Sublimity on the slopes

X Games' annual Aspen extravaganza serves up scintillating action ahead of China debut

Husband and wife Tony and Jos Richardson traveled more than 14,000 kilometers from Jindabyne, Australia to the resort town of Aspen in the middle of Colorado's Rocky Mountains for one reason - to see Scotty James.

And their hometown boy delivered late last month, winning the men's snowboard superpipe competition - the premier event of the annual Winter X Games.