January 30, 2012

SandBox Comments: Aspen Daily News "Five-peat and a perfect score for Shaun White in superpipe"

Congratulations to Shaun White!  Hard to believe how far he has come as SandBox reflects back to his first Winter X Games in Aspen.  Seems like only yesterday.

Andrew Travers:

"Shaun White won his fifth consecutive gold medal in the X Games snowboard superpipe competition Sunday night, scoring a perfect 100 on his final run.

White had already sealed his gold medal going into the third run, ahead of the competition with a score of 94. The 25-year-old then turned what could have been a lackadaisical victory lap into a record-breaking run, with the judges awarding him 100 points out 100 possible.

The snowboard icon had six hits on the record effort, including a double-mctwist 1260 and closing with back-to-back double corks — one front-side and one switch-side.

“It just felt perfect,” White said at a post-competition press conference...."

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