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Rider Bio Ski Henrik Harlaut Disciplines: Ski From: Åre, SWE Born: 08/14/91 http://xgames.espn.com/xgames/athletes/3015422/henrik-harlaut About Henrik This two-time XG Big Air golD meDalist (2013, 2014) is an innovative jumper with an irrepressible personality. Known for his nose-butter take-offs, Henrik throws some of the most creative tricks in skiing. The SweDe cut his famous DreaDlocks for the first time in six years in June 2015, going from miD-back to shoulDer length. He claimeD the weight of the hair was hurting his neck anD affecting the rotation of his spins. He finisheD 4th in Big Air in snowy conDitions at Aspen 2016. He attempteD an innovative RoDeo 180 but crasheD both times. Look for him to lanD the trick in Oslo. Took seconD at the WorlD Cup South Korea Olympic test event in miD February 2016. X Games Medal Count 3 GOLD 1 SILVER 0 BRONZE X Games Competition History X Games Oslo 2016 SKI Big Air 1st X Games Aspen 2016 SKI Big Air 4th X Games Aspen 2016 SKI Slopestyle 10th X Games Aspen 2015 SKI Slopestyle 8th X Games Aspen 2014 SKI Big Air 1st X Games Aspen 2014 SKI Slopestyle 4th Winter X Games Tignes 2013 SKI Slopestyle 15th Winter X Games Aspen 2013 SKI Slopestyle 2nd Winter X Games Aspen 2013 SKI Big Air 1st Winter X Games Aspen 2012 SKI Slopestyle 12th Winter X Games Aspen 2012 SKI Big Air 7th Winter X 2011 SKI Slopestyle 5th Winter X 2011 SKI Big Air 7th Fabian Boesch Disciplines: Ski From: Engelberg, SUI Born: 07/07/97 http://xgames.espn.com/xgames/athletes/3957872/fabian-boesch About Fabian This XG rookie is one of four Swiss skiers on the Big Air roster. A talenteD junior racer-turneD freeskiing competitor, Fabian won the biggest big air competition out of XG in 2015: the Jon Olsson Invitational. ComposeD for his age (18), he also recently lanDeD on the slopestyle poDium (3rD) anD the Dec. 2015 Dew Tour in BreckenriDge. X Games Medal Count 0 GOLD 1 SILVER 0 BRONZE X Games Competition History X Games Oslo 2016 SKI Big Air 2nd X Games Aspen 2016 GoPro Ski Big Air 1 Gus Kenworthy Disciplines: Ski From: Telluride, CO USA Born: 10/01/91 http://xgames.espn.com/xgames/athletes/3015443/gus-kenworthy About Gus In an October 2015 ESPN The Magazine story, X Games staple Gus Kenworthy announceD publicly that he was gay, becoming the first male action sports athlete to Do so. He's also saiD that keeping closeteD may have leD to struggles at XG. Despite immense all-around skills -- he's won the AFP overall title five years running -- Kenworthy haD just 1 meDal in 16 XG competition starts (Slopestyle bronze, XG Tignes 2013). Without the pressure of hiDing his "true self," Kenworthy finally DelivereD on skiing's biggest stage at Aspen 2016, earning silver in both SuperPipe anD Slopestyle. It was the first time an athlete haD meDaleD in the two Disciplines at the same XG since Jon Olsson's streak in 2002- 2005. X Games Medal Count 0 GOLD 2 SILVER 3 BRONZE X Games Competition History X Games Oslo 2016 SKI Slopestyle 3rd X Games Oslo 2016 SKI Big Air 3rd X Games Aspen 2016 SKI Slopestyle 2nd X Games Aspen 2016 SKI SuperPipe 2nd X Games Aspen 2015 SKI Big Air 7th X Games Aspen 2015 SKI SuperPipe 5th X Games Aspen 2015 SKI Slopestyle 7th X Games Aspen 2014 SKI SuperPipe 7th X Games Aspen 2014 SKI Big Air 10th X Games Aspen 2014 SKI Slopestyle 5th Winter X Games Tignes 2013 SKI SuperPipe 14th Winter X Games Tignes 2013 SKI Slopestyle 3rd Winter X Games Aspen 2013 SKI Slopestyle 10th Winter X Games Aspen 2013 SKI Big Air 5th Winter X Games Aspen 2013 SKI SuperPipe 16th Winter X Games Aspen 2012 SKI Slopestyle 4th Winter X Games Aspen 2012 SKI SuperPipe 14th Winter X Games Aspen 2012 SKI Big Air 5th Winter X 2011 SKI Slopestyle 8th Winter X 2011 SKI Big Air 9th Jossi Wells Disciplines: Ski From: Wanaka, NZL Born: 05/18/90 http://xgames.espn.com/xgames/athletes/3015003/jossi-wells About Jossi Jossi is a five-time X Games meDalist from three Different Disciplines: Big Air (2012 bronze), SuperPipe (2010 silver) and Slopestyle (silver in 2008 and Tignes 2013, golD in Aspen 2016). In both 2012 anD 2013, he competeD in all three freestyle ski Disciplines at XG Aspen -- Slopestyle, SuperPipe anD Big Air, proving he's one of the most versatile skiers on the planet. At the 2014 Winter Olympics, Jossi was the only skier to compete in both slopestyle (11th) anD halfpipe (4th). Focusing solely on slopestyle in 2016, Wells won his first X Games golD in his 24th start in Aspen. Part of the skiing Wells clan, brothers Beau-James anD Byron both have competeD in X Games; Byron will be in SuperPipe at XG Oslo. X Games Medal Count 1 GOLD 3 SILVER 1 BRONZE X Games Competition History X Games Oslo 2016 SKI Big Air 11th X Games Aspen 2016 SKI Slopestyle 1st X Games Aspen 2016 SKI Big Air 8th X Games Aspen 2015 SKI Big Air 9th X Games Aspen 2015 SKI SuperPipe 15th X Games Aspen 2014 SKI Big Air 6th X Games Aspen 2014 SKI Slopestyle 15th Winter X Games Tignes 2013 SKI SuperPipe 16th Winter X Games Tignes 2013 SKI Slopestyle 2nD Winter X Games Aspen 2013 SKI SuperPipe 12th Winter X Games Aspen 2013 SKI Slopestyle 14th Winter X Games Aspen 2013 SKI Big Air 9th Winter X Games Aspen 2012 SKI SuperPipe 9th Winter X Games Aspen 2012 SKI Big Air 3rD Winter X Games Aspen 2012 SKI Slopestyle 14th Winter X 2011 SKI SuperPipe 12th Winter X 2011 SKI Big Air 6th Winter X 2011 SKI Slopestyle 9th Winter X 2010 SKI Slopestyle 7th Winter X 2010 SKI Big Air 5th Winter X 2010 SKI SuperPipe 2nD Winter X 2009 SKI Slopestyle 13th Winter X 2008 SKI SuperPipe 5th Winter X 2008 SKI Slopestyle 2nD Winter X 2007 SKI SuperPipe 15th Øystein Braaten Disciplines: Ski From: Torpo, NOR Born: 07/21/95 http://xgames.espn.com/xgames/athletes/3164191/oystein-braaten About Oystein Hailing from the small town of Torpo, Norway (pop. 405!), this Olympian finisheD 13th as an X Games rookie in 2015. He uppeD that to bronze in 2016, one of 4 Norwegians to meDal at Aspen 2016. Oystein scored a second place at the Dec. 2014 Dew Tour in BreckenriDge and he's currently rankeD 6th in the AFP slopestyle rankings. Skiing is in the family; his brother GjermunD has multiple XG SnowboarD appearances anD also competeD in the 2014 Sochi Games. X Games Medal Count 0 GOLD 0 SILVER 1 BRONZE X Games Competition History X Games Aspen SKI Big Air 5th X Games Aspen 2016 SKI Slopestyle 3rd X Games Aspen 2015 SKI Slopestyle 13th Tiril Sjåstad Christiansen Disciplines: Ski From: Geilo, NOR Born: 04/07/95 http://xgames.espn.com/xgames/athletes/3020729/tiril-sjåstaD-christiansen About Tiril After missing XG Aspen 2014 anD 2015, the talenteD Norwegian skier scored silver at Aspen 2016. At Aspen 2013, when the focus was on Kaya Turski's quest for the four-peat, Tiril, then 17, took gold as a rookie. Six weeks later, she earned silver at XG Tignes. By year's end, she finished second overall in the AFP rankings for slopestyle. A favorite for golD at both Aspen anD Sochi in 2014, Tiril tore her left ACL in Dec. 2013 anD misseD the season. She also misseD XG Aspen 2015. In Feb. 2015, she returneD to competition anD has maDe the poDium in 9 of 10 events since (as of Feb. 15th, 2016). X Games Medal Count 2 GOLD 2 SILVER 0 BRONZE X Games Competition History X Games Oslo 2016 SKI Big Air 1st X Games Aspen 2016 SKI Slopestyle 2nd Winter X Games Tignes 2013 SKI Slopestyle 2nd Winter X Games Aspen 2013 SKI Slopestyle 1st Johanne Killi Disciplines: Ski From: Dombaas, NOR Born: 10/13/97 http://xgames.espn.com/xgames/athletes/3957041/johanne-killi About Johanne One of two Norwegians on the Aspen 2016 roster, Johanne scoreD an impressive bronze at her first X Games. She stooD out in Aspen because she spun both ways on the rails anD jumps. Comes from a small town calleD, Dombaas, with about 2000 citizens. It's the same town that has proDuceD many successful athletes like Marcus KlevelanD anD Emil AnDre Ulsletten, both snowboarDers on the national team. X Games Medal Count 0 GOLD 1 SILVER 1 BRONZE X Games Competition History X Games Oslo 2016 SKI Big Air 2nd X Games Aspen 2016 SKI Slopestyle 3rd Emma Dahlström Disciplines: Ski From: Torsby, SWE Born: 07/19/92 http://xgames.espn.com/xgames/athletes/3015557/emma-dahlström About Emma Skiing sans poles, SweDen's Emma Dahlstrom naileD one of the most Difficult rail lines in women's skiing slopestyle history, regarDless of contest, at XG Aspen 2015. By winning, she became the first woman skier from SweDen with golD since Sanna TiDstranD in Skier X 2005. Emma practiceD all week without poles, not because she was injured, but because, as she joked, she has a tendency to lose them. Dahlstrom roDe her XG momentum the rest of the season. By year's end, she secured the overall slopestyle titles for both the FIS World Cup and the AFP. She finisheD 6th at XG Aspen 2016. X Games Medal Count 1 GOLD 0 SILVER 1 BRONZE X Games Competition History X Games Oslo 2016 SKI Big Air 3rd X Games Aspen 2016 SKI Slopestyle 6th X Games Aspen 2015 SKI Slopestyle 1st Winter X Games Aspen 2012 SKI Slopestyle 7th Kelly SilDaru Disciplines: Ski From: Tallinn, EST Born: 02/17/02 http://xgames.espn.com/xgames/athletes/3957871/kelly-sildaru About Kelly SilDaru, just 13 yrs., 11 mos anD 88 pounDs when she took golD at XG Aspen 2016 in the women's Ski Slopestyle competition, is a force.
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