Dusty Henricksen

X GAMES ASPEN 2021 DAY ONE: ANDERSON TAKES GOLD IN SLOPESTYLE & HENRICKSEN WINS KNUCKLE HUCK

Action sports made a triumphant return Friday afternoon at Buttermilk Mountain when X Games Aspen 2021 kicked off with Jeep Women’s Snowboard SuperPipe, Women’s Ski Big Air, Wendy’s Snowboard Knuckle Huck and Men’s & Women’s Ski SuperPipe. The 20th annual event in Aspen is the first-ever with no spectators in attendance due to COVID-19 health and safety protocols, but fans can catch all the action on ESPN, ABC and ESPN2, with exclusive web content across @XGames social and XGames.com.

Pictured: Jamie Anderson with her 18th overall and her 7th gold XGames medal in snowboard slopestyle after winning Jeep Women's Snowboard Slopestyle at X Games Aspen 2021. Image credit: Phil Ellsworth / ESPN Images

2019/20 Continental Cup round-up

Lost in the shuffle at the unforeseen early end to the 2019/20 season was the conclusion of the Nor-Am, Europa, and Asian Continental Cup tours, where a handful of deserving snowboard and freeski athletes were able to earn themselves a guaranteed quota spot for 2020/21 World Cup competition action. However, difficult snow conditions in some planned venues and the season's early end meant not all events had enough competitions to give athletes the opportunity to qualify for the World Cup spots.

Pictured: Dusty Henricksen (USA). Image credit: Mike Dawson

U.S. Ski and Snowboard's award for Snowboard Athlete of the Year goes to Dusty Henricksen

Wow, what a breakout season 17-year-old Dusty Henricksen (Mammoth Lakes, Calif./U.S. Snowboard Rookie Team) had! Henricksen made history at the U.S. Open, landing the first-ever backside quad cork 1800 in slopestyle competition. He also took Youth Olympic Games gold in slopestyle and earned his first World Cup win at the Land Rover U.S. Grand Prix at his home of Mammoth Mountain. What stood out all season was his maturity, optimism and positivity as he solidified himself as a top contender in the world of competitive snowboarding.

“This season was huge for me and I realized how much I love snowboarding. There’s nothing that can beat the adrenaline rush when you learn a new trick or land your full run. I am incredibly thankful for everyone that contributes to this development process, which is so important to my success and the pursuit of my dreams.”

Image: Dusty Henricksen wins 2020 FIS Snowboard Slopestyle World Cup Mammoth Mountain Land Rover US Grand Prix, at Mammoth Mountain, California, USA, February 1. Image credit: U.S. Ski and Snowboard

#StayStrong Corner - Week 6

Also in the sixth week, we are bringing you a roundup of the best uplifting stories in, and slowly out of, confinement.

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Top Moments 2019/20: Snowboard

If you follow our channels on social media, you might have seen that for the last two weeks we’ve been regularly posting our #topmements clips from the 2019/20 FIS Snowboard World Cup season. On Tuesday we published the final episode and now we’ve gathered them all up in one place to have a one more look into the most memorable spells of these past park & pipe, snowboard cross and snowboard alpine World Cup campaigns. Enjoy!

Pictured: Venue of 2019 Air + Style Beijing FIS Snowboard Big Air World Cup, Shougang Park, Beijing, China, December 2019. © FIS Snowboard

#StayStrong Corner - Week 1

In the #StayStrong Corner, we would like to offer a little bit of an uplifting moment every week in these trying times. Find out what FIS athletes across all disciplines are doing while social distancing and staying at home to #staystrong, #stayactive and #stayhealthy.