It was the kind of day that makes you happy you have heat. Bitter, biting and a few other "b" words kicked of the second stop of the Dew Tour at Mt. Snow today.
Shaun White was coming off of a win in Slopestyle at the first stop as well as a hearty meal of shredding over the Holiday break., so he was ready for whatever Mother Nature had to offer. Back on the East Coast for the first time this year, the word was out and the crowd was MASSIVE!
Kicking off the day with an 8am "out the door", the cold course was waiting for all the riders. It took everyone a few warm up runs to actually warm up. But as the contest flared to a start, Shaun was sitting in the "Drop Last" position from his win at Breck, leaving him to watch the rest of the field set the marker.
The course layout took a deviation from the standard format with a new look and feel that allowed for some rider creativity in their runs. Starting at the top, the course went, flat rail to up-flat-down rail, into a big standalone booter, into a jump with a box jammed into the takeoff, into the down rail and finishing with two showtime booters for the crowd.
It was a course that just kept going. As the field dropped in, spins abounded and it was shaking out that everyone came to ride. Riders were stomping their runs, which meant Shaun had to step it up. As Shaun got ready to drop in for his first run, Torstein Horgmo put down a huge switch backside 1260. It was time for him to go for it.
The crowd swelled as he dropped in, angling for a view, and knocking out the rail features at the top, it was in to the big first booter stomping home a cab 900 and then setting him up for a trick that was his signature for the day, where he slid the box off the jump and then blasted off the top into a huge backside rodeo.
From there it was on, stomping the down rail and then into backside 900 and finishing it with a cab 1080 on the final jump. As he sprayed into the coral at the bottom of the run, the crowd went wild! The scores came in and put Shaun into second place and he was pumped, because with one more run left, he knew he had a chance to take it.
As he dropped in for this final run, he was still sitting in second place, so it was time to rally for first. Changing up his spin off of the first jump, he stomped a switch backside 900 and then again boosted off of the box-jump into a backside rodeo, and has he pointed it into the final two kickers, everyone was watching. He blasted off the first kicker, uncorking a cab 1260 but just sketching out on the landing a bit and then into a frontside 900 at the final booter. When he got down to the bottom, he knew that the 12 would have gotten him the victory, but for today 2nd was a great place to be in.
All in all, it was a great day to be at Mt. Snow, VT. There is nothing like a contest where the crowd really gets into it and today the fans were the best! Big thanks to everyone that came out to watch the contest and braved the weather and we will see you all at Superpipe tomorrow night for the Final!
Watch it LIVE on NBC at 4pm EST!
The course layout took a deviation from the standard format with a new look and feel that allowed for some rider creativity in their runs. Starting at the top, the course went, flat rail to up-flat-down rail, into a big standalone booter, into a jump with a box jammed into the takeoff, into the down rail and finishing with two showtime booters for the crowd.
It was a course that just kept going. As the field dropped in, spins abounded and it was shaking out that everyone came to ride. Riders were stomping their runs, which meant Shaun had to step it up. As Shaun got ready to drop in for his first run, Torstein Horgmo put down a huge switch backside 1260. It was time for him to go for it.
The crowd swelled as he dropped in, angling for a view, and knocking out the rail features at the top, it was in to the big first booter stomping home a cab 900 and then setting him up for a trick that was his signature for the day, where he slid the box off the jump and then blasted off the top into a huge backside rodeo.
From there it was on, stomping the down rail and then into backside 900 and finishing it with a cab 1080 on the final jump. As he sprayed into the coral at the bottom of the run, the crowd went wild! The scores came in and put Shaun into second place and he was pumped, because with one more run left, he knew he had a chance to take it.
As he dropped in for this final run, he was still sitting in second place, so it was time to rally for first. Changing up his spin off of the first jump, he stomped a switch backside 900 and then again boosted off of the box-jump into a backside rodeo, and has he pointed it into the final two kickers, everyone was watching. He blasted off the first kicker, uncorking a cab 1260 but just sketching out on the landing a bit and then into a frontside 900 at the final booter. When he got down to the bottom, he knew that the 12 would have gotten him the victory, but for today 2nd was a great place to be in.
All in all, it was a great day to be at Mt. Snow, VT. There is nothing like a contest where the crowd really gets into it and today the fans were the best! Big thanks to everyone that came out to watch the contest and braved the weather and we will see you all at Superpipe tomorrow night for the Final!
Watch it LIVE on NBC at 4pm EST!
nice moves yo
heck yeah!
Bam!
Congratulations on the two golds bro. i bet all that hard work has paid off by now lol. dont quit now though white, continue rockin the gnar
whats up dog?
hey do you have any up dog?
safeeeeeeeee shaun from daiiiooo
You rip super pipe
dude freakin amazin i hope you win the x games
Working the magic again, nice
Shaun ~ dude you rock! Congrats on your recent win!! You're awesome - i'm old enough to be your mom...maybe you should date older women! :)
Shaun rocks it again. Love the b&w photos too.
Shaun takes superpipe win
Great Job Shaun!! you rock!!
Way 2 go!! Your run was awesome on the Mountain Dew Tour, u kicked but as usual!
Greetings from Scotland Cant wait to see you in Burton Open Maybe one day u can move your ass and visit us here ?? great job at Mountai dew Tour \m/(><)\m/
To whoever was wondering, it's Danny Davis who wore yoga pants. Shaun's turn was next-to-last, so he let it down in honor of Danny who was to ride immediately after him. Hey Shaunshaun, I saw you do that gesture on camera while you were sitting in the waiting area on top, and I felt you were addressing to me in particular. It seems you were symbolizing bibs to show me how much you appreciate my love for you and want me to get back on my snowboard. And congratulations on that superpipe win - your 2nd run score really surprised me!
oh and by the way, that board graphic is sick!!
AWESOME JOB TODAY AT THE DEW TOUR!!! haha now my mom's looking to go to Mt. Snow.
Good job bud!!!
You rocked slope today my man! I even had my mom pullin for ya! I knew ud come through...you never cease to impress me! "Hot babes in yoga pants" your fricken hilarious!!!
yo shaun is there someway i could get autograph you can contact me at fester2@comcast.net greatest fan you rocked that today,13years old,Rolemodel-Shaunwhite.
CONGRADS on winning super pipe today!
congratulation!! Your 1st Prize!!!!! Good Job!!
Lol you rocked that shaun & hot babes and yoga pants! lol
just watched dew tour, after your first run you said you would kill the 2nd run.Somehow i believed ya!I used to ride alaska,you should pack the surfvan and check it out bra.And come check the hurricane surf in new england in august.Oh yeh love the new Wii board with your game.Just unlocked S white-ILLMATIC!!!!Boston rules!!!!!!!
yeah shuan! you will take the first place today! GOOD LUCK! from a big fan! Filip/FLiPer
Hey, I hope that you win today, but most of all I hope that you are satisfied with your run. I can't wait to see your super spectacularly fantastical run today!!
Wow! That is amazing! Well done shaun, you are the best snowboarder ever! Woooooo!
amaaaazing!!!! love youuu
Yeah Shaunshaun, even if you finish 2nd, I'm still very proud of your performance!
congratsssss babbbyy <33333
Congrats Shaun! Tear it up tomorrow! Kc~