ASPEN 2018 TELEVISION TALENT BIOS

Host: Jack Mitrani (@JackMitrani) Jack Mitrani is one of ’s most popular personalities. After spending 12 years as a competitive snowboarder, he translated his talents into a career that celebrates his entrepreneurial and vivacious spirit. He returns to host X Games Aspen, his third X Games as host.

Early in his career he got his start by producing gut-busting comedic skits, and has since refined professional action sports footage that broadcast greats such as ESPN, HBO and NBC have chased down through the years.

In 2008, Mitrani and friends Danny Davis, Dave Driscoll and Keir Dillon started the Frends Crew, all centering around the concept that “there’s no I in frends.” Initially, the crew consisted of seven pro-snowboarders who traveled the world, making funny videos and skits, while winning major snowboarding contests, and promoting that collaboration was more fun than doing it solo. Today he is best known as a television host -- most notably serving as the host of X Games -- Frendly Gathering cofounder, content creator and Martin Guitar Ambassador.

Born and raised in Long Island, Mitrani’s family moved to Vermont after he and brother/pro snowboarder Luke convinced their parents to allow them to attend Stratton Mountain School, where snowboarding was a part of the curriculum.

Commentators/Analysts Brandon Graham – Snowboard (@Brando_Graham) Brandon Graham returns to the X Games Aspen 2018 telecast team as play-by-play commentator for all Snowboard events. The Bay Area native has been a part of the X Games team since 2013, handling skateboard play-by-play for the summer events as well as broadcast duties for the World of X Games series on ABC. Graham previously served as the play-by-play voice of Rob Dyrdek's Street League Skateboarding.

He currently resides in Austin, Texas, with his wife, Nadia. They recently added an addition to their family, Sofia Isabelle Graham who was born in October.

Craig McMorris – Snowboard (@Craig_McMorris) Craig McMorris joined the X Games Aspen telecast team in 2015 and is a professional snowboarder, member of the Shred Bots and older brother to seven-time X Games gold medalist and Olympic Winter Games bronze medalist Mark McMorris.

A native of Regina, SK, Canada, Craig has competed in elite level events and is known for his outgoing and charismatic personality within the snowboard world. He has starred in his own unscripted television show on MTV Canada with his brother, McMorris & McMorris and got his broadcast break for CBC during the Sochi Winter , where he announced the Snowboard and Halfpipe events. He will be on the team again this year hosting CBC’s coverage of the Olympics.

Chris “Uncle E” Ernst – Ski (@unclee1969) Widely considered a pioneer of skiercross, Chris Ernst is credited by many for helping to shape a new category of ski racing and forging a new discipline in action sports. A former ski aerialist, Ernst is a live event announcer for numerous sports events and is also the founder of EXP Productions.

He currently lives in Southern California with his wife and three kids.

Tom Wallisch – Ski (@TWallisch) Returning to the X Games telecast team at X Games Aspen 2018, Wallisch is no stranger to the X Games, with ten X Games Aspen and Tignes appearances. Wallisch has one X Games Aspen gold medal from his most dominant season in 2012, and one gold from X Games Europe 2010. He also won the overall Dew Tour and the AFP titles that year. In addition, he owns the Guinness World Record for World’s Longest Railslide.

Growing up a weekend warrior with no formal ski background, Wallisch’s freestyle ski career blossomed when he made the move to Utah for college. He quickly gained recognition from major ski film companies with his grassroots video parts and was recruited to star in several productions. Wallisch currently owns and operates his film production company “Good Company.”

Jen Hudak (@jenhudak) Returning as an analyst and reporter for the X Games Aspen 2018 telecast team, Hudak is a veteran with five X Games medals in her trophy case.

Hudak began her ski career in the backyard of her family’s Mt. Holly, Vt. home. After mastering the backyard, Hudak joined the freestyle team at nearby Okemo Mountain by age 11. Looking to take her skiing to the next level, she enrolled in Okemo Mountain School so that she could be on snow all season long. It was here she fell in love with halfpipe skiing and in 2004 landed on the top of the podium in her first major competition at the US Freeskiing Open. Hudak dominated from 2007 to 2011, topping podiums around the world, including gold at X Games Aspen and X Games Europe in 2010. She was also nominated for an ESPY award for Best Female Action Sports Athlete and was a two-time Association of Freeskiing Professionals halfpipe world champion. Hudak was also recently announced as a competitor on The Amazing Race 30.

A marketing account manager and student at the University of Utah, Hudak currently resides in Park City.

Jimmy Coleman – Snowmobile & Snow Bike (@jcnomadic) TV personality Jimmy Coleman has been skateboarding since the age of eight. It was skating that would help start his career as an announcer back in 1993, but by 1997 it became a full-time opportunity.

Over the last two decades, he has hosted numerous action sports events and demonstrations all across the globe, as well as some mainstream sporting events. Coleman has had the opportunity to watch and work with many of the biggest names in the industry during that time.

Coleman first joined the X Games broadcast team in 2000 at X Games Six in San Francisco CA. For the last 18 years he has acted as the play-by-play commentator for all X Games BMX events. Coleman is no stranger to X Games Aspen, having served the last five years as live event announcer for all of the snowmobile events. For X Games Aspen 2018 he will join the broadcast team as play-by-play commentator for all snowmobile and snowbike events.

Chris Burandt – Snowmobile (@ChrisBurandt) Among the best all-around professional snowmobilers in the world, Chris Burandt fared well in Freestyle, SnoCross, HillCross and Hillclimb competitions before moving into the X Games television booth in 2010.

Burandt built his reputation as a precedent-setting free rider, participating in numerous snowmobile competitions and starring in many snowmobile-oriented action sports movies. He helped pioneer the sport of snowmobile freestyle in the early 2000s, scoring podium positions all over North America and the world, including gold in the X Games 2007 Snowmobile Freestyle contest.

In 2007, he founded a snowmobile touring company, Burandt’s Backcountry Adventure. The outfit operates in the mountains around Buena Vista, Colo., where Burandt lives with his wife, son and daughter.

Reporters: Victoria Arlen (@Arlenv1) Victoria Arlen will return for her second year at X Games Aspen as the features reporter.

In 2006, Arlen’s life drastically changed at the age of 11 when she developed two rare conditions known as Transverse Myelitis and Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis. The conditions caused her to quickly lose the ability to speak, eat, walk and move. Though doctors believed there was little hope of survival and recovery, Arlen defeated the odds after almost four years of being in a vegetative state and began the near-impossible fight back to relearn everyday tasks and functions.

Despite facing the devastating reality of paralysis from the waist down due to damage to her spine, she has since become an accomplished motivational speaker, actress, model and competitive swimmer with three silvers and a gold medal from the London 2012 Paralympic Games. She has also broken multiple world, American, and Pan American records.

Arlen made the transition from professional athlete to reporter and joined ESPN in May 2015 at 20 years old to be the features venue reporter at the Special Olympic World Games in Los Angeles. In addition to her duties with the X Games and Special Olympic World Games, Arlen is also involved with espnW and SportsCenter. Outside of the extreme sports world, she competed in the 25th season of Dancing with the Stars, making it to the Semi-Finals with partner Valentin Chmerkovskiy.

Corbin Harris – Snowboard (@corbinharris) A television host, sports broadcaster, professional skateboard athlete and designer, Corbin Harris returns to the X Games Aspen telecast team as a Snowboard reporter.

At 33 years old, Harris has already accomplished so much in the action sports world. He is a professional rider for Element skateboards with his own signature boards, has toured with Tony Hawk, authored Corbin Harris’ Ultimate guide to Skateboarding and hosted two of his own shows in Australia (Corbin Presents and POP Gun on Fueltv). Harris has also made an impact in the fashion world by designing clothing, hosting red carpet for MTV Awards/Foxtel and serving as a guest editor of the men’s annual fashion magazine, Shop Til You Drop. Since moving to the U.S., Harris has hosted Formula One interviews with world champion Sebastian Vettal, and hosted coverage on NBC and ESPN.

Dianna Dahlgren – Snowmobile & Snow Bike (@diannadahlgren) Hailing from the action sports mecca of Temecula Valley, California, Dahlgren grew up surrounded by motors. At 19 years old, Dahlgren was selected as Miss Monster Energy Supercross. The longest standing Miss Supercross, Dahlgren took on the role of live announcer for Monster Energy Supercross in 2010. During her five-year reign as Miss Supercross, in which she served as the proverbial spokesperson of Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, Dahlgren established herself as one of the most recognizable personalities in the sport. She not only served as an integral part at the races but also helped increase the sport’s social media exposure, assuming the role of social media correspondent during the live Monster Energy Supercross broadcasts on FS1. By 2015, she was hosting live shows and television for multiple action sports full-time. She now resides in Las Vegas, with her husband Ryan, a former Navy Seal, and her son, Hunter. She will be on the X Games team in Aspen as a corral reporter for all the Snowmobile and Snow Bike events.