For Immediate Release March 16, 2011
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Turski and Rolland Win Back-To-Back Winter X Europe Gold
Champions Continue Their Winning Streak at Winter X Events
The second annual Winter X Games Europe kicked off in Tignes, France today with record-breaking performances and historic attendance. Only the second time the Winter X Games have been held outside of the United States, athletes and fans celebrated the day by making history.
Ski Slopestyle Women’s Final
Kaya Turski won her fourth Winter X Games Slopestyle event and second Winter X Games Europe Slopestyle gold, once again beating out her rival Keri Herman. Now regular fixtures on the podium, Turski and Herman challenged each other throughout the competition. However, Turski stomped a switch 720 on her second run that made it next to impossible for anyone to best her score. Herman’s final run was her finest of the day, but it was not enough to top Turksi’s score of 92.00. Herman ended the day with a second place score of 89.00 which allowed her to podium just above Kim Lamarre, who took home the bronze.
Ski SuperPipe Men’s Final
Native Frenchman Kevin Rolland continued to show his fellow countrymen and action sports fans across the globe why he is considered one of the best freeskiers in the world. After throwing a Double Cork 1260 and an Ally-Oop Flatspin 360 in his first run, his score of 93.00 was the mark to beat for the rest of the competition.
“I was under a lot of pressure this year, so that is why it was important for me to stick my first two runs”, said Rolland.
Justin Dorey’s massive airs wowed the crowd and the judges, but were not enough to top Rolland’s mastery of the pipe. Taking the silver with a score of 90.00, Dorey was narrowly able to beat out 15 year old Torin Yater-Wallace who took home silver at Winter X Games 15 a few weeks earlier.
The total attendance for day one of Winter X Games Europe 2011 was 27,500. Last year’s day one attendance was 17,500, a year-to-year increase of 10,000 people.
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Media Contacts:
ESPN X Games Alex Rozis, alex.a.rozis@espn.com, +1-415-609-0749
CANAL + Events Agence Olivia Payerne – contact@agence-op.fr – +33 1 46 04 08 62
Tignes Resort Danièle Chaudan, dchaudan@tignes.net, + 33 6 76 02 07 34
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