On the men's side of the X Games, the margin for error is extremely thin. You've basically got to do your run flawlessly to have any shot at a slopestyle gold. But Kaya Turski is so far ahead of the women's slopestyle field, it is pretty startling. She won by eleven points, but even that metric doesn't really get at how dominating her performance was. Anyway, congratulations to all the females, your fun-loving, freewheeling attitudes are contagious.




1. Kaya Turski 571 Montreal, QC, Canada 96.66
2. Keri Herman 508 Breckenridge, Colo. 85.00
3. Grete Eliassen 509 Salt Lake City, Utah 84.33
4. Ashley Battersby 539 Chicago, Ill. 83.66
5. Megan Olenick 541 Aspen, Colo. 79.33
6. Sarah Burke 570 Whistler, BC, Canada 64.66
7. Kristi Leskinen 593 Uniontown, Pa. 50.66
8. Roz Groenewoud 507 Calgary, AB, Canada 0.00

On the men's side of the coin, qualifying went as so:

1. Andeas Hatveit 560 Sudndalen, Norway 93.66
2. Bobby Brown 592 Breckenridge, Colo. 92.00
3. Russ Henshaw 540 Jindabyne, Australia 90.00
4. Sammy Carlson 574 Hood River, Ore. 89.66
5. Tom Wallisch 517 Pittsburgh, Pa. 89.00
6. Phil Casabon 595 Shawinigan, QC, Canada 85.00
7 Jossi Wells 513 Wanaka, New Zealand 84.00
8. Matt Walker 563 Aspen, Colo. 82.66

---------Death Line-------------------

9. JF Houle 594 Drummondville, QC, Canada 82.33
10. Jacob Wester 562 Taby, Sweden 80.33
11. Elias Ambuhl 561 Laax, Switzerland 75.33
12. Charles Gagnier 529 Victoriaville, QC, Canada 71.66
13. Alexis Godbout 555 Tremblant, QC, Canada 71.66
14. TJ Schiller 510 Vernon, BC, Canada 71.00
15. PK Hunder 531 Oyer, Norway 70.00
16. Colby West 530 Breckenridge, Colo. 36.33

(I am one-for-one on gold predictions... and my top three for the men are right there. Do we really need bibs anymore? It's not like this is Skier X, I think we can determine who each skier is...)

All photos: Christian Pondella/Shazamm/ESPN Images