After coming unstuck on his first two runs in the final, Shaun was able to put together something special for the good folks of The City of Roses. "I knew I had to do a heavy-heavy combination and I nailed it," was Shaun's explanation.

As for the specifics, the winning combo goes a little something like this: frontside fakie 540, to fakie 540 cab, to 720, to armadillo, or for all you laypeople, a frontside heelflip body varial 540.

It was Shaun's first Dew Tour appearance since '08, which may have helped fuel the fire. "I wanted to show that I've got it down," he surmised. Consider this mission accomplished.

And now, as the snowboard season melts away and the hecticness of the 2010 Olympic games starts to recede, it's back on the skateboard. Shaun's committed to the vert event at this Summer's X Games, and "I'm pumped," he says. "Nothing like a new challenge to fire you up."

As the snow melts and the concrete jungle of LA beckons, Shaun's back on the skateboard, "pushing around town." Here's what he's been up to:

What kind of board are you riding these days?

I'm riding my pro model with Birdhouse. For skating vert, I like to ride an 8" board. It helps for when I don't get my feet perfect for landings. For messing around in LA or cruising parks I rock a 7.75" deck.

When did you get back on the board?
I started riding right after the US Open. I came back so tired from the Olympics, post tour, and Open, all I wanted to do was rest and skate. I moved up to LA, so I just started pushing around town to get my legs warm. Now I'm skating a lot of park and a little bit of vert. I haven't gotten into vert full scale because I'm still warming up.



What are you working towards?

There isn't any goal as of yet, I'm just having fun skating and being off the snow. My first contest this year is going to be the Dew Tour's first stop, but that isn't till June. Until then, I'm just focusing on skating a ton of park and vert.



Are you going to build a secret mega ramp somewhere?

No real plans as of yet. I don't have a ton of tricks that I want to push on my skateboard like I did last winter with snowboarding. I think I would feel pretty guilty building a huge ramp for one trick, although it would be super fun. First things first, I just need to get on my board again and start to feel more confident and comfortable.



"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."

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.

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.

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

Shaun pulled a frontside lein air, backside 900, frontside 720, cab double cork 1080, to a front 1080 in his first run, and a straight air, backside 500, frontside 720, cab double cork 1080, front double cork 1080 on his second run. Shaun is going to be leaving NZ soon, heading back to the states for some late summer surfing, tacos, and relaxation!

First night in town and we ran into this dude. He is seriously almost 2 inches long.

While in the Cayman Islands Shaun has also been able to enjoy the warm Caymanian culture, and a number of Grand Cayman's famous attractions including snorkeling at Stingray City, swimming on Seven Mile Beach, and meeting the turtles at Boatswain's Beach.

Week one of Skate Cayman is now one for the books, and Black Pearl gears up to welcome other top skaters (including Bucky Lasek, Brian Sumner, Greg Lutzka, and Rune Glifberg) throughout the summer until August 21st. For more information, a complete camp schedule, and how to book a trip to Skate Cayman, check out www.SkateCayman.com or www.CaymanIslands.ky.

There have been tales told, tall tales about a mythical beast that looms in the Cayman Islands. A place where sand turns into concrete and where people disappear for 7-10 days at a time. After exhaustive research it turns out that the mythical beast is actually the Black Pearl, oh, what is that, you don't know about the Black Pearl?

Consider arguably the world's best skatepark but located in a place where after you are done skating you can hit the beach with some friends, maybe catch a surf or check out the crazy snorkeling. This would be paradise, correct? And it is...

Enter The Black Pearl Skatepark (check it out here), where almost literally waves from the ocean meet the waves and the transitions of the skatepark. It is indeed a mythical place, and a special one, where Shaun will be heading next week to skate with some stoked kids at the park and enjoy a little time away from California.

For more information on how to be a part of this epic week check out Skate Cayman and you can also follow the camp on Twitter @ SkateCayman.

Ubisoft announced that it is collaborating again with Shaun White in Shaun White Snowboarding: World Stage. Developed by Ubisoft Montréal, the game will be available exclusively for the Wii™ system from Nintendo and will be on store shelves holiday 2009.

"Working with Shaun on the first title was an excellent experience," said Antoine Guignard, Ubisoft producer of Shaun White Snowboarding: World Stage. "The great public reception of Shaun White Snowboarding and the wonderful collaboration with Shaun made it a slam dunk for us to reunite to create a fun, new adventure for fans."

Players will hit the slopes with Shaun White and his crew, but this time the stakes are higher as you pursue the world's top competitions from a half-pipe in the middle of New York's Time Square to the most prestigious competitions of France, Canada and Japan.

"Ubisoft has been a great partner, and I'm excited for World Stage," said Shaun White. "It's cool to give people insight on what my life is like on the competition circuit."

Shaun White Snowboarding was a worldwide success for Ubisoft, selling over 3 million copies since its November 2008 launch and establishing a new sports brand for Ubisoft. The title was also one of the first and most popular video games compatible with the Wii Balance Board™ accessory. Players will be able to break out their Balance Boards once again for Shaun White Snowboarding: World Stage when they flex their board skills either alone or together with family and friends.

Shaun White Snowboarding: World Stage will be showcased at the Ubisoft press conference during E3 at the Los Angeles Theater on June 1st at 5 p.m. Visitors can hit the powder, as well, at the Ubisoft booth on the show floor (South Hall, Booth #1022).

For more information on Shaun White Snowboarding: World Stage, please visit: www.shaunwhitegame.com.

This morning on Fast Company's website, they catch up with McG, the director of the new movie Terminator: Salvation and he talks a bit about being a director and loving and living what you do and talks a bit about Shaun as a person to look towards. Who know, maybe the next movie will be Terminator: Shredation!

Check out Shaun's article in Fast Company and the video behind it!

If you happen to be watching TV around noon today, be sure to catch Shaun on The Bonnie Hunt Show. It looks like the media storm is starting so and it has been a big year for Shaun, so tune in today to see just what went down and what is on Shaun's plate for the summer.

For more information on The Bonnie Hunt Show, click here and also for local listings.

As soon as he's able he'll start practicing intensely in preparation for this summer's Maloof Money Cup, Dew Tour and X Games. But first he'll travel to the Cayman Islands to be part of a camp called Skate Cayman, at which tourists and locals will spend June 12 riding with Shaun at the famous 60,000-square-foot Black Pearl skate park. Check out the rest of the article here.

If you happen to be around the Orange County Airport this afternoon, you might want to pop into the south terminal for a sight to be seen. Shaun White and a group of serious celebs will be kicking off the launch of Virgin Airlines newest service from Orange County.

Where do you think we went? After a top secret mission for the last few weeks, Shaun White is back on the map and actually back in California. It has been a wild ride this season, one for the record books. Jumping from coast to coast, chasing powder turns, halfpipe mayhem, Winter X madness, it is amazing to look back at the year and see what happened, sometimes it is hard to even know where you are at in the season and then it is done.

In the next few weeks, check back for wrap up coverage from the season, interviews, new photo galleries and of course new videos from Shaun's life on the road! Don't forget that you can stay with Shaun on the road by following him on Twitter and on Facebook!

Stay tuned, this winter isn't quite done yet!

Shaun adds this title to his summer Dew Tour Championship and looks forward to the Superpipe final tomorrow. He will be battling it out for the Overall Tour Championship and with his 2nd place in Slopestyle, things are looking up for Sunday's Final!

Tune in to watch it all go down tomorrow LIVE on NBC from 3:00-6:00pm EST!

For more info check out Red Bull Snowscrapers.com

It was a beautiful night for a showdown. Shaun White and the rest of the riders arrived for tonight's Superpipe Final ready to give the crowd a show! But this was no cakewalk for Shaun, as he fell in his first two runs that meant that all the pressure was on for his final run!

As he dropped in for his 3rd and final run, he was in 7th place and he knew he needed a big score to take over first place. Dropping in, the crowd was chanting, screaming, snow was falling and the pipe was perfect. He blasted off his first hit with a huge backside rodeo into a backside 900 to a frontside 1080 to a cab 1080 into a frontside 900 to McTwist to finish off his epic run!

All in all, it was quite the weekend for Shaun as he took to the slopestyle course with authority, taking 1st in that as well, setting the bar even higher for the rest of the field.

Thanks to all the fans that came out to show their support and tune in for exclusive behind the scenes video and photos from this week of Winter X Games madness!

Check out this gallery of photos from Winter X...