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Winter X Games XII
Winter X Games XII were held from January 24 to January 27, 2008 in Aspen, Colorado, Aspen, Colorado. They were the 7th consecutive X Games, Winter X Games to be held in Aspen. Television coverage of Winter X Games XII was broadcast on ESPN and American Broadcasting Company, ABC, primarily hosted by Sal Masekela and Todd Harris. Final attendance for the four-day event was 72,500. Disciplines Disciplines at the 12th Winter X Games were: *Skiing *Snowboarding *Snowmobiling Highlights Skier Tanner Hall won his third consecutive men's superpipe gold medal and his seventh X Games gold medal over all, the most of any winter competitor. This record stood alone until the final night of competition, when Shaun White tied it with a gold medal in the men's snowboard superpipe and set his own record with 12 career Winter X Games medals.Thomas, Pete. "Shaun White wins snowboard superpipe with top three runs." ''Los Angeles Times'', January 28, 2008. http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-xgames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aspen, Colorado
Aspen is a home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Pitkin County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 7,004 at the 2020 United States Census. Aspen is in a remote area of the Rocky Mountains' Sawatch Range and Elk Mountains, along the Roaring Fork River at an elevation just below above sea level on the Western Slope, west of the Continental Divide. Aspen is now a part of the Glenwood Springs, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area. Founded as a mining camp during the Colorado Silver Boom and later named Aspen for the abundance of aspen trees in the area, the city boomed during the 1880s, its first decade. The boom ended when the Panic of 1893 led to a collapse of the silver market. For the next half-century, known as "the quiet years", the population steadily declined, reaching a nadir of fewer than 1000 by 1930. Aspen's fortunes recovered in the mid-20th century when neighboring Aspen Mountain was developed into a ski ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
