Everyone is looking towards the Winter X Games in Aspen, 2011 and this week they’ve announced the first set of riders to be invited. Obviously everyone that won a gold medal last year is invited but here’s the full list of 15:

Slopestyle:
Elias Ambuhl
Bobby Brown
Sammy Carlson
Phil Casabon
Russ Henshaw
Andreas Hatveit
Gus Kenworthy
TJ Schiller
Alex Schlopy
Tom Wallisch
Jossi Wells

Skiing Slopestyle – Women:
Ashley Battersby
Grete Eliassen
Keri Herman
Anna Segal
Kaya Turski

Skiing Superpipe – Men:
Xavier Bertoni
Justin Dorey
Simon Dumont
AJ Kemppainen
Peter Olenick
Tucker Perkins
Mike Riddle
Kevin Rolland
Taylor Seaton
Byron Wells
Jossi Wells
Walter Wood

Skiing Superpipe – Women:
Dania Assaly
Sarah Burke
Anais Caradeux
Virginie Faivre
Roz Groenewoud
Jen Hudak
Mirjam Jaeger
Brita Sigourney

So from January 27th-30th we’ll see one hell of a comp. Let’s see who else will be invited down the line…