Getty Jamie Anderson looks for a strong showing at the Winter X Games before the Olympics.
Olympic snow boarders and freestyle skiers get one final tune-up with the X-Games in Aspen, Colorado, this weekend.
Some of the smaller events will stream on the official X-Games YouTube, TikTok, Facebook and Twitter accounts, while others (full schedule) will be televised on ESPN (Friday at 10:30 p.m. ET, Saturday at 10 p.m. ET, Sunday at 7 p.m. ET) and ABC (Saturday at 2 p.m. ET, Sunday at 1 p.m. ET).
If you don’t have cable, here are some ways you can watch a live stream of the televised events online:
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FuboTV
You can watch a live stream of ABC (live in most markets), ESPN and 100-plus other live TV channels on FuboTV, which comes with a free seven-day trial:
Once signed up for FuboTV, you can watch the 2022 Winter X-Games live on the FuboTV app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Fire Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Xbox One or Series X/S, Samsung TV, LG TV, any device with Android TV (such as a Sony TV or Nvidia Shield), iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet. Or you can watch on your computer via the FuboTV website.
You can also watch live via ESPN.com or the ESPN app. You only need to sign in to a participating internet service provider to watch games on ABC (labeled ESPN3), but if you don’t have that, you can use your Fubo credentials to log in and watch.
DirecTV Stream
DirecTV Stream (formerly AT&T TV) has four different channel packages: “Entertainment,” “Choice,” “Ultimate” and “Premier.” ABC (live in most markets) and ESPN are included in every one, but you can pick any package and any add-on you want with your free 14-day trial.
Note that the free trial isn’t advertised as such, but your “due today” amount will be $0 when signing up. If you watch on your computer, phone or tablet, you won’t be charged for 14 days. If you watch on a streaming device on your TV (Roku, Fire Stick, Apple TV, etc.), you will be charged for the first month, but you can get still get a full refund if you cancel before 14 days:
Once signed up for DirecTV Stream, you can watch the 2022 Winter X-Games live on the DirecTV Stream app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Fire Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Samsung TV, any device with Android TV (such as a Sony TV or Nvidia Shield), iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet. Or you can watch on your computer via the DirecTV Stream website.
You can also watch live via ESPN.com or the ESPN app. You only need to sign in to a participating internet service provider to watch games on ABC (labeled ESPN3), but if you don’t have that, you can use your DirecTV Stream credentials (may still be listed as AT&T on the list of cable providers) to log in and watch.
Sling TV
You can watch a live stream of ESPN3 (which simulcasts ABC content), ESPN and 30-plus other live TV channels via Sling TV’s “Sling Orange” package, which comes with a free three-day trial:
Once signed up for Sling TV, you can watch the 2022 Winter X-Games live on the Sling TV app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Fire Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Xbox One or Series X/S, Samsung TV, LG TV, any device with Android TV (such as a Sony TV or Nvidia Shield), airTV Mini, Oculus, Portal, iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet. Or you can watch on your computer via the Sling TV website.
You can also watch live via ESPN.com or the ESPN app. You only need to sign in to a participating internet service provider to watch games on ABC (labeled ESPN3), but if you don’t have that, you can use your Sling credentials to log in and watch.
Vidgo
You can watch a live stream of ABC (live in only a few select markets), ESPN and 90+ other TV channels on Vidgo, which comes with a free seven-day trial:
Once signed up for Vidgo, you can watch the 2022 Winter X-Games live on the Vidgo app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV, or Firestick, Apple TV, Chromecast, any device with Android TV (such as a Sony TV or Nvidia Shield), iPhone, Android phone, iPad, or Android tablet. Or you can watch on your computer via the Vidgo website.
You can also watch live via ESPN.com or the ESPN app. You only need to sign in to a participating internet service provider to watch games on ABC (labeled ESPN3), but if you don’t have that, you can use your Vidgo credentials to log in and watch.
Hulu With Live TV
You can watch a live stream of ABC (live in most markets), ESPN and 65+ other TV channels via Hulu With Live TV, which now also includes both ESPN+ and Disney+ as part of their special bundle:
Once signed up for Hulu With Live TV, you can watch the 2022 Winter X-Games live on the Hulu app, which is available on your Roku, Roku TV, Amazon Fire TV or Fire Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Xbox One or Series X/S, PlayStation 4 or 5, Nintendo Switch, Samsung TV, LG TV, any device with Android TV (such as a Sony TV or Nvidia Shield), iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet. Or you can watch on your computer via the Hulu website.
You can also watch live via ESPN.com or the ESPN app. You only need to sign in to a participating internet service provider to watch games on ABC (labeled ESPN3), but if you don’t have that, you can use your Hulu credentials to log in and watch.
Winter X-Games 2022 Preview
Snowboarding and freestyle skiing Olympians take flight in Aspen for the Winter X-Games, which will feature an in-person crowd for the first time since COVID-19 began.
Jamie Anderson has a couple of snowboarding titles to defend at the X-Games before heading to Beijing to seek another gold medal. She won the big air and slopestyle events last year in Aspen.
Anderson comes into the competition fresh off a big performance at the Toyota U.S. Grand Prix on Jan. 15 at Mammoth Mountain in California. She won the slopestyle at the event.
“It feels good,” Anderson told U.S. Ski & Snowboard via Justin Scacco of the Tahoe Daily Tribune. “Competing is really hard, it’s such a mind game. I haven’t competed much this year, so it feels good to have fallen on my first run, clear that, and pull it together for my last run. And I’ve never done a Cab 1080 in a slopestyle, so I’m really stoked on that.”
Fellow American snowboarders Redmond Gerard and Dusty Henricksen will also compete.
Gerard won gold in slopestyle for the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang. He won a bronze medal in the event at the X-Games in 2020.
In the freestyle ski superpipe, Americans Devin Logan and Hanna Faulhaber will compete. Logan won silver in the Sochi Winter Olympic Games in 2014.
Logan, a Vermont native, fell shy of the podium in Pyeongchang. She hopes for a strong final Olympics showing in Beijing next month.
For Faulhaber, a Colorado native, it will be her first Winter Games. She considered the X-Games a no-brainer as a tune-up for the Olympics despite the strict COVID protocols in China.
“That never even reached my mind, just because it’s always been a big dream of mine. Would never miss it,” Faulhaber said according to Austin Colbert of the Post Independent. “Olympics and X Games are pretty close together to which one means more. Almost X Games means more to me, just because of the hometown crowd. I grew up watching it my whole life and now being able to be part of it is — I’ve said this a lot — but it’s crazy.”
Two-time gold medalist David Wise will also compete at Aspen in freestyle skiing. Americans Aaron Blunck and Alex Ferreira will also compete.
Though Wise has a gold-medal three-peat in sight at Beijing, he said he doesn’t feel the pressure according to Will Graves of the Associated Press.
“I really, truly feel like I’m going to be the hardest guy (to beat) because … I have nothing to prove,” Wise told Graves on Jan. 7. “I just get to go out there and enjoy the ride. I’m not going to be stressed.”
For this weekend, he will “enjoy the ride” in Aspen.