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Winter X Games 14: Sunday afternoon

The Winter X Games are done and gone. Check out the action from the afternoon and evening of the final day with reports and video.

Skiing SuperPipe: The French Connection

The snow began to fall on the final night of Winter X Games 14, giving the perfect back drop to Kevin Rolland's gold medal performance in his second run.

The Skiing SuperPipe gold medal run included a double flip with a mute grab, an alley-oop 360, a double flair left to a double flair right and concluded with a double cork 1260 - an amazing three double flips - scoring a 95.00 and the victory.

"I can't believe it," an ecstatic Rolland said. "It is huge, it is amazing and a dream come true. I have never landed three doubles. I am so happy; this is such a good feeling. I won the X Games, this is a dream come true."

Second place went to New Zealand's Jossi Wells with a score of 92.00.

"I am happy with how I skied," Wells said. "I was most excited about my double flip and I couldn't be more stoked for second place right now."

France was not only represented in first place, but third place as well with Rolland's fellow countryman and last year's gold medalist, Xavier Bertoni, grabbing the bronze.



Snowmobile Knock Out Final: LaVallee Living Up To His Name



Levi LaVallee is known around Winter X Games as Launchin' Levi, thanks to his propensity to fly farther and higher than his opponents on his 450-pound snowmobile.

In the first ever Snowmobile Knock Out competition, LaVallee lived up to his nickname by jumping his snowmobile 166'9"winning the gold.

"I am so excited," LaVallee said. "All through the qualifying, I felt a little off but as we got further away I felt better. My machine is a rocket; all I have to do is hold on. "

LaVallee's jump bested the 157'2" jump of silver medalist Chris Burandt.

"I was very skeptical at the beginning of the event but it turned out to be a good spectator event," Burandt said. "I called that Levi would win before the event."

As difficult as it is to propel a snowmobile off the huge ramp, the landings according to LaVallee and Burandt were the most painful part.

"These last landings were so hard, it was like a grenade bomb going off," LaVallee said with a grin.

"My bruised heel will remind me of the impact, but it was worth it," Burandt added. "It is X Games, all or nothing."

Joe Parson's final jump of 147'9" won the bronze medal.

Snowmobile Knock Out features Snowmobile athletes who's score is based on actual distance traveled from a steel take-off ramp over a 75-foot gap to a snow landing.

Skiing Superpipe High Air: Skying High for First Victory



For seven years Aspen native Peter Olenick has competed in the Winter X Games in his own backyard. During that time, Olenick had not experienced the jubilation of winning gold.

Consider that streak over as Olenick's high jump of 24'11" won his first ever gold medal in the inaugural Skiing SuperPipe High Air.

"This feels awesome," Olenick said. "I am stoked, I came out with vengeance after the SuperPipe and I think I could have even gone bigger."

With a high jump of 23'9", Justin Dorey was the silver medalist. Dorey said that this event had him more excited than any of the other competitions.

"I had a lot more adrenaline for this one than SuperPipe," Dorey said. "It was less technical and more focused on using power and push. It was a lot of fun and that was the biggest that I have ever gone."

The bronze went to France's Kevin Rolland's jump of 23'4'. The medal topped off a successful Winter X Games for Rolland, who had won Men's Skiing SuperPipe earlier in the evening.

Check out the action from Sunday morning