It’s nearly upon us; the biggest freestyle event on the calendar, the Winter X-Games. ESPN have announced the first wave of invited athletes for Winter X 14 from January 28th-31st, 2010, at Aspen in Colorado. The second wave of invited riders will be announced later in the month.

Remember to catch Winter X Games 14 live on ESPN’s family of networks, including online at ESPN.com/Action and ESPN360.com. So enough of the chit chat, here’s your rider list – looks like it might be quite a show.

Skiing Slopestyle – Men

Athlete Name           Country
Bobby Brown            USA
Sammy Carlson       USA
Phil Casabon            CAN
Alexis Godbout        CAN
Henrik Harlaut        SWE
Andreas Hatveit      NOR
PK Hunder               NOR
Tj Schiller                 CAN
Matt Walker            USA
Tom Wallisch          USA
Jossi Wells               NZL
Colby West              USA

Skiing Slopestyle – Women

Athlete Name          Country
Sarah Burke             CAN
Grete Eliassen         NOR
Keri Herman           USA
Anna Segal               AUS
Kaya Turski             CAN

Skiing Superpipe – Men

Athlete Name         Country
Duncan Adams       USA
Xavier Bertoni        FRA
Justin Dorey           CAN
Simon Dumont       USA
AJ Kemppainen     FIN
Matt Margetts        CAN
Dan Marion            USA
Peter Olenick          USA
Mike Riddle            CAN
Kevin Rolland        FRA
Colby West             USA
David Wise             USA

Skiing Superpipe – Women

Athlete Name        Country
Dania Assaly          CAN
Sarah Burke           CAN
Anais Caradeux     FRA
Jess Cumming       USA
Virginie Faivre       SUI
Roz Groenewoud  CAN
Jen Hudak              USA
Angeli VanLaanen USA