ESPN, CANAL + Events and Tignes Ski & Snowboard Resort will launch the first Winter X Games Europe March 10-12, 2010. The event will be the first Winter X Games held outside the United States. There will be eight different competitions over three days, including Ski and Snowboard SuperPipe and Slopestyle for men and women as well as a Snowmobile demonstration.
The first wave of athletes invited to the Winter X Games Europe including:
SNOWBOARD
SUPERPIPE MEN – 16 places (10 selections to this day)
Kevin Pearce (USA)
Mason Aguire (USA)
Louie Vito (USA)
Danny Davies (USA)
Mathieu Crépel (FRA)
Scotty Lago (USA)
SUPERPIPE WOMEN – 16 places (3 selections to this day)
Torah Bright (AUS)
Gretchen Bleiler (USA)
Ellery Hollingsworth (USA)
SLOPESTYLE MEN – 16 places (6 selections to this day)
Mikkel Bang (NOR)
Chas Guldemond (USA)
Torstein Horgmo (NOR)
Andreas Wiig (NOR)
Arthur Longo (FRA)
Scotty Lago (USA)
SLOPESTYLE WOMEN – 16 places (5 selections to this day)
Jenny Jones (GBR)
Jamie Anderson (USA)
Janna Meyen-Weatherby (USA)
Cheryl Maas (NED)
Sarka Pacochova (CZE)

SKI
SUPERPIPE MEN – 16 places (5 selections to this day)
Xavier Bertoni (FRA)
Simon Dumont (USA)
Justin Dorey (CAN)
Mike Riddle (CAN)
Kevin Rolland (FRA)
SUPERPIPE WOMAN – 16 places (4 selections to this day)
Sarah Burke (USA)
Kaya Turski (CAN)
Anna Segal (AUS)
Grete Eliasson (USA)
SLOPESTYLE MEN – 16 places (6 selections to this day)
Tom Wallisch (USA)
Henrik Harlaut (SWE)
TJ Schiller (CAN)
PK Hunder (NOR)
Sammy Carlson (CAN)
Jacob Wester (SWE)
SLOPESTYLE WOMAN – 8 places (2 selections to this day)
Jen Hudak (USA)
Virginie Faivre (SUI)


SNOWMOBILE
Snowmobile Freestyle demo
Levi LaVallee (USA)
Heath Frisby (USA)
Daniel Bodin (SWE)
Alender Nordgaard (NOR)

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