The fine folks over at ESPN have officially announced the first round of invited athletes for Winter X Games 15 in Aspen/Snowmass, CO, January 27-30, 2011. All riders are alphabetically listed.
Ski Superpipe Men
Xavier Bertoni
Justin Dorey
Simon Dumont
AJ Kemppainen
Peter Olenick
Tucker Perkins
Mike Riddle
Kevin Rolland
Taylor Seaton
Byron Wells
Jossi Wells
Walter Wood
Ski Slopestyle Men
Elias Ambuhl
Bobby Brown
Sammy Carlson
Phil Casabon
Russ Henshaw
Andreas Hatveit
Gus Kenworthy
TJ Schiller
Alex Schlopy
Tom Wallisch
Jossi Wells
Women’s Superpipe
Dania Assaly
Sarah Burke
Anais Caradeux
Virginie Faivre
Roz Groenewoud
Jen Hudak
Mirjam Jaeger
Brita Sigourney
Women’s Slopestyle
Ashley Battersby
Grete Eliassen
Keri Herman
Anna Segal
Kaya Turski
For more information on the entire first wave of all Winter X athletes, click here.