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Last night, Shaun White won his second olympic gold medal in the halfpipe event. After the first run he set a score of 46.8, and after the rest of the riders had their second run, no-one had really come close. So as he set out on his second run, he already knew he had won the gold, it was in effect, a victory lap. His second run, devoid of pressure, was outstanding; a huge backside air, followed by a double-cork 1080 into a switch double-cork 1080, 540 stalefish, and on his final hit, the double mctwist 1260, which has now become known as the tomahawk. He scored 48.4, and along with winning gold, surely sets him up as the most progressive rider, and the best halfpipe rider ever.
We’ve found a new video of the event, but as it’s the whole thing, it’s long. You might wanna pause it, let it buffer and skip through at your leisure later! Highlight for me was Kazuhiro Kokubo’s oh so stylish Japan McTwist at 28mins (second run at 39.30mins). Shaun Whites winning run is at 55mins. There’s plenty of sick riding throughout though, but at least you can skip the adverts!
2010 Olympic Halfpipe Qualis and Finals from snowbroader.eu on Vimeo.
Just in case you thought that this snowboarding lark was easy…Shaun White gives us another reminder that even the best can get it wrong. He caught his head on the lip of the pipe while attempting a double mctwist 1260, the trick he created in his private halfpipe last year. The force of the fall sent Shaun’s helmet flying as he collided with the top of the 22 foot pipe. All this on a practice run, 45 minutes before the final was due to start. Incidently, this is the same trick that Kevin Pierce got wrong in December, and sadly he is still in a critical condition in hospital.
After being checked over by the medics, Shaun was ready to rock once more, and boy did he rock, with a ridiculous 23 foot method air, followed by back-to-back doublecork 1080s, a 540, and finishing with the trick that floored him earlier, the double mctwist 1260. He scored 95.33 to add another gold medal to his collection.
The fall isn’t until the second half of the video, so enjoy the first part, and get worrying for Shauny after that. Again, like the girls vids, the production on this kinda sucks, sorry, it wasn’t monkipoo in charge!
The X-Games Womens Superpipe Final was again a showdown between Gretchen Bleiler and Kelly Clark.
The two americans were way ahead of third place Hannah Teter, who herself won Gold at the Turin Olympics, but she could only score 70.0 this time. Kelly Clark had a great run herself (the second video below), scoring 96.0 with some huge airs thrown down, but Gretchen Bleiler’s run claimed the gold with a score of 96.66. The gold run included a massive frontside 900, crippler 720, cab 720 and backside 540. Watch her run below (the first video).
p.s. You may want to skip the first 45 seconds of both videos, which are frankly, poorly produced. All that is shown is the girls singing along to whatever music they’re listening to, and they ain’t gonna be on Pop Idol anytime soon! Stick to shreading girls!
Gretchen Bleiler’s Gold Medal Winning Run
Kelly Clark’s Silver Medal Run
Eero Ettala has won his first ever X-Games Medal, and he did it in style getting the gold! It was Eero’s first run that claimed it, with a combo he’d set his sights on all along. Backside late-corked ten, a double backside rodeo nine and a switch double backflip in quick succession. Gotta love the yank commentators too!
Check the winning run out below.
Jenny Jones has picked up her second successive gold medal at the X-Games in Apsen Colorado, beating Jenna Meyen and Jamie Anderson. She is Britains most successful snowboarder, and proved it with a technically difficult, but smooth run, scoring 92.66 overall.
Congrats to Jenny Jones, watch her gold medal winning final run in the video below.
Shaun White just keeps pushing the limits of snowboarding, as this new video from Burton shows!
In a practice pipe, he stomps a double McTwist 1260, simply unbelievable! He is the best.