Action sports made a triumphant return Friday afternoon at Buttermilk Mountain when X Games Aspen 2021 kicked off with Jeep Women’s Snowboard SuperPipe, Women’s Ski Big Air, Wendy’s Snowboard Knuckle Huck and Men’s & Women’s Ski SuperPipe. The 20th annual event in Aspen is the first-ever with no spectators in attendance due to COVID-19 health and safety protocols, but fans can catch all the action live online here.
What TV channel are the 2021 X Games Aspen on? When do the Winter X Games start?
The 2021 Winter X Games in Aspen, Colorado kick off on Friday, January 29 and carry on through Sunday, January 31 at Buttermilk Ski Resort. Events will be broadcast on ESPN, ESPN 2, ABC, YouTube, Twitter and Facebook, and can be live stream live online here and other live TV streaming services. Full TV schedule below.
Covid-19 safety is a top priority at the X Games Aspen this year, and like most other sporting events taking place during the global pandemic, there will be no fans in attendance, and none of the usual fanfare associated with the competition.
It’s a subdued start for the 20th anniversary of the Winter X Games being hosted at Aspen, which will also be reduced to three days this year instead of the usual four.
“We really believe we’ve looked at this and thought of all the details. We feel like we’ve put the right plan in place to mitigate the risk,” ESPN executive Tim Reed, who oversees X Games production, told The Aspen Times.
What TV channel are the 2021 X Games Aspen on?
This is the full TV and streaming* schedule for the 2021 Winter X Games. All times ET:
Friday, January 29
- 2:00 p.m., Women’s Snowboard Slopestyle on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter
- 4:00 p.m., Women’s Ski Big Air on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter
- 8:00 p.m., Snowboard Knuckle Huck on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter
- 9:00 p.m., Women’s Ski SuperPipe on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter
- 10:30 p.m., Men’s Ski Super Pipe on ESPN 2. Stream on live online here
Saturday, January 30
- 1:00 p.m., Mens and Women’s Ski Slopestyle, Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle, Women’s Snowboard Big Air, Women’s Ski Big Air (encore) on ABC. Stream on live online here
- 8:00 p.m., Men’s Ski Big Air on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter
- 10:00 p.m., Women’s Snowboard SuperPipe, Men’s Ski Big Air (encore) on ESPN. Stream on live online here
Sunday, January 31
- 1:00 p.m., Men’s Ski Slopestyle, Women’s Snowboard Slopestyle (encore) on ABC. Stream on live online here
- 8:30 p.m., Men’s Snowboard SuperPipe, Men’s Snowboard Big Air, Ski Knuckle Huck on ESPN. Stream live online here
*Local channel availability varies with market for streaming services. Check listings.
Cable TV subscribers can also login via ABC.com/watch-live or ESPN.com/watch to watch a free live stream of the broadcast.
Who is competing at the 2021 X Games Aspen?
Here is the full list of invited athletes for this year’s competition:
Snowboard Slopestyle – Men’s
- Red Gerard
- Judd Henkes
- Dusty Henricksen
- Marcus Kleveland
- Max Parrot
- Rene Rinnekangas
- Mons Røisland
- Ståle Sandbech
- Sven Thorgren
- Sebastien Toutant
Snowboard Slopestyle – Women’s
- Jamie Anderson
- Laurie Blouin
- Anna Gasser
- Reira Iwabuchi
- Hailey Langland
- Julia Marino
- Kokomo Murase
- Zoi Sadowski-Synnott
Snowboard SuperPipe – Men’s
- Taylor Gold
- Ruka Hirano
- Scotty James
- Chase Josey
- Toby Miller
- Jan Scherrer
- Yuto Totsuka
- Shaun White
Snowboard SuperPipe – Women’s
- Sonora Alba
- Queralt Castellet
- Brooke D’Hondt
- Kurumi Imai
- Chloe Kim
- Maddie Mastro
- Haruna Matsumoto
- Ruki Tomita
Snowboard Big Air – Men’s
- Chris Corning
- Dusty Henricksen
- Yuki Kadono
- Marcus Kleveland
- Takeru Otsuka
- Max Parrot
- Rene Rinnekangas
- Sven Thorgren
Snowboard Big Air – Women’s
- Jamie Anderson
- Laurie Blouin
- Anna Gasser
- Reira Iwabuchi
- Julia Marino
- Kokomo Murase
- Miyabi Onitsuka
- Zoi Sadowski-Synnott
Snowboard Knuckle Huck
- Ryo Aizawa
- Jake Canter
- Sebbe De Buck
- Dusty Henricksen
- Marcus Kleveland
- Takeru Otsuka
- Fridtjof Sæther Tischendorf
Ski Slopestyle – Men’s
- Alex Beaulieu-Marchand
- Fabian Boesch
- Ferdinand Dahl
- Nick Goepper
- Alex Hall
- Henrik Harlaut
- Evan McEachran
- Andri Ragettli
- Birk Ruud
- Colby Stevenson
Ski Slopestyle – Women’s
- Isabel Atkin
- Caroline Claire
- Mathilde Gremaud
- Eileen Gu
- Sarah Hoefflin
- Megan Oldham
- Kelly Sildaru
- Giulia Tanno
Ski SuperPipe – Men’s
- Aaron Blunck
- Noah Bowman
- Alex Ferreira
- Birk Irving
- Gus Kenworthy
- Nico Porteous
- Beau-James Wells
- David Wise
Ski SuperPipe – Women’s
- Zoe Atkin
- Annalisa Drew
- Eileen Gu
- Rachael Karker
- Devin Logan
- Cassie Sharpe
- Brita Sigourney
- Kelly Sildaru
Ski Big Air – Men’s
- Antoine Adelisse
- Alex Hall
- Henrik Harlaut
- Evan McEachran
- Andri Ragettli
- Birk Ruud
- Quinn Wolferman
- James Woods
Ski Big Air – Women’s
- Isabel Atkin
- Caroline Claire
- Mathilde Gremaud
- Eileen Gu
- Sarah Hoefflin
- Megan Oldham
- Kelly Sildaru
- Giulia Tanno
Ski Knuckle Huck
- Fabian Boesch
- Ferdinand Dahl
- Alex Hall
- Henrik Harlaut
- Colby Stevenson
- Jesper Tjader
- Jossi Wells
- Quinn Wolferman
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