Athletes who compete in the X Games are known for moving extreme skiing and snowboarding ahead by pushing the envelope and creating new records– the competitors of winter X Games 2023 did not disappoint. We gathered a few of the firsts that were made, winners and photos to fill you in on anything you may have missed from the X Games last weekend.
Winter X Games 2023 Firsts:
- Friday: Skier Megan Oldman from Canada became the first woman to land a triple cork in a ski or snowboard competition in the Ski Big Air event.
- Saturday: 14-year-old snowboarder Gaon Choi from South Korea became the youngest athlete ever to win an X Games snowboard halfpipe competition. It was also her first X Games AND pro competition as a snowboarder.
- Saturday: Snowboarder Reira Iwabuchi from Japan became the first female snowboarder to land a triple cork in a competition.
Winter X Games 2023 Winners:
Friday Results
Women’s Snowboard Slopestyle:
Gold: Zoi Sadowski-Synott
Silver: Tess Coady
Bronze: Kokomo Murase
Women’s Ski Big Air:
Gold: Megan Oldham
Silver: Tess Ledeux
Bronze: Kirsty Muir
Ski Knuckle Huck:
Gold: Jesper Tjader
Silver: Matej Svancer
Bronze: Colby Stevenson
Men’s Snowboard Superpipe:
Gold: Scotty James
Silver: Jan Scherrer
Bronze: Valentino Guseli
Saturday Results
Men’s Ski Slopestyle:
Gold: Colby Stevenson
Silver: Mac Forehand
Bronze: Ferdinand Dahl
Women’s Snowboard Superpipe:
Gold: Gaon Choi
Silver: Maddie Mastro
Bronze: Xuetong Cai
Women’s Ski Superpipe:
Gold: Zoe Atkin
Silver: Rachael Karker
Bronze: Svea Irving
Women’s Snowboard Big Air:
Gold: Reira Iwabuchi
Silver: Zoi Sadowski-Synnott
Bronze: Laurie Blouin
Men’s Snowboard Big Air:
Gold: Marcus Kleveland
Silver: Takeru Otsuka
Bronze: Yiming Su
Sunday Results
Women’s Ski Slopestyle:
Gold: Megan Oldham
Silver: Mathilde Gremaud
Bronze: Kirsty Muir
Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle:
Gold: Mark McMorris
Silver: Marcus Kleveland
Bronze: Mons Roisland
Snowboard Knuckle Huck:
Gold: Marcus Kleveland
Silver: Halldor Helgason
Bronze: Dusty Henricksen
Men’s Ski Big Air:
Gold: Mac Forehand
Silver: Teal Harle
Bronze: Birk Ruud
Men’s Ski Superpipe:
Gold: David Wise
Silver: Birk Irving
Bronze: Jon Sallinen