Jan 28, 2024 - Sports

Women snowboarders showcase style and equity at 2024 Winter X Games

John Frank

Denver native Egan Wint competes during women's snowboard knuckle huck at 2024 X Games Aspen at Buttermilk in Aspen. Photo courtesy of X Games Trevor Brown, Jr. — Denver native Egan Wint competes during women's snowboard knuckle huck at the 2024 X Games Aspen at Buttermilk in Aspen. Photo: Courtesy of Trevor Brown Jr./X Games

The women danced on the snow Saturday — spinning, dipping and flipping, all while hucking off a jump in a show of athletic creativity that left the crowd stunned.

Why it matters: This is the Winter X Games, held in Aspen since 2002, and renowned for its progression and equity in snow sports.

State of play: For the first time at the competition, women displayed their talents in the ski and snowboard knuckle huck event, jumping off the flat part of a ski jump and down the landing in stylish pirouettes.

Two Denver area natives — and first time competitors, Egan Wint and Ellie Weiler — competed in the snowboard event, where a local Girl Scout troop filled the spectator section with hollers and cheerful signs.

What they're saying: Wint, who grew up in Denver and now lives in Salt Lake City, landed on the podium with a bronze despite never competing in such an event.

"I was a weekend warrior, going up every weekend," she recalled, her face wet with tears of joy. "None of my friends down in Denver really understood."

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Women snowboarders showcase style and equity at 2024 Winter X Games

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