Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Shaun White is an alien

Shaun White can't be human. That's the only reasonable explanation for what he does. The way he moves on a snowboard is ridiculous.

In the finals of the men's halfpipe he was so fantastic on his first run that he had all but wrapped up the gold medal. So on his second run which turned out to be a victory lap, he busted out his signature double McTwist.

According to nbcolympics.com in a McTwist the athlete rotates 540 degrees in a backside direction while doing a forward flip. White does this move as a double, which is frankly a little insane.

The remarkable thing about White is that he is so good he advanced the sport light years ahead of where it was four years ago when he won his first gold medal. All his competitors had to up their game just to keep up with him.

His response was to go out and do a move so wicked and crazy no one could touch him. You get the sense that all the other snowboarders know that they're just competing for second place.

Now that he has two gold medals I'm wondering what could possibly be next for White as he pretty much owns snowboarding.

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