2011 WINTER X GAMES GOLD MEDALIST NICK BAUMGARTNER LOOKS   FOR THE REPEAT IN SNOWBOARDCROSS

Los Angeles, January 24, 2012 Winter X Games Gold Medal Snowboardcross (SBX) champion Nick Baumgartner arrives in Aspen, Colorado this week looking for a repeat in the six-man riding action on Buttermilk Mountain at the 2012 Winter X Games. Qualifying takes place on Friday, January 27 and the Finals on Saturday, January 28. Baumgartner, a member of the 2010 US Olympic Team, won last year's Winter X SBX competition in dramatic style.  Less than two weeks prior to the highly televised event on the ESPN networks, the Iron River, MI native broke his collarbone on a training run on Copper