Shaun White suffered a terrible crash at the Winter X Games Friday night while attempting a trick called the Double McTwist.
Then he went on to win his third straight title at the superpipe final at Winter X Games in Aspen, Colorado.
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The 2006 Olympic gold medalist pulled off his newly patented Double McTwist 1260 in the first run of the superpipe finals to score a 95.33 – 1.67 points better than Iouri Podladtchikov of Switzerland.
… White is a favorite going into the Olympics.
The poster boy for the X Games practiced his new trick at a secret location.
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The pipe sits at an elevation of 12,300 feet, making it the highest pipe ever. It cost over $500k to construct and was funded by both Red Bull and Oakley. …
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