Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Shaun White Takes Gold..Again

Shaun White Takes 15th Gold Medal at The X-Games With 98

Shaun White is arguably the most dominate athlete at his sport. Granted he is not as big Tiger Woods or Lebron James, they are comparable in their own sports to the dominance that they hold. Shaun White has taken home 13 Super-pipe gold medals with two slope-style gold medals. The super-pipe is a 500 foot long 56 foot wide and 18 foot high walls of ice that shaun white got 24 " 1' out of setting a world record with his backside air. The slope-style competition which has not been able to be dominated by a single person is composed of rails and jumps that the competitors string together in a run to gain the highest score. Falls and assisted landings will reduce your points which is out of 100.

The X-Games is the Olympics of action sports. In the past years the X-Games occurred once in the summer once in the winter with their respected sports for each season. But this year they have changed it to occur more than once a year so their is six events in different locations all over the globe. They are Aspen, Colorado(which was Jan 24-27) the next location is Tignes, France from March 20-22, then off to Foz Do Iguacu, Brasil April 18-21, then flying out to Barcelona, Spain from May 16-19, then to Munich, Germany Jun 27-30, then Finally back to the U.S. in Los Angeles from August 1-4. So wherever you are in the world you now can have a chance to see the X-Games, and it is sure something that you wont regret.

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