By Mike Perleberg (Aspen, Colo.) - Hidden Valley native Nick Goepper claimed his third consecutive Winter X Games gold medal on Saturday, after barely sneaking into the medal round. Watch video of Goepper's first run 93.66 in the player below, courtesy of ABC/ESPN. Goepper's winning performance was the first run of the entire men's ski slopestyle competition. It was good enough to hold up throughout the afternoon to capture gold. Read more about his performance here.
Not too shabby boys! Congrats! @XGames @josschristensen @alexbellemarre pic.twitter.com/AKhZsbaDEy
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