Freestyle skier James Woods may already have fond memories of the Winter X Games but admits he is desperate to find further success in Aspen this week.
The Winter X Games kicks off tomorrow in the Colorado city for the 15th time and back in 2013 Woods walked away with slopestyle bronze from the event.
The 24-year-old has shown some decent form this season, winning the first World Cup slopestyle event in New Zealand before claiming a top ten finish in the Mammoth World Cup last weekend despite dislocating his jaw during qualification.
And Woods, who finished fifth at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, acknowledges that he has been building towards X Games success for a long time.
“The next event coming up is the X Games and it’s just the biggest event of the year as far as action sports is concerned,” said Woods.
“It’s the pinnacle of what we do and I’ve been setting my sights on it for years. For ten years I have known about the X Games and have been dreaming of putting my run down and getting the opportunity to do it.
“I’ve had a lot of success there in the past and I’m very proud of that but I’m a strong believer that you’re only as good as your last go.
“I want to keep my best efforts coming. I’m very happy with how my skiing is at the moment but I want to keep getting better and better and do everybody proud.”
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