ASPEN, CO (Jan. 30) - It was Nate Holland's (Squaw Valley, CA) day Saturday as he took winning Winter X Games gold to a whole new level, marking the games' first five-peat with his win in snowboardcross. Joining him for the U.S. domination was Lindsey Jacobellis (Stratton Mountain, VT), who marked down a three-peat for women's SBX.

If he wasn't already, Holland practically made himself the king of Winter X, evading hairy course crashes and overtaking leads to claim his record setting fifth gold.

"This is pretty surreal. To win a big event like this against the field of riders that is out here is quite an honor," Holland said. "To do it once, I remember how fired up I was, to do it five times, I really don't know what to say."

In his first heat Holland was in the back, making a bid to catch the front group when three competitors in front of him went down. But, it was the final heat of back and forths between him and Olympic champion and second-place finisher Seth Wescott (Sugarloaf, ME) that got everyone on the edge of their seats, uncertain of what would be the outcome.

But, in the end Holland made the pass on Wescott, who led, to come over the final kicker and win.

"It was the best battle I had all day," Holland said. "I don't do anything different than the other races. I just have good energy here and I get up there and ride my heart out."

As for where Holland is headed next - the Olympics - his plan is to stick with what has been working.

"In '06 I won this for the first time in my career and then had a wreck in Torino," Holland said. "I just have to get in the gate, start riding and see where I land. There's one thing for sure - I'm going to ride my heart out there."

With every imaginable championship in his trophy case already, save the Baker Banked Slalom golden duct tape and X Games gold, Wescott was forced once again to walk away from the Buttermilk course with the gold eluding him once again.

According to the champ, too much speed had him casing the roller tops and lost his speed to Holland's smoothness.

"We lost a little light on the course and after that stuff seemed so much faster in the final heat," Wescott said. "When I came over those rollers I pretty much lost all control and skipped the top. I probably hit all five on the faces, so I was stoked to stay on my feet."

But, in all, the silver pleased Wescott, who said, "I feel good about how the riding was today."

Over in the women's camp, no one stood a chance against the ever-dominant Jacobellis, who was happy to finally three peat the gold at Winter X.

"I'm psyched. I'm happy I got the three-peat this time. Four years ago I was in a position to get one and I couldn't compete because I hurt my knee," Jacobellis said.

For the golden girl, whose next stop is Vancouver for the Olympics, the crowd at Winter X maikes all the difference in her riding.

"It’s nice to do well at X Games," Jacobellis said. "I seem to always have strong crowd support here.  So it is great to win for them."

Winter X continues Sunday for the final day of action sports with ski cross, mono-ski cross and snowboard slopestyle.

OFFICIAL RESULTS
Winter X Games 14
Aspen, CO - Jan. 30, 2010
Snowboardcross

Men
1. Nate Holland, Squaw Valley, CA
2. Seth Wescott, Sugarloaf, ME
3. Alberto Schiavon, Italy
4. Jayson Hale, Sierraville, CA
5. JJ Tomlinson, Park City, UT
6. Nick Baumgartner, Iron River, MI
7. Graham Watanabe, Sun Valley, ID
8. Drew Neilson, Canada
9. Ross Powers, Okemo, VT
10. Mario Fuchs, Austria
11. David Speiser, Germany

Women
1. Lindsey Jacobellis, Stratton Mountain, VT
2. Helene Olafsen, Norway
3. Joanie Anderson, South Lake Tahoe, CA
4. Maria Ramberger, Austria
5. Alexandra Jekova, Bulgaria
6. Emilie Aubry, Switzerland
7. Faye Gulini, Salt Lake City
8.  Callan Chythlook-Sifsof, Girdwood, AK
9. Marni Yamada, Seattle
10. Suzie Moll, Austria
11. Ziggy Cowan, Canada
12. Kayla Klaus, Canada
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