify;">5. Matej Svancer (AUT), 87.00</div><div style="text-align: justify;">6. Colby Stevenson (USA), 80.00</div><div style="text-align: justify;">7. Andri Ragettli (SUI), 58.00</div><div style="text-align: justify;">8. Evan McEachran (CAN), 16.00</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Gold - Alex Hall</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Silver - Mac Forehand</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Bronze - Teal Harle</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Men’s Snowboard Big Air</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">1. Marcus Kleveland (NOR), 82.00</div><div style="text-align: justify;">2. Max Parrot (CAN), 81.00</div><div style="text-align: justify;">3. Rene Rinnekangas (FIN), 80.00</div><div style="text-align: justify;">4. Mark McMorris (CAN), 49.00</div><div style="text-align: justify;">5. Mons Røisland (NOR), 42.00</div><div style="text-align: justify;">6. Taiga Hasegawa (JPN), 30.00</div><div style="text-align: justify;">7. Sven Thorgren (SWE), 24.00</div><div style="text-align: justify;">8. Chris Corning (USA), 18.00</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Gold - Marcus Kleveland</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Silver - Max Parrot</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Bronze - Rene Rinnekangas</strong></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span>Source: espnpressroom.com / X Games</span><br /></div>