Tag archive for ‘shaun white’
Shaun White Wins Gold in Vancouver Olympics
Shaun White defended his Olympic halfpipe title, completing his new Double McTwist 1260 trick. The “flying tomato” didn’t disappoint in the half-pipe tonight with his stunning performance. The Gold Medal winner has been perfecting his skills on a secret $500,000 training pipe which can only be accessed by helicopter in the mountains of Colorado built [...]
‘The Highfliers’ series by Ryan McGinley for NY Times
After photographing American Olympic swimmers in 2004 Ryan McGinley has shot a series of photographs featuring Winter Olympians 2010 entitled Highfliers for the New York Times Magazine. The essay features on dreamy and light colored photos among snowboarders: Kelly Clark, Shaun White, Hannah Teter and Louie Vito.
Shaun White ‘Project X’ teaser
The first video from Red Bull’s Project X private pipe in Colarado featuring Shaun White has been released. In this first glimpse, you can see the pipe in all its glory and Shaun’s first drop in. Last year, Shaun White disappeared from the snowboard scene, holing up in the wilds of the backcountry of Silverton, [...]
Burton “B” movie review
With temperatures reaching almost 30ºC in a place I currently live, usually around September I’m starting to miss my hometown, Warsaw. This year I was be able to go there late September and lucky for me I was there just in time to see the first screening of “B” movie. Warsaw was Burton’s first stop [...]
Jiayu Liu best in LG Snowboard FIS World Cup season opening
In the first half-pipe competition of the LG Snowboard FIS World Cup 2009/10 season Shaun White (USA) and Jiayu Liu (CHN) left the competition no chance. In Cardrona, New Zealand, White set the standard with his first run that scored 47.1 points which turned out to be too high for the others to match. Iouri [...]
Winter X Games 2010 in Europe
Next Winter X Games come to the French Alps. The first Winter X Games in Europe will take place on March 10 – 12 in Tignes, France. The event will include both Ski and Snowboard Slopestyle and Superpipe contests along with Snowmobiling displays and plenty of TV crews as the event is being broadcast on [...]
