Winter X Games XIII were held from January 22 to January 25, 2009 in Aspen

Aspen, Colorado

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, Colorado

Colorado

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. They were the 8th consecutive Winter X Games

X Games

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 to be held in Aspen. The events were broadcast on ESPN

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 and ABC

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The 13th games introduced the X Games' current theme song: a remix of Peter Gabriel

Peter Gabriel

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's "Games Without Frontiers

Games Without Frontiers (song)

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" featuring Lord Jamar

Lord Jamar

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Disciplines

The following were the events at Winter X Games 13.

• Skiing
  Skiing
  Skiing is a recreational activity using skis as equipment for traveling over snow. Skis are used in conjunction with boots that connect to the ski with use of a binding....
  
  
• Snowboarding
  Snowboarding
  Snowboarding is a sport that involves descending a slope that is covered with snow on a snowboard attached to a rider's feet using a special boot set onto mounted binding. The development of snowboarding was inspired by skateboarding, sledding, surfing and skiing. It was developed in the U.S.A...
  
  
• Snowmobiling

Skiing

Men's Monoski Cross

Place	Athlete
Gold	Tyler Walker
Silver	Sam Ferguson
Bronze	K-J van der Klooster

Men's Ski SlopeStyle

Place	Athlete
Gold	T.J. Schiller Thomas James Schiller Thomas James Schiller, or T.J. Schiller , in the interior of British Columbia. T.J is a Canadian freestyle skier. Schiller combines amplitude with style and is best known for his signature switch 1080 mute grab...
Silver	Sammy Carlson Sammy Carlson Sammy Carlson is an American freeskier specializing in slopestyle competitions. He was the first skier to execute a switch triple rodeo 1260 in July 2010 at Mount Hood.-External links:...
Bronze	Colby West

Men's Skier X

Place	Athlete
Gold	Stanley Hayer Stanley Hayer Stanley Hayer is a Canadian freestyle skier of Czech descent who currently resides in Kimberley, British Columbia. Stanley Hayer is a member of the Canadian national ski cross team....
Silver	Hiroomi Takizawa Hiroomi Takizawa is a Japanese freestyle skier who specializes in the skicross discipline. He is a former moguls skier.-Moguls:Takizawa competed three seasons in the moguls discipline. He made his debut in the so-called Nor-Am Cup in December 1996 with a sixth place in Fortress Mountain...
Bronze	Andreas Steffen

Men's Ski Superpipe

Place	Athlete
Gold	Xavier Bertoni Xavier Bertoni Xavier Bertoni is a French Freestyle skiier,. He started skiing when he was 2 years old and has been with Rossignol since 2004.-Results:*3rd 2010 14th X Games, Aspen, Colorado, Superpipe...
Silver	Tanner Hall Tanner Hall Tanner Hall , of Kalispell, Montana is a freeskier.-Biography:In 2002 Tanner Hall co-founded the freeride ski company Armada Skis with skier JP Auclair and photographer Chris O'Connell...
Bronze	Simon Dumont Simon Dumont Simon Francis Dumont is a U.S. freestyle skier.-Skiing:Dumont is notable as one of the best freestyle skiers in the world today. He is known for his amplitude in half-pipe competitions, airing easily up to 20 feet out of the pipe, and doing superman double fronts...

Men's Ski Big Air

Place	Athlete
Gold	Simon Dumont Simon Dumont Simon Francis Dumont is a U.S. freestyle skier.-Skiing:Dumont is notable as one of the best freestyle skiers in the world today. He is known for his amplitude in half-pipe competitions, airing easily up to 20 feet out of the pipe, and doing superman double fronts...
Silver	Jon Olsson Jon Olsson Jon Olsson born in Mora, Sweden is a professional freeskier and alpine ski racer.Olsson is known for his invention of several new double flips, including a D-spin 720 into a flatspin 540 , a switch double rodeo 1080 , a double flatspin 900 , and a switch cork 720 to flatspin 540 .Olsson made his...
Bronze	Jacob Wester Jacob Wester Jacob Wester is a Swedish freeskier.-Skiing:Jacob began Skiing at the age of five, but only appeared onto the freeskiing scene in 2005 when he finished second place at the Jon Olsson Invitational, later that year he won the "Air We Go" in Oslo, Norway...
Bronze	P.K. Hunder

Women's Skier X

Place	Athlete
Gold	Ophelie David Ophélie David Ophélie David is a French freestyle skier specializing in ski cross, an event in which she is the reigning six-time world champion in, and has won four consecutive times at the Winter X Games as well as being ranked number one in the world in since 2004.David began her career as an alpine skier,...
Silver	Magdalena Jonsson
Bronze	Sasa Faric

Women's Ski Superpipe

Place	Athlete
Gold	Sarah Burke Sarah Burke Sarah Burke is a Canadian freestyle skier who grew up in Midland, Ontario, Canada. She now resides in Whistler, British Columbia.-Skiing career:...
Silver	Jen Hudak Jen Hudak Jen Hudak is an American freestyle skier, specializing in the halfpipe and slopestyle events. She currently resides in Utah, where she skis and trains regularly.-External links:*...
Bronze	Jess Cumming

Women's Ski SlopeStyle

Place	Athlete
Gold	Anna Segal Anna Segal Anna Segal is an Australian freestyle skier. She won the gold medal in slopestyle at the 2011 FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships.....
Silver	Grete Eliassen Grete Eliassen Grete Eliassen is a Norwegian freestyle skier. She won a bronze medal in Slopestyle at the 2011 Winter X Games XV in Aspen, Colorado, behind Kaya Turski and Keri Herman.-References:...
Bronze	Kaya Turski Kaya Turski Kaya Turski is a Canadian freestyle skier. She is a two-time Winter X Games champion in slopestyle . At the 2010 Winter X Games XIV held in Aspen, she won her gold medal with the highest ever slopestyle score at a Winter X Games with 96.66...

Snowboarding

Men's Snowboard Superpipe

Place	Athlete
Gold	Shaun White Shaun White Shaun Roger White is an American professional snowboarder and skateboarder. He is a two-time Olympic gold medalist. He rides regular stance, twelve and negative three degrees on his board.-Early life:Shaun White is an Irish American...
Silver	Kevin Pearce Kevin Pearce (snowboarder) Kevin Pearce is an American snowboarder. He was born in Hanover, New Hampshire, and raised in Hartland, Vermont before moving with his parents to Norwich, Vermont.-Career:...
Bronze	Antti Autti Antti Autti Antti-Matias Antero Autti is a Finnish snowboarding star who shot to fame when he defeated big-name talents Danny Kass, Andy Finch, and Shaun White in the Men's Superpipe at the 2005 Winter X Games to claim the gold...

Men's Snowboard Big Air

Place	Athlete
Gold	Travis Rice Travis Rice Travis Rice is an American professional snowboarder. He is #13 on Snowboarder magazine’s list of the Top Twenty Most Influential Riders, He has been considered "the Paul Revere" of the big mountain freestyle movement....
Silver	Torstein Horgmo Torstein Horgmo Torstein Horgmo is a Norwegian pro snowboarder. He is 5'9" tall.He is known for executing very technical jump tricks with great style.-Life and career:...

Men's Snowboard SlopeStyle

Place	Athlete
Gold	Shaun White Shaun White Shaun Roger White is an American professional snowboarder and skateboarder. He is a two-time Olympic gold medalist. He rides regular stance, twelve and negative three degrees on his board.-Early life:Shaun White is an Irish American...
Silver	Scotty Lago Scotty Lago Scotty Lago is an American snowboarder. He is the 2004 World quarterpipe champion and winner of a bronze medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics.-Career:...
Bronze	Mikkel Bang

Men's Snowboarder X

Place	Athlete
Gold	Nate Holland Nate Holland Nate Holland is an American snowboarder.Holland won a gold medal in Snowboard Cross at the 2007 Winter X Games XI in Aspen, Colorado. He won another gold medal at the 2008 Winter X Games XII, beating Markus Schairer in the finals...
Silver	Graham Watanabe Graham Watanabe Graham Watanabe is an American snowboarder who has competed since 1996. He won three events in snowboardcross between 2004 and 2009.At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Watanabe finished 31st in the snowboard cross event...
Bronze	Stian Sivertzen Stian Sivertzen Stian Sivertzen is a Norwegian snowboarder. He represents Kongsberg IF.He placed eighth overall in the 2007-08 Snowboarding World Cup, and second in his special event boardercross, where he collected all of his 4180 points. He took his first victory in a World Cup event in September 2007, and has...

Women's Snowboard Superpipe

Place	Athlete
Gold	Torah Bright Torah Bright Torah Jane Bright is an Australian snowboarder. She turned pro at age 14 and finished fifth in snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy. She lives and trains in the area of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA...
Silver	Kelly Clark Kelly Clark Kelly Clark is a snowboarder born in the village of West Dover in the town of Dover, Vermont. She has been snowboarding since she was 8 years old, and began competing in 1999...
Bronze	Hannah Teter Hannah Teter Hannah Teter is an American snowboarder from Belmont, Vermont. She is an Olympic champion, having won the gold medal in halfpipe at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Torino, Italy. She also won bronze at the 2005 FIS World Championships at Whistler, British Columbia, and has six World Cup victories...

Women's Snowboard SlopeStyle

Place	Athlete
Gold	Jenny Jones Jenny Jones (snowboarder) Jenny Jones is a British professional snowboarder.-Career:She started her Snowboarding career after going to a free half hour lesson at her local dry-slope...
Silver	Spencer O'Brien
Bronze	Megan Ginter

Women's Snowboarder X

Place	Athlete
Gold	Lindsey Jacobellis Lindsey Jacobellis Lindsey Jacobellis is an American snowboarder from Stratton, Vermont.At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Jacobellis won the silver medal in Women's Snowboard Cross's Olympics debut...
Silver	Helene Olafsen Helene Olafsen Helene Olafsen is a Norwegian snowboarder.She placed tenth overall in the 2007-08 Snowboarding World Cup, and fifth in her special event boardercross, where she collected 3570 of her total 4160 points...
Bronze	Sandra Frei Sandra Frei Sandra Frei is a snowboarder set to represent Switzerland at the 2010 Winter Olympics in cross.She retired in July 2011.- External links :** in: FIS...

Snowmobiling

Men's Snowmobile Freestyle

Place	Athlete
Gold	Joe Parsons
Silver	Justin Hoyer
Bronze	Daniel Bodin

Men's Snowmobile SnoCross

Place	Athlete
Gold	Tucker Hibbert
Silver	Robbie Malinoski
Bronze	Dan Ebert

Men's Snowmobile Speed & Style

Place	Athlete
Gold	Joe Parsons
Silver	Levi LaVallee Levi LaVallee Levi LaVallee is an American snowmobile racer.He won the Winter X Games VIII HillCross gold medal in 2004....
Bronze	Cory Davis

Men's Snowmobile Best Trick

Place	Athlete
Gold	Dane Ferguson
Silver	Jimmy Fejes
Silver	Joe Parsons
Silver	Levi LaVallee Levi LaVallee Levi LaVallee is an American snowmobile racer.He won the Winter X Games VIII HillCross gold medal in 2004....