LOS ANGELES - ESPN Winter X Games 11 announces new sports, new athletes and more coverage going into the eleventh annual event. In addition to Skiing and Snowboard and ESPN‚s announcement last month of Snowmobile Freestyle being added to the sports lineup, Winter X Games 11 will include its first ever disabled discipline, Mono Skier X. First introduced as a demo event at Winter X Games Nine, this year‚s event will be modeled after Winter X mainstays, Skier X and Snowboarder X. It will feature the top 16 disabled men and women racing in individual sit-skis in heats of four. Snowboarding will add the discipline of Snowboard Best Trick Showdown, and Moto X will not be in the Winter X Games lineup but remain a pillar in summer and international events. Fifteen hours of live programming on ESPN and ABC will be offered as well as Winter X Games 11 coverage on ESPN International, EXPN.com, ESPN Classic, ESPN360, SportsCenter and ESPN2‚s X Center.
“As we move into the eleventh Winter X Games, we couldn‚t be more excited with our lineup of sports and the new group of athletes we have participating with Snowmobile Freestyle and Mono Skier X,” said Ron Semiao, senior vice president, ESPN Original Entertainment. “We are dedicated to bringing a variety of original and compelling content to the sports fans and confident with these sport additions we will do so at Winter X Games 11.”
The annual Winter X Games is the premier action winter sports event in the world and showcases more than 250 of the world‚s top athletes including 28 Olympians who competed in last year‚s Winter X Games 10 prior to traveling to Turin, Italy. In addition to Snowboard SuperPipe (added in 1998), the Olympics added Snowboard Boardercross an event that has been part of Winter X Games since the beginning. Last month, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that Skicross, known as Skier X in the Winter X Games, would be added to the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver. Skier X was introduced to Winter X Games in 1998 with 30 competitors and was the first competition of its kind for the sport of skiing.
Buttermilk Mountain at Aspen/ Snowmass will continue to host the Winter X Games through 2010. Winter X Games 11 is scheduled for Jan 25-28, 2007 with free entrance to the public.
COMPETITION SCHEDULE BY DAY All times listed are Mountain Time (MT).
Snowmobile schedule:
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
For media planning onlyˆthis day is closed to the public but open to the media
6:30 p.m. ˆ 8:30 p.m.Snowmobile Freestyle Practice
Thursday, January 25, 2007
9:00 a.m. ˆ 11:00 a.m.Snowmobile Freestyle Practice
12:30 p.m. ˆ 2:30 p.m.Snowmobile SnoCross Practice
4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.Snowmobile Freestyle Practice
6:30 p.m. ˆ 8:00 p.m.Snowmobile Freestyle Elimination
Friday, January 26, 2007
12:00 p.m. ˆ 1:30 p.m.Snowmobile SnoCross Practice
5:00 p.m. ˆ 6:00 p.m.Snowmobile SnoCross Practice
7:30 p.m. ˆ 8:30 p.m.Snowmobile SnoCross Round 1
Saturday, January 27, 2007
9:30 a.m. ˆ 10:30 p.m.Snowmobile SnoCross Practice
12:30 p.m. ˆ 1:00 p.m. Snowmobile SnoCross Round 2
5:00 p.m. ˆ 6:00 p.m.Snowmobile SnoCross Practice
8:15 p.m. ˆ 9:00 p.m.Snowmobile SnoCross Final
Sunday, January 28, 2007
9:00 a.m. ˆ 11:00 a.m.Snowmobile Freestyle Practice
4:30 p.m. ˆ 6:00 p.m.Snowmobile Freestyle Practice
6:30 p.m. ˆ 7:30 p.m.Snowmobile Freestyle Final
This schedule is subject to change. Please visit www.espneventmedia.com for the most updated schedule.
ESPN, ABC AND ESPN INTERNATIONAL TO TELEVISE EVENT LIVE
ESPN and ABC will feature 15 hours of live programming January 25 ˆ January 28. ESPN2 will present daily late
night highlight programs from January 26 ˆ January 29, resulting in 19 total hours of original programming for
Winter X Games 11. Additionally, the Winter X Games will also be televised on ESPN‚s International networks to
more than 121 countries and territories in Latin America, the Pacific Rim, Middle East, Africa and Israel.
SportsCenter, ESPN‚s flagship daily news program, will report from Aspen/Snowmass starting Thursday, January
25 through Sunday, January 28. Each of those nights, the 11 p.m. ET SportsCenter will contain event coverage
from Winter X Games 11.
