The Winter X Games have returned to Aspen for the 11th consecutive year. Follow our online coverage as 200 of the worlds best athletes in skiing, snowboarding and snowmobiling push the limits in four action-packed days of competition. The Winter X Games are completely free and open to the public, check the competition schedule for dates and times. We'll be posting updates, photos, videos and more throughout the games on aspentimes.com, Twitter and Facebook.

Pipe perfection for Shaun White

ASPEN — He's been called innovative. Awe-inspiring. Iconic.

On Sunday night at Buttermilk, Shaun White was perfect.

The Carlsbad, Calif., product long ago affirmed his snowboard superpipe dominance with an otherworldly blend of amplitude, style and creativity. On a night when history was on the line, White once again proved he has no equal.Read the full story here.

Shaun White celebrates Sunday after his run in the men's snowboard superpipe finals at Winter X Games 2012 at Buttermilk in Aspen. (Aaron Ontiveroz / The Denver Post)

Nevada skier wins pipe gold; Yater-Wallace third

ASPEN — The past year has produced big changes for David Wise. Since last January's Winter X Games, the Reno, Nev., product married his girlfriend, Lexi, and became a father; daughter Nayeli was born Oct. 5. “Life has definitely accelerated for me lately,” he admitted, “but I've been in a really good place.” Read the full story here.

Men's gold medalist David Wise in the superpipe at Winter X Games 16 on Saturday. (Ryan Slabaugh The Aspen Times)

Aspen's Torin Yater Wallace finished third in the superpipe at Winter X Games 16 on Saturday. (Ryan Slabaugh The Aspen Times)

Holland reclaims boardercross crown

ASPEN — Monday, six-time Winter X boardercross gold medalist Nate Holland tweeted: “XGames here I come and I want my gold back.”

He admitted that it was a bold claim, but he backed up his words Saturday afternoon.

Holland took the bronze medal last year, snapping his streak of five consecutive victories. This time around, Holland took advantage of a late crash by Stian Sivertzen of Germany and cruised to his seventh Winter X gold. Read the full story here.

Twice as nice: Clark golden again in superpipe

ASPEN — Conscious of the physical and mental demands of a full competition schedule, snowboarder Kelly Clark said she's been focusing on going into contests at 90 percent in an attempt to avoid both injury and maxing herself out.

On Friday night, the Vermont product proved that 90 percent is more than enough to again rule the Buttermilk superpipe. Read the full story here.

Kelly Clark, the Winter X Games 16 snowboard superpipe champion, boosts out of the pipe Friday night at Buttermilk. (Ryan Slabaugh / The Aspen Times)

Aspen's Gretchen Bleiler flying high above the half pipe at last night's superpipe finals. Bleiler took 4th place overall.

Ski and snowboard big air practice at X Games 2012

ASPEN — Skiers and snowboarders took their last few training runs before the big air comp Friday night. Snowboarding big air was Friday night where Mark McMorris overcame a perfect run by Torstein Horgmo to capture his first Winter X Games gold medal, skiers finals are on Saturday at 6:45 p.m.

Jamie Anderson wins women's snowboard slopestyle

Jamie Anderson reacts at a press conference to her win Friday afternoon in the women's slopestyle at Winter X Games 2012. Read the full story here.

Skiers in the SuperPipe Friday morning

The guys and the girls got in their last practice runs Friday morning before the skiing superpipe finals. The women's finals will be on Saturday at 11:00 a.m. while the men take to the pipe at 12:30 p.m.

Basalt's Yater-Wallace ready to soar again at Buttermilk

ASPEN — Most people barely looked up from their computer screens when he ambled into the press tent that frigid Friday night in January 2011. They likely assumed the baby-faced teenager was an autograph seeker or a kid searching for his parents.

But there was no mistaking that broad grin — one that had flashed across both the Jumbotron and television minutes earlier. There was no mistaking that silver disc draped around his neck. Read the full story here.

X Games, looking to expand, announces nine possible sites

ASPEN — In an effort to expand the X Games' global attraction, organizers today announced nine cities as finalists for venues to hold the games starting in 2013.

ESPN, which runs the X Games, will add three venues, but the balance has not been set. The X Game could expand to three winter and three summer events, or four summer and two winter. Read the full story here.

Shaun White a.k.a X Games fashonista

After famously sporting black skinny jeans and a leather bomber jacket in the pipe last year, everyone is wondering what Shaun White will wear for X Games competition this year. At Wednesday nights press conference he gives us a little insight to what that might be.

Snowmobile freestyle practice

Snowmobilers practice their best tricks at Winter X Games 2012 Thursday morning. The snowmobile freestyle finals take place Thursday evening. This is the only snowmobile event in this years Winter X Games, snowmobile cross was cut from the line-up.

Snowboard SuperPipe practice

Men and women snowboarders got in the pipe Thursday morning for some practice before the SuperPipe comp. Women's snowboard SuperPipe finals are Friday night and the men's finals are Sunday night.

Men's and women's Big Air practice

The girls and the guys got in some practice time on the Big Air venue Wednesday evening at X Games 2012.

Gretchen Bleiler remembers Sarah Burke

At an X Games press conference held on Wednesday afternoon Gretchen Bleiler talks about why this is going to be the best X Games yet and how she and her fellow competitors will remember Sarah Burke who passed away last week.

Winter X Games 2012 getting underway

This years Winter X Games are almost up and running. Final touches are being put on all the competition venues as the athletes take their first practice runs at Buttermilk Mountain. The base of the mountain is still fairly empty while vendors set-up and staff members prepare for the next four days of competition. Here are a few photos from the Winter X Games 2012 venue.

A look back at X Games 15

ASPEN--Yater-Wallace shook off some early nerves and a fall to complete two clean runs — the last vaulting him to the top of the leaderboard with just one competitor remaining. He watched from the finish corral as France's Kevin Rolland laid down the run of the night to capture his second-consecutive gold medal in dramatic fashion with a score of 93.66.

For Yater-Wallace, who finished with a 92.66, silver sure felt as good as gold. For Winter X 15's youngest athlete, a lifelong dream had been realized — less than two months after his 15th birthday.

“I can't even talk right now. I'm just in shock that I just did that,” Yater-Wallace said later, sitting alongside Rolland and boyhood idol Simon Dumont, who finished third with a 90.33.