Sarah Burke with Gold Trifecta at Aspen X Games

A wet-heavy snow fell throughout the day on Buttermilk Mountain, slowing down most of the SuperPipe competitors, but not Sarah Burke as she grabbed her third consecutive gold medal in the Women's Skiing SuperPipe final.

Burke trailed the competition through two runs, but nailed her final run of a 900 to a huge straight air to a 540 to a right-side 540 and closed out the run with a 720 edging out the silver medalist Jen Hudak 93.33 to 92.66.

"Going into my last run I was like, ‘come on Sarah you can do this, it is your day,'" an excited Burke said following the race. "It all came together and right before I dropped in a bunch of kids at the top said, ‘I love you Sarah.' It was so cool."

With the freshly-fallen snow covering the mountain, there was some concern about the condition of the pipe. But bronze medalist Jess Cummings said the conditions could not be better.

"I can't believe the weather and clouds lifted like this," Cummings said. The pipe was perfect, it was big and smooth."

The Skiing SuperPipe event represents the progression of the sport and showcases the best pipe riders in the world. The 540-foot long, 22-foot deep SuperPipe is 75-feet from lip-to-lip with a pitch of 18 degrees. This translates into maximum amplitude and speed for the athletes to perform their tricks.

WINTER X GAMES 13 The 13th annual winter action sports competition features athletes from across the globe competing for medals and prize money in the following sports: Skiing, Snowboard and Snowmobile. The event includes day and evening competitions and is free to the public. ESPN and ABC will feature 15 hours of live high-definition programming Jan. 22 - Jan. 25. ESPN2 will present daily late-night highlight programs in HD from Jan. 22 - Jan. 25, resulting in eight additional hours of original HD programming for Winter X Games 13. Additionally, the Winter X Games will also be televised on ESPN's International networks to 122 countries and territories in Latin America, the Pacific Rim, Middle East, Asia, Africa, Israel and Canada.