January 30, 2010

Shaun White Wins X-Games Gold

Shaun White has just taken out gold in the SuperPipe at X-Games in Aspen. According to the article, his first run included “a huge method, double cork 1080, Cab double cork 1080, front 5, double McTwist 1260, and alley-oop backside rodeo“. He crashed out on his second run before doing back-to back double corks and a double McTwist 12. Iouri Podladtchikov took silver with bronze going to Kazuhiro Kokubo. Head over here for the full rankings and details.

by Dave