Shaun White

Editor's Note: Each week in The Human Factor, we bring you the story of someone who has overcome tremendous obstacles to achieve a goal.  Today we introduce you to Kevin Pearce, a professional snowboarder who was considered Olympic gold medalist Shaun White's biggest competitor. Then an accident on the Eagle Superpipe in Park City, Utah, [...]  

One of Idaho’s most popular Olympic and X Games athletes says he is hanging up his snowboarding boots.  Hailey’s Graham Watanabe has retired.  Watanabe first came onto the U.S. Olympic team map back in 2006, when he was promoted from his board-tech position.  He took that opportunity and ran with it, and went on to become the first American male to win the Snowboard Cross World Cup.  Watanabe again made the U.S. Olympic team in 2010, and it...  

Oakley’s superstar Snowboarder Shaun White sent the Snowboard World into an absolute state of awe after throwing down one of the most epic runs in the sport’s storied history for a perfect 100.00 point score and his fifth-straight Superpipe Gold Medal.  

He wanted to land the back-to-back double McTwist 1260 after ... I have been to so many X Games now, and I will forever remember this. Getting that 100 score, the perfect score. It is crazy.” Swiss rider Iouri Podladtchikov, or “Ipod ...  

Shaun White planned to compete in the Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle at the Winter X Games, but after a few practice runs this morning the multi-time champion has decided that his ankle is not ell enough to compete. White will not compete in ...  

Having an Olympic champion call your local ski resort home has its privileges. A 22-foot-high high, 500-foot-long halfpipe co-designed by snowboarder Shaun White was opened to the public last week at Northstar California, one of Vail Resorts Inc.'s properties formerly called Northstar-at-Tahoe.  

The 2012 Winter X Games will host plenty of events, but it's fair to say that all eyes will be on snowboarder Shaun White. There is no question ... Those who religiously watch and follow the X Games aren't all about White, but I think that there is a ...  

Eighteen of the world’s best snowboarder’s are settling into Baldface Lodge tonight, as the holding period for Red Bull Supernatural begins. On only one day between today and February 8th, the 18 will be the first riders to drop into Travis Rice’s dream snowboard run, competing to find out who is the best all-around snowboarder on the planet. Red Bull Supernatural is a first-of-its-kind, backcountry snowboard competition, challenging riders...  

Iouri Podladtchikov finished second, followed by Ryo Aono. With the gold, White is the third Winter X five-peat athlete, joining Nate Holland in snowboardcross and Tucker Hibbert in snocross. White competed despite a left ankle injury that ...  

OK, you probably won't get to actually ride with Shaun White, but you can try your board tricks in a halfpipe he helped design. The 22 foot high, 500 foot long halfpipe will be used by the red headed "Flying Tomato" for training purposes, but it ...  

(You may wonder why I'm reviewing another Shaun White snowboarding movie -- simple, it's what our library system owns!) Ultimate Ride is a series from Red Bull featuring their sponsored athletes. More a biopic than an actual snowboarding movie, this is Red Bull attempting to put a human face on superstar snowboarder Shaun White. This video follows White from the United States to Japan, where he rides mountains in order to become a more...  

Spanish snowboarder Queralt Castellet beat out Americans Gretchen Bleiler and Ellery Hollingsworth to win the women's Halfpipe finals ... for her switch alley-oop 720. Japanese rider Ryo Aono was on top in the men's final, beating out Finnish riders ...  

ASPEN, Colo., Jan. 30 (UPI) -- Snowboarding wizard Shaun White grabbed the gold in the halfpipe event of the Winter X Games in Aspen, Colo., for a fifth straight time. White, 25, scored a first-ever perfect score of 100 on his final run Sunday ...  

"Livin' Louie Vito" PREMIERE - Snowboarding in Salt Lake City - Ep 1 In this first webisode of Livin' Louie Vito we start off at the snowboarding Olympian's home in Salt Lake City, Utah before pumping some iron in his favorite gym and hitting the snow park with rider Stevie Bell. New episodes every other Wednesday Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=redbull Follow @louievito / #LivinLouie on Twitter: https...  

a 14-foot frontside cork 540, a 13-foot backside double cork 1260 and a 12-foot frontside double cork 1260. This was the first back-to-back double cork to be completed during the Winter X Games. White’s score was also the first perfect score in Winter X ...