XGames, Unified Snowboarding, Skiing, Medals

ASPEN, CO - JANUARY 21: The X Games medals from left to right are bronze, silver and gold at Buttermilk Mountain for the X Games on January 21, 2022 in Aspen, Colorado. The X Games Aspen 2022 medals "u2014 including the knuckle huck rings and Rocket League awards "u2014 were created by Colorado artist Lisa Issenberg. The founder and owner of Kiitella studio "u2014 a Finnish word meaning "u201cto thank, applaud or praise"u201d "u2014 in Ridgway, Issenberg first made the X Games medals in 2020 before also returning last winter. She"u2019s known for making many other awards, as well, from the Birds of Prey World Cup ski races at Beaver Creek to Aspen Skiing Co."u2019s Power of Four events. Unique to this year"u2019s medals is the use of wood. Inlaid in the design is an actual piece of an aspen tree, which was sustainably harvested locally from either standing dead trees or trees that had already been knocked over by wind or avalanche."u201c (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images)