Anderson takes gold at X Games in snowboard slopestyle

By ESPN

Riding in her ninth X Games, Jamie Anderson of South Lake Tahoe scored her second straight Jeep Snowboard Slopestyle Women’s gold medal Saturday at X Games Aspen 2013 with a commanding lead from the outset.

“I just wanted to put down a solid run and do my best,” she said about her first of three runs, which earned a score of 93 points — enough to hold off the rest of the pack for the duration of the contest,” Anderson said. “I’m just so thankful to be here. I’m really inspired to learn player.