Mono Skier X Tyler Walker wins second gold in Winter X Games 14 Tyler Walker wins the gold in the Mono Skier X finals in Winter X Games 14 in Aspen, CO, his second in a row. He moved to the finals earlier Sunday in the ... Olympics News Eero Ettala of Finland won the men's snowboard slopestyle event. ... Tyler Walker captured his second straight Mono Skier X crown. Copyright 2010 by AP. Winter X 14 Thursday Live Blog Archive The oldest competitor in Winter X history took a spill today while practicing for Mono Skier X. Sixty-three-year-old Jim Martinson of Crystal Mountain, Wash. is making his first Winter X appearance at the behest of his fellow competitors. Martinson, a Vietnam veteran that has finished the Boston marathon via wheelchair and won gold in the '92 Paralympic downhill, is an avid backcountry skier. Before the war, he skied often but took a long break after losing his legs to a land mine in the war. He picked the sport back up in the late '80s and has since been a key innovator in sit-ski technology. Now, he says he averages over 70 days of skiing a year. Although it's his firs... Countdown to Winter X For Mono Skier X athlete and newly published author Kevin Connolly, the answer was definitely all of the above. Connolly appeared on the December 23rd show ... Tyler Walker slows down Walker, with gold at WX13, has medaled every year Mono Skier X has been an official WX sport. Twenty three-year-old Tyler Walker owns two of the three gold medals that have been awarded at Mono Skier X (2007 and 2009), and one of the three silvers (2008). His success in adaptive racing has kept the New Hampshire native plenty busy -- he's skiing the World Cup circuit, Winter X, and, barring injury, will compete in the Paralympics. But that schedule is nothing new for Walker, who had to travel halfway around the world just to get to WX13 last year. He arrived in Aspen from Italy with almost no time to spare. We caught up with Walker as he was about to board a fl... ESPN Winter X Games 14’s On-Air Line Up Masekela to Host, Jacobson Returns as host of X Center ... and host for ESPN's “The World's Strongest Man,” will host the Men's and Women's Snowboarder X , Men's and Women's Skier X, and Mono Skier X competitions.

Can SnoCross Adapt? Mono Skier X, which became a full medal event in 2007, was the first. Last summer saw Super X Adaptive (motocross) gain medal status as well. While all three are distinct, they share important traits not just with each other but with every X Games competition -- specifically, they require a delicate balance of skill, courage and showmanship."Every year we have our eyes and ears open for new additions to the Games, and these adaptive events fit perfectly," says Tim Reed, ESPN director of sports and competition. "They're what the Games are all about."Unlike its predecessors, Adaptive SnoCross will be a full medal event in its inaugural year. "It helps that we did ad...

Cheever can still achieve Olympic spot Back for another crack at the X Games will be Methuen native Erik Corbett, who finished fifth in the Mono Skier X last year. Corbett, 30, who suffered a ...