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ESPN as officially announced the first wave of athletes that have been invited to Winter X Games 16 in Aspen, Colorado. Check out the list below for each event including SuperPipe, Slopetyle, Big Air and Street.
*This list is subject to change
| Men's SuperPipe | |
| Athlete | Country |
| Shaun White | USA |
| Scotty Lago | USA |
| Louie Vito | USA |
| Kazuhiro Kokubo | JPN |
| Luke Mitrani | USA |
| Iouri Podladtchikov | SUI |
| Kohei Kudo | JPN |
| Danny Davis | USA |
| Ryo Aono | JPN |
| Makus Malin | FIN |
| Peetu Piiroinen | FIN |
| Jack Mitrani | USA |
| Women's SuperPipe | |
| Athlete | Country |
| Kelly Clark | USA |
| Kaitlyn Farrington | USA |
| Elena Hight | USa |
| Gretchen Bleiler | JPN |
| Hannah Teter | USA |
| Torah Bright | AUS |
| Men's Slopestyle | |
| Athlete | Country |
| Sebastien Toutant | CAN |
| Mark McMorris | CAN |
| Tyler Flanagan | USA |
| Chas Guldemond | USA |
| Torstein Horgmo | NOR |
| Eric Willet | USA |
| Peetu Piiroinen | FIN |
| Mikkel Bang | NOR |
| Sage Kotsenburg | USA |
| Seppe Smits | BEL |
| Roope Tonteri | FIN |
| Torgeir Bergrem | NOR |
| Women's Slopestyle | |
| Athlete | Country |
| Enni Rukajarvi | FIN |
| Jenny Jones | GBR |
| Jamie Anderson | USA |
| Kjerti Oestgaard Buaas | NOR |
| Spencer O'Brien | CAN |
| Silje Norendal | NOR |
| Cheryl Maas | NED |
| Janna Meyen-Weatherby | NOR |
| Men's Big Air | |
| Athlete | Country |
| Halldor Helgason | ISL |
| Mark McMorris | CAN |
| Peetu Piiroinen | FIN |
| Eric Willett | USA |
| Seppe Smits | BEL |
| Scotty Lago | USA |
| Tyler Flanagan | USA |
| Torstein Horgmo | NOR |
| Sage Kotsenburg | USA |
| Sebastien Toutant | CAN |
| Men's Street | |
| Athlete | Country |
| Nic Sauve | CAN |
| Forrest BAiley | USA |
| Ryan Paul | USA |
| Zak Hale | USA |
| Phil Jacques | CAN |
| Nick Visconti | USA |
