Winter X Games 10, 2006 in Aspen, CO

That's right it's here, and it's crazy!For those of you that don't know the Winter X Games are an extreme winter sporting event held every year, involving high speed stunts on snowboards, skis, snowmobiles, and motorcycles. The games take place on specially constructed ramps, a superpipe (very large half pipe), and various other tracks for downhill racing etc. The sport is extreme and these people are a little mad. Some of the world's best snowboarders and skiiers are here competing and doing promos.

The events are all free and open to the public, if you are brave enough to stand in the snow all day, and there are free concerts every night as well.
Friday night: Juliette Lewis and her band the Licks, followed by Louis XIV (this concert was a dog show, ended up being half cancelled because crowd behaviour was so bad - see photo caption),
Saturday night: Flipsyde, followed by Damien Marley and the Wailers (didn't get to see them, unfortunately had to work).
Sunday night: AWOL punk concert with The Vandals (they play on top of this huge wall/ramp thing and while they are playing Snowboard X pros ride up the side of the wall and perform tricks and jumps).

I have loaded a lot of photos, so check out my Flickr site properly. You can also check out the action on ESPN and at the official website.

posted by Cat Murray @ 19:26