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Shaun White: Halfpipe Gold with a McTwist
Redheaded American Snowboard Sensation Wows Fans with Daring Signature Stunt, Gold Medal Already in the Bag Complete Coverage.

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White, the reigning Olympic halfpipe champion, is generally regarded as the best competitive snowboarder in the world, fending off younger competitors by continually pushing the boundaries of airborne tricks. His most recent is the double cork, a combination of spins and off-axis flips. The trick will generate considerable buzz at the halfpipe competition at the 2010 Olympics..

Shaun White Wins Gold, DOMINATES Olympic Halfpipe Competition
WEST VANCOUVER, British Columbia — How ’bout that! Putting on a show when he didn’t even have to, Shaun White capped his gold-medal night on the halfpipe with his signature trick Wednesday – the dangerous, spiraling Double McTwist 1260 during a victory lap that will go down as nothing short of epic. The redheaded shredder scored a 48.4 on the final run, even though he was already assured of defending his Olympic title with a score of 46.8 on his first trip. Getting ready to close the night, he debated with his coaches for a minute, then made the decision to go for it. And he did – jerking his body around to milk the last half of the 3 1/2 twists he crams into two head-over-heels flips. An exclamation point on a spectacular day for the Americans at the Olympics, who already had golds from Alpine skier Lindsey Vonn and speedskater Shani Davis in the bag. Wearing a white and blue bandanna that goes perfect with the red hair, White easily outdistanced Finland’s Peetu Piiroinen. American Scotty Lago took bronze to give the United States multiple medals on the halfpipe for the last three Olympics. Including the women, the U.S. halfpipe team has won 12 of the 21 medals awarded since the sport came to the games in 1998. But has there ever been a bigger snowboarding star than White– He’s the multimillionaire who somehow flashes a businessman’s smarts without losing touch with the culture that defines snowboarding – the only sport that would think of bringing snow pants designed to look like torn-up jeans to the Olympic Games. He keeps it fresh and keeps people guessing. He skipped the Double McTwist on the first run down the mountain, saying in an interview, “I know I have it in me, but the Olympics is pretty heavy. I was sweating it a little.” But if he were nervous on the first run, it didn’t show. And it certainly wasn’t anything to apologize for. Soaring through the crisp, clear, Canadian sky, he flew 25 feet above the halfpipe at the top, linked a pair of spiraling, double-flipping moves in the middle and stayed on his feet the whole way down. Why does he win– NBC spelled it out in living color, transposing the shots of White’s straight air and that of one of the medal contenders, Iouri Podladtchikov – the “I-Pod.” Suffice to say that had they actually been jumping at the same time, White would have landed on I-Pod’s head. In White’s case, though, it doesn’t always end when he wins. He has become one of those rare athletes – think Mary Lou Retton’s second straight perfect-10 vault at the 1984 Olympics – who makes the victory lap as dramatic as the show. Knowing he had won, and celebrating at the top, he gathered himself and talked it over with the coach.

Shaun White’s Olympic Secret
The Vancouver Gold Medalist Recently Took 60 Minutes to His Exclusive, Top-Secret Training Facility.

Shaun White’s Private Halfpipe: Secret Red Bull Superpipe VIDEO
Shaun White’s private halfpipe is a massive snowboarding superpipe that was built in late 2009 in Silverton, Colo. by Red Bull, one of his major sponsors. According to Fourth Place Medal, the “one-of-a-kind” superpipe spans 550 feet and is situated in a 12,000-foot mountain. Shaun White’s web site says that the superpipe’s construction required “30 heli-bomb dropped avalanches” and “8,000 lbs of steel.” When he first saw it, White thought it looked like a “field of flowers with a tank in the middle of it.” Scroll down to watch a video of the private halfpipe. WATCH: More on Video.

WATCH: Smack! Shaun White’s Winter Wipeout
The Olympic snowboarder slams his face into a pipe at the Winter X Games..

Shaun White’s Double McTwist Crash (VIDEO)
Shaun White suffered a brutal crash at the Winter X Games Friday night while attempting a 1260 trick called the Double McTwist. The snowboarder’s face smashed into the superpipe at a high velocity and his neck appeared to jerk backwards. Fortunately, White was not seriously injured. He remained at the event and captured his third consecutive X Games title. White says he is already beginning to better. Scroll down for video. WATCH: More on Video.

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Shaun White Gold Winning Olympic Halfpipe Run Video
Actual YouTube video of Shaun White’s Gold Winning Olympic Halfpipe Run with his Double McTwist (hasn’t been pulled down yet!)

Shaun White And The Double Mctwist 1260
American snowboarder Shaun White once again stands at the pinnacle of the snowboarding world after successfully defending his Olympic gold medal in the Men

Shaun White, Lindsey Vonn and Shani Davis Beat American Idol
In the 9 p.m. hour, NBC’s Winter Olympics beat American Idol by nearly 12 million viewers: 30.1 million to 18.4 million. American Idol never gets beat, so the fact that it got beat by 12 million is shocking.

Shaun White: Unvegan Hero
An article about Olympian Shaun White and how he names his tricks after steaks.

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Shaun White Olympics 2010 Video Goes Viral [VIDEO]
Shaun White Olympics 2010 Video in Hot Demand [VIDEO] – http://bit.ly/cMCDJK

NBC catches Shaun White, coach having vulgar chat before gold – Fourth-Place Medal – 2010 Olympics Blog – Yahoo! Sports
Shaun White’s gold-medal coronation in the halfpipe finals at the Winter Olympics was marred Wednesday by vulgar statements made by coach Bud Keene and aired on NBC live to the East Coast prior to White’s final run. White was the last to go, but since nobody had beat his score from the first round, he was the automatic winner. There was much joy and celebration atop the run, as there should have…

Shaun White serves up Olympics gold with a McTwist – ESPN
Glad to see we still dominate boarding like we’re the only ones competing. White outdid himself, again. http://tinyurl.com/yh45t76 #COM319

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Shaun White’s Coach Drops S-Bomb On NBC Olympics Prior To Shaun’s Awesome Gold-Medal Victory Run
As Shaun White and his coach were celebrating Shaun’s amazing second gold medal prior to Shaun’s second run down the half pipe this evening (no other competitor had come close to Shaun’s first run score), they were debating what Shaun should do on his victory lap."What do you want to do," said Shaun’s coach."I don’t know, man," said a giddy Shaun. "Ride down the middle–""No, man," said his…

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Shaun White’s Gold Medal Run – SI.com
Without an ounce of ego from the darling duo of Lindsey Vonn and Shaun White or the anti-American protests that had cast the US athletes as villains in the …

The Real American Idols: Shaun White, Lindsey Vonn, Shani Davis – FanHouse
In Vonn, Shaun White and Shani Davis, our country now has three new and very prominent sports icons, all emerging on a day — Feb. …

NBC, Shaun White scoring big ratings – Washington Times
It's the first time in six years anything has beaten "Idol," and that may have as much to do with the rock-star appeal of snowboarder Shaun White as it does …

Louie Vito’s Olympic Blog: I Can’t Control What the Judges Think – People Magazine
Shaun [White] was the only person you really saw in finals land the back-to-back double corks, which I think shows the difficulty of [that trick]. …

Jim Lee & Geoff Johns’ DC Gigs, Shaun White’s Olympic Gold, And ‘StarCraft 2 … – MTV.com
Shaun White's gold medal run in the snowboarding halfpipe event last night earned a lot of interest as well, even if Pia Guerra was more concerned with …

White, Lysacek take gold – SunHerald.com (registration)
But Thursday was a good day for American Shaun White in the men's halfpipe, as well as Evan Lysacek who prevailed in men's figure skating, becoming the …

Olympics: Lindsay Vonn, skiing, Shaun White, snowboarding and figure skating – Washington Post
Shaun White– Shani Davis– And can you ever remember such a loaded Olympic day– Tracee Hamilton: I CAN'T remember a day quite like it, certainly not at a …

Snow White Golden Girl – The Age (blog)
Think millionaire snowboarder Shaun White saying his biggest problem when he attends parties with fellow boarders "is getting around the second-hand …

White golden for Silverton – The Durango Herald
Olympic gold medal winner Shaun White stands atop a mountain overlooking Silverton Mountain ski area in February 2009. …

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Shaun White – Gold winner at the Olympics 2010 http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-snowboard-photos/
Shaun White Wins Gold in WX14 SuperPipe http://www.youtube.com/watch–v=HwSnNQZcgOc&feature=player_embedded#at=228
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@Todfilm Shaun White dresses better, though. But he lacks Cher as a mom. I think.
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