ASPEN, Colo. (Jan. 30) -  American snowboarders Nate Holland Lindsey Jacobellis gave the world an Olympic preview as they grabbed X Games gold medals in boarder cross event today at Buttermilk.

Holland proved he is the undisputed owner of the Aspen cross course as he fought off U.S. Olympic Snowboarding teammate Seth Wescott for his fifth consecutive X Games gold medal in a back-and-forth battle. Wescott finished second ahead of Italian Alberto Schiavon in third. Jayson Hale and Nick Baumbartner also made the final, finishing fourth and sixth.

“It is pretty surreal to win big again like this, especially with this caliber of riders,” Holland said. “To win gold once, I remember how fired up I was. So to do it five times I don’t know what to say. Wescott gave me a heck of a battle; the best battle I had all day.”

Wescott, a six-time X Games medalist, just missed his first snowboard cross gold in a final run for the history books.

“Out of the gate and after that crash in the semifinals I was just trying to stay on my feet,” said Westcott. “This ended up being some of the best racing I have been a part of and one of the best heats that I have ever had.”

Jacobellis, also a five time winner here, put the world on notice with a stellar run down the challenging Aspen cross course for her third consecutive X Games gold. The Olympic silver medalist outlasted Norwegian second-place finisher Helene Olafsen and Lake Tahoe’s Joanie Anderson in third.

“It’s nice to do well at X Games,” said Jacobellis, who successfully navigated the 3,500-foot course full of tabletop jumps, banked turns, rollers and gaps. “I seem to always have strong crowd support here.  So it is great to win for them.”

Minutes after the boarder cross action wrapped up, Breckenridge, Colo. native Bobby Brown earned his second X Games gold medal in as many days in the men’s slopestyle event.

“Last night when I won Big Air I was freaking out,” an excited Brown said.  “Now I am freaking out twice as much. Last year I was an alternate and this year I came in with a lot more confidence.”

Norwegian skier Andreas Hatveit claimed second ahead of Hood River, Oregon’s Sammy Carlson in third.

The world’s best snowboard cross athletes will go for Olympic gold Feb. 15 and 16 at Cypress Mountain.

For a complete list of this weekend’s competition and TV schedule click here.

Look for more  in-depth X-Games coverage, images and video in the next digital issue of Ski Racing.

Snowboarder X Men’s Final
Final Results from Aspen/Snowmass on Saturday, January 30, 2010
 

           Name                          Bib #               Hometown                             Time                           
Final:

1.         Nate Holland                 723                   Squaw Valley, Calif.                  1:31.942
2.         Seth Wescott                791                   Sugarloaf, Maine                       1:32.510
3.         Alberto Schiavon           725                   Madonna Di Campiglio, Italy      1:32.529
4.         Jayson Hale                  717                   Sierraville, Calif.                        1:36.675
5.         JJ Tomlinson                719                   Park City, Utah                          1:42.662
6.         Nick Baumgartner          709                   Iron River, Mich                         1:45.771
 
Consolation:

7.         Graham Watanabe         788                   Hailey, Idaho                             1:32.395
8.         Drew Neilson                 712                   North Vancouver, BC, Canada    1:32.658
9.         Ross Powers                707                   Londonderry, Vt.                       1:33.732
10.        Mario Fuchs                  705                   Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria   1:37.339
11.        David Speiser               720                   Oberstdorf, Germany                 5:00.000

Snowboarder X Women’s Final
Final Results from Aspen/Snowmass on Saturday, January 30, 2010
 

           Name                          Bib #               Hometown                                         Time
Final:
                       
1.         Lindsey Jacobellis         740                   Stratton, Vt.                                          1:38.145
2.         Helene Olafsen              730                   Oppegard, Norway                                1:38.664
3.         Joanie Anderson           727                   South Lake Tahoe, Calif.                        1:43.018
4.         Maria Ramberger           742                   Klosterneuburg, Austria                         1:44.156
5.         Alexandra Jekova          729                   Sofia, Bulgaria                                      1:44.509
6.         Emilie Aubry                 794                   Ipsach, Switzerland                                1:45.394
 
Consolation:

7.         Faye Gulini                    736                   Salt Lake City, Utah                               1:44.702
8.         Callan Chythlook-Sifsof 735                   Girdwood, Alaksa                                  1:46.207
9.         Marni Yamada               737                   Seattle, Wash.                                       1:49.688
10.        Suzie Moll                     790                   Andelsbuch, Austria                              156.018
11.        Ziggy Cowan                 176                   Banff, AB, Canada                                156.206
12.        Kayla Klaus                   178                   Red Deer, AB, Canada                          2:20.129

Skiing Slopestyle Men’s Final
Results from Aspen/Snowmass on Saturday, January 30, 2010
 

           Name                          Bib #               Hometown                             Score              
1.         Bobby Brown                592                   Breckenridge, Colo.                   94.33
2.         Andeas Hatveit              560                   Sudndalen, Norway                   92.00
3.         Sammy Carlson             574                   Hood River, Ore.                       89.33
4.         Phil Casabon                595                   Shawinigan, QC, Canada           88.66
5.         Russ Henshaw              540                   Jindabyne, Australia                  83.66
6.         Matt Walker                   563                   Aspen, Colo.                             83.00
7.         Jossi Wells                   513                   Wanaka, New Zealand                77.66
8.         Tom Wallisch                517                   Pittsburgh, Pa.                          72.33