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Volume 16, Number 50 | January 30-February 5, 2025
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X Games, behind the lens PHOTOS AND TEXT BY ISAAC STERLING Youth Correspondent
Australian snowboarder Scotty James broke Shawn White’s record, becoming the first male snowboarder to win four consecutive halfpipe golds.
Growing up, this junior Sopris Sun reporter watched the X Games on his computer. As a passion for photography grew within, a far-out dream came into the back of my mind: photographing the X Games. At the end of my junior year at Colorado Rocky Mountain School, I found the youth internship program with The Sopris Sun and suddenly that idea became within reach. After applying for the X Games media pass in December, the wait began, and eventually I received confirmation that I would get to photograph the 2025 event. A dream of three years came true. When I arrived at 3pm on Wednesday for the press conference, I was so nervous to be attending along with other media and the athletes I grew up watching. Once my nerves settled, I was told I could photograph continued on page 9