X Games is the premier action sports brand. From world-class competitions to lifestyle and culture, X Games has been at the forefront of action sports for nearly 30 years.
X Games debuted in June 1995 in Rhode Island. Known that first year as the Extreme Games, the event was devised, owned and operated by ESPN. The name was tweaked to X Games for the 1996 summer version.
Winter Joins the Party
The success of X Games led to the introduction of what was then called Winter X Games, with the first event taking place at Big Bear, California, in January 1997. Contests were held in five different sports, including Super-Modified Shovel Racing and Snow Mountain Bike. Snowboard was one of the original sports. Ski, incredibly, was not (though it was added for the 1998 event in Crested Butte, Colorado).
X Games Aspen 2024 takes place January 26-28, 2024. Aspen has been a home for X Games since 2002, and 2024 will be the 23rd consecutive year that X Games has been held at the town’s Buttermilk Resort.
Ski and Snowboard will be the featured sports at X Games Aspen 2024, and 16 total disciplines will be contested. There will be men’s and women’s divisions in both Ski and Snowboard for Slopestyle, Big Air, SuperPipe and Knuckle Huck.