The first wave of invited athletes for the 2008 Winter X Games has officially been announced. All the expected big names are on the list including Tanner, TJ, Simon and Sarah. The second wave of invitations is scheduled to be announced in early January. The event itself will once again be held at Buttermilk Mountain at Aspen/Snowmass. The event will run from January 24th through the 27th. For an entire list of athletes in multiple disciplines, check out expn.com.
Athletes currently on the invite list for skiing big air, slopestyle and superpipe are as follows.
Big Air
Charles Gagnier
Jon Olsson
TJ Schiller
Jacob Wester
Men’s Slopestyle
Anders Backe
Sammy Carlson
Sean Decker
Simon Dumont
Charles Gagnier
Andreas Hatveit
PK Hunder
Peter Olenick
Jon Olsson
Tanner Rainville
John Spriggs
Bb Stian
Corey Vanular
Jossi Wells
Colby West
Jacob Wester
Men’s Superpipe
Xavier Bertoni
Sammy Carlson
Simon Dumont
Charles Gagnier
Tanner Hall
Andreas Hatveit
Peter Olenick
Matt Philippi
Mike Riddle
Kevin Rolland
John Symms
Jossi Wells
Colby West
Women’s Superpipe
Sarah Burke
Jess Cumming
Grete Eliassen
Virginie Faivre
Roz Groenewoud
Jen Hudak
Mirjam Jaeger
Angeli VanLaanen
