Wow! **Shaun White Content**

MakiSupaStar · #1 02-18-2010, 09:16 AM

I've watched Shaun White for awhile now, but last night it became apparent the level at which he excels is beyond anyone else in snowboarding. Super smooth, and crazy height. Amazing to watch. This is both his Gold Medal run, AND his victory lap.

http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/ass...hite+wins+gold

MJ5150 · #2 02-18-2010, 09:27 AM

One of his former coaches lives near me. So I guess somehow, I have a connection to Shaun White. He's my buddy.

-Mike

DaveDeVille · #3 02-18-2010, 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by MakiSupaStar

... last night it became apparent the level at which he excels is beyond anyone else in snowboarding.

true .
some people are just natural born like that ...

GregC · #4 02-18-2010, 09:34 AM

Thanks, I didn't get to see this last night. Unbelievable!

FL Knifemaker · #5 02-18-2010, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by david meissner

true .
some people are just natural born like that ...

And in addition to being natually gifted........He makes enough money to build private halfpipes that mimick the Olympic one exactly, hires a full time staff of coaches/trainers and does little else but practice, practice, PRACTICE!! Not taking anything away from Shaun but not only is his snowboarding at another level, so is the preparation behind the scenes.

fo shizzle · #6 02-18-2010, 09:55 AM

It just looks like a man against a bunch of kids when he's on his game.

So cool......

I hear there was some cussing that NBC let on the air. Anybody hear what was said?

karrot-x · #7 02-18-2010, 09:56 AM

This is why he is so good:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1Zoh...eature=channel

L-A · #8 02-18-2010, 09:58 AM

It seems that NBC decided Canada is no place to see their coverage of the Olympics.

Thunderitter · #9 02-18-2010, 09:59 AM

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Originally Posted by FL Knifemaker

And in addition to being natually gifted........He makes enough money to build private halfpipes that mimick the Olympic one exactly, hires a full time staff of coaches/trainers and does little else but practice, practice, PRACTICE!! Not taking anything away from Shaun but not only is his snowboarding at another level, so is the preparation behind the scenes.

...actually he makes enough money to have some one else (Red Bull I think) build him a half pike!

...and the nice thing is he seems to be a goofy, very down to earth sort of guy, except when he's 20ft off the top of the half pike that is.

Pilgrim · #10 02-18-2010, 10:17 AM

What he has is focus. As the announcer says, when he's competing, he thrives on pressure. You can see the result. Same for Lindsey Vonn - complete preparation, complete focus. Most humans can't attain that level of concentration.

I think the same thing happens with mogul skiers - I cannot imagine how a human can see and act as quickly as they do. Most of us can't even come close to those kinds of perceptions and reactions.

Wonderful stuff to watch last night - I was glued to the set.

bigblondeafro87 · #11 02-18-2010, 10:22 AM

I was shocked watching that last night, its just ridiculous how much better than everyone else he is! The crowd and my friends and I were freaking out watching it haha.

And about the cussing, one of his coaches gave him this wierd motivational speech dealy and told him something along the lines of 'stomp the s*$& out of that half pipe'. No biggie, but I bet a ton of people saw it.

Barkless Dog · #12 02-18-2010, 10:32 AM

Just inhuman, amazing performance.

FL Knifemaker · #13 02-18-2010, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by fo shizzle

It just looks like a man against a bunch of kids when he's on his game.

So cool......

I hear there was some cussing that NBC let on the air. Anybody hear what was said?

It was mainly his coach dropping the S bomb several times. I don't think they new or remembered they where mic'ed. It got through, loud and clear.

Passinwind · #14 02-18-2010, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by FL Knifemaker

It was mainly his coach dropping the S bomb several times. I don't think they new or remembered they where mic'ed. It got through, loud and clear.

What, NBC can delay coverage for hours and hours but can't work a simple 7 second cuss delay?

That as a great day of winter sports all the way around though.

iamlowsound · #15 02-18-2010, 10:41 AM

Shaun was and is the only American that I cheer for at the Olympics. I have been following him since he was a nobody tearing up the slopes and skateboard halfpipes. My favorite quote about him was said by Tony Hawk when they were doing a skateboard demo together, Shaun was about 16 or 17 at the time "I don't even know what to call that trick". He is only 23, I can't wait to see where he goes.

lowsound

EricF · #16 02-18-2010, 10:50 AM

I love that SW's score on his qualifying run would have still gotten him the gold. The fact that he was able to better it - even when he didn't have to - is just phenomenal. He really made everyone else look pretty bad.

As it was with the double-cork, the rest of the snowboarders are going to be spending a lot of time trying to learn SW's latest trick. In the meantime, SW will be raising the bar...again. It's going to be a while before anyone catches the Flying Tomato.

Seeing Vonn drop an equally dominating performance yesterday was just awesome.

iamlowsound · #17 02-18-2010, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by EricF

I love that SW's score on his qualifying run would have still gotten him the gold. The fact that he was able to better it - even when he didn't have to - is just phenomenal. He really made everyone else look pretty bad.

As it was with the double-cork, the rest of the snowboarders are going to be spending a lot of time trying to learn SW's latest trick. In the meantime, SW will be raising the bar...again. It's going to be a while before anyone catches the Flying Tomato.

Seeing Vonn drop an equally dominating performance yesterday was just awesome.

Actually it was Justin Lamerioux that landed the first double cork in competition, not White. Too bad Justin was having an off day yesterday.

lowsound

MakiSupaStar · #18 02-18-2010, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by fo shizzle

It just looks like a man against a bunch of kids when he's on his game.

So cool......

I hear there was some cussing that NBC let on the air. Anybody hear what was said?

Yeah. The coach and him were talking right before his victory lap. The coach said something like "you've already won now just go have fun. Just fn put out there." No big deal. I didn't see any morally offended people melting in my neighborhood.

EricF · #19 02-18-2010, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by iamlowsound

Actually it was Justin Lamerioux that landed the first double cork in competition, not White. Too bad Justin was having an off day yesterday.

lowsound

I appreciate the correction. NBC's coverage tends to be a bit misleading sometimes.

A LOT of people looked like they were having an off day compared with Shaun's performance.

tZer · #20 02-18-2010, 11:08 AM

I am not even into snowboarding, but I watched his qualifying runs (the first one - he phoned in the 2nd) - and it's obvious that he's got mad skills (as the kids say these days).

I was blown away! The height he got on his first trick was jaw-dropping! and that was probably the least impressive thing he did in that run!

I can't watch the video you linked to yet and I missed his gold medal run last night - but I am sure it's mind bending! I'll check it when I get home.