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One is sweet, two's even better, but three golds in three years at the Winter X Games? It's unheard of, literally. Until Shaun stomped his run last night in the Men's SuperPipe, nobody had ever won back-to-back-to-back golds. But uncorking the now infamous Double McTwist 12, Shaun wasn't all that fazed by history.

"It's been a wild night for me," said Shaun at the bottom of the pipe. "Hitting my head didn't help anything, I've been seeing stars all night long," he added, referring to a helmet-popping, skull-rattling wipeout during a practice run not more than an hour before he took center stage.

Obviously the newly unveiled McTwist was the talk of town. "I knew in my mind that I wanted to do it, no matter what happened even if I was in first," said Shaun. "That trick's just a beast of its own. I don't know, somedays are just tougher than others, I guess. I was glad to put it down tonight."

Note: Earlier this week the Transworld Snow guys were with Shaun during a Park City practice run. The following is their take:

Shaun White busted out an insane new trick at the final Grand Prix practice under the lights at Park City tonight--a double McTwist 1260. He says, he booked it straight to Park City after the Mammoth Grand Prix and, reminiscent of last winter when he innovated several double corks in the pipe, he fixated on this new goal. Read More...

"For me tonight to put that run together was unreal," says Shaun, shortly after linking his Grand Prix-winning 49.50 ride in Park City this weekend, a run that included the newly debuted double McTwist 12. "It felt great. I wanted to push the judges to boundaries that they can go to. I know they haven't handed out a full-on perfect score yet. I'll get them."

With this win in Park City, Shaun locked in the top spot of the 2010 Sprint U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix series. High fives, hand shakes, and good times ensued. He's now bound for Aspen and Winter X.

Coming this weekend, Shaun sits down with the 60 Minutes gang to talk about Project X, what he learned in Colorado, and how it all translates into his bid for gold in Vancouver.
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The hill was packed. The "industry" made the trek up from their various SoCal headquarters, and even riders who wouldn't normally be caught dead at a comp turned up to watch. With the crowd in full attendance, the riders were excited to get the competition rolling.

Not one to waste any time, with the sun shining and the crisp Sierra wind at bay, on Saturday Shaun stomped his first run, accenting it with a series of double corks, and locking in a 47-point ride for the effort.

It was a showdown like nothing the snowboard world had seen before. After battling some challenging conditions with blowing snows and winds, Shaun White fought his way through a stiff set of competition to take the first US Grand Prix.

Shaun was looking down the barrel of some huge double corks as he put it all on the line in his first run going huge frontside air into backside 900 and then blasting out with a frontside double cork 1080 which he linked into a cab double cork 1080 and then into a frontside 1080 and finished with a super smooth cab 1080.

This run was quite possibly the highest level of snowboarding that we have seen in the sport's history and although there were some stiff competitors like Louie Vito, Shaun stayed ahead of the pack and continued to push forward. Stay tuned as the US Snowboarding Grand Prix heads to Mammoth Lakes, CA on Jan. 4, 2010.

Photo: Courtney Wilson www.courtneywilsonphotography.com

After a long off season, the snowboard world is back on track and ready for the wild ride that will be the road to Vancouver. The first of five qualifiers to make the US Olympic team begins today in Copper Mountain, CO and Shaun is here and ready to ride.

As qualifiers get underway, the field has stepped up its game, everyone has been training and it should be a contest like nothing we have seen before. Tune in for updates...

Here is some teaser footage from my training sessions with Red Bull

Find out more about Red Bull Project X and what went down...

Another busy day for Shaun as he took off for Oakley's Fuel TV week, and although Southern California is known for its traffic, that wasn't an issue for Shaun as he got a lift from the Red Bull Helicopter! Find out more about Shaun and his hard hitting interview during Oakley Week only at Fuel TV!