Australian Scotty James won his seventh Winter X Games snowboard halfpipe title, moving one shy of Shaun White's record. James, a 30-year-old with Olympic silver and bronze medals, landed the first triple cork 1440 in the competition's history in Thursday night's final.

X Games debuted a new format on Thursday, with eight riders being given two runs during a “playoff” and the top four placers moved to the two-run finals. And that finals field was stacked, with James, Hirano, Totsuka, and Telluride’s own Lucas Foster making it in.

Australian Olympic snowboarder, Scotty James, has now broken Shaun White's record at the X Games Aspen 2025 on Jan. 23. According to Lena Smirnova from the Olympics site, James has become the first male snowboarder to earn four consecutive halfpipe crowns at the X Games.