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By: Joe Lindsey and Daliah Singer

Issue: January 2011

Section: Atmosphere

Tags: Winter X Games, Bobby Brown

The Snow Report

From spectators to shredders, we’ve got you covered both on and off the slopes.

On our radar

Colorado-based athletes to follow all winter long.

Duncan Adams, 18, skier

Town: Breckenridge Cred: Adams didn’t let his youth at last year’s X Games hold him back; despite being only 17, he finished fifth in the superpipe final.

Jen Hudak, 24, skier

Town: Aspen (part-time) Cred: The oft-injured Hudak—she’s had five major surgeries—is a U.S. Freeskiing Open champion, a four-time U.S. National Halfpipe champion, and has five X Games medals to her name.

Gretchen Bleiler, 29, snowboarder

Town: Aspen Cred: The best-known female snowboarder in the world, Bleiler is the only woman to win the X Games superpipe three times—and she’s an Olympic silver medalist.

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