The Ginger Kid Strikes Buttermilk Gold

Shaun White had an epic gold medal performance at the Winter X games Snowboard SuperPipe Men’s Final on Sunday night in Aspen. White, who no longer refers to himself by his popular "The Flying Tomato" nickname, rocked all three of his final runs. He saved his best for last, scoring a 96.66 to ward off 17 year old Japanese phenom Ryo Ono for the top billing.

White, the fearless ginger kid, predicted right before his last run that he had something up his sleeve and boy oh boy did he ever. He ripped off a 1260 on his last trick to put his signature on the Winter X games.

For those of you mathematically challenged, a 1260 is 3 and a half complete spins on a snowboard. Unbelievable.

Here is the detailed list of his 7 half pipe winning jumps and the video.
Leaner
McTwist
Frontside 1080
Fakey to Forward 1080
Frontside 900
Backside 900
Frontside 1260

I am not stoned and a little rusty on my snowboard terminology but of course my favorite name is the McTwist, Brah.

White might have predicted his hot championship run at Buttermilk Mountain with his recent arrest for using a fire extinguisher.


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