Aspen, CO – Winter X Games will celebrate its 15th anniversary in Aspen Jan. 27-30, 2011, with live television coverage in the U.S. on ESPN and ESPN2. This year will mark the 10th consecutive year it will be held in Aspen and will feature new events, more than 200 athletes and primetime coverage.nOne new discipline, Snowboard Best Method, will make its debut this winter. In addition to 24 hours of live programming on ESPN, Winter X Games 15 will be offered for the first time on ESPN 3D for all the SuperPipe, Slopesyle and Big Air competitions, as well as on ESPN International, XGames.com, ESPN3, SportsCenter and ESPN2’s X Center.

Snowboard Best Method will feature the top six snowboarders in the world in a final-only competition in a 10-minute jam format for best method, similar to the Best Whip competition in motocross. Best Method is a fundamental trick in snowboarding where each athlete has their own, individual style. The final will be 100% fan judged and voted on via text messaging.

The first wave of athletes confirmed for Winter X Games 15 includes Gretchen Bleiler, Bobby Brown, Jenny Jones, Iouri Podladtchikov, Kevin Rolland and Tyler Walker.