Snowboarder Rocco Van Straten, Armada Ski Team Win Denver Big Air (PHOTOS)

The first ever Big Air Denver competition is in the books, with Holland's Rocco Van Straten winning the snowboarding competition with a backside double cork 1080 on Tuesday night. On Monday, the team of skiers representing Armada won the 'Battle of the Brands' with tricks like a double cork 1260 blunt, a Milbocker's Kangaroo flip Japan air, and a Moxham's double cork 1080.

The event, which also featured a performance by Denver's OneRepublic, attracted an estimated 14,000 people to Civic Center Park Wednesday night. The event is set to air on NBC this weekend.

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DENVER, CO - JANUARY 25: A Snowboarder goes airborne with the Denver City and County Building in the background while practicing for the LG FIS Snowboard Big Air World Cup prior to the Nature Valley Challenge Denver Big Air Freestyle Ski Event in Civic Center Park on January 25, 2011 in Denver, Colorado. The ramp is a steel truss scaffolding 101 feet high, 300 feet long and 80 feet wide covered in manmade snow. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)

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DENVER, CO - JANUARY 25: A Snowboarder goes airborne with the Denver City and County Building in the background while practicing for the LG FIS Snowboard Big Air World Cup prior to the Nature Valley Challenge Denver Big Air Freestyle Ski Event in Civic Center Park on January 25, 2011 in Denver, Colorado. The ramp is a steel truss scaffolding 101 feet high, 300 feet long and 80 feet wide covered in manmade snow. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)

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[dengal]

12:11 AM on 01/29/2011

wish I could have made it to see it in person - the news clips have been amazing

[mc53]

08:24 PM on 01/27/2011

Excellent event for Denver. Good for the city, the city officials, athletes, etc. Love the alpine tricks.

[BigNoseWhipper]

11:46 AM on 01/27/2011

WOW! 14,00 people!.....They must have given away 14,000 free tickets, because last time I checked they were 45 dollars a piece and no one I knew went that didnt get a free ticket from work. Cheers to the skiiers for being able to land the jump without putting a hand down...the snowboarders... not so much.

[SubgeniusMustHaveSlack]

03:29 PM on 01/27/2011

Skiers are SOOOO 20th century.

It was an incredible FIS World Cup event and was well attended by a vocal crowd.