What is the story? Well, as much as we were hoping for some new story, there was none to be had. Shaun White marched in like he owned the Gold and even though Peetu Piiroinen and Scotty Lago put in some biggest runs of their lives but there was really no one who could beat Shaun White but Shaun.
When he put down his first run minus the McDouble finish he showed the world that he was making runs with the dial set on 8 just in case he had to turn it up a little in the second run. Turns out he didn’t have to. So what does he do in his final run? Victory lap? Nope. He steps it up and just for fun lays down an even better run than his first and bumps his score up two more points just to prove to himself that if he’s had to do it he could have.
“That was the best victory run of my life,” White said. “On this world stage, why not deliver something spectacular? I feel like I came all the way to Canada, I talked about this trick so much, (poured) blood sweat and tears to land it, and there it was.”
“I can’t even describe it,” White said. “It’s one of those things where I can’t even tell you or begin to describe how many times I’ve gone over this run in my mind, gone over this competition in my head, imagined what it would be like … I can finally go to sleep now.”
Maybe after a short nap Shaun can take a little time off so he an focus on his skateboarding. . . you think?
The finals results in the 2010 Men’s Olympic Halfpipe from Cypress are as follows:
1. Shaun White 48.4
2. Peetu PIIROINEN 45
3. Scott Lago 42.8
4. Iouri Podladtchikov 42.4
5. Louie Vito 39.4
6. Markku Koski 36.4
7. Justin Lamoureux 35.9
8. Kazuhiro Kokubo 35.7
9. Ryo Aono 32.9
10. Mathiew Crepel 25.9
11. Markus Malin 18.6
12. Greg Bretz 18.3
By edging Deborah Anthonioz and Olivia Nobs in Snowboard Cross Canada’s Maelle Ricker brought home Canada’s second Gold medal of the games. Lindsay Jacobelis fell in a semi-final and ended up placing fifth by winning the 5-8 final.
Kyle Cryblskey, 23, of Battle Ground, Washington was riding with his girlfriend at Mount Hood Meadows on Saturday, February 13, 2010 when he crashed off a jump according to KATU.com.
. . . he reportedly took a jump and crashed during landing. He later died from his injuries. . . Kyle’s father says he loved the outdoors almost as much as he loved his family. Cryblskey was not wearing a helmet but it’s unclear if that would have saved him. . . He appeared to have landed on his head, or on one side of his head, said his father, Joe Cryblskey Sr.
Our thoughts are with the entire Cryblskey family.
We’re not the biggest fans of boardercross, but Seth Wescott’s come from last place win in the Olympic Snowboard cross finals yesterday is well worth watching again on video.
Wescott’s patient confidence under fire paid off as he reeled in the leaders and snagged a Gold medal for the second time. Click the link to watch it in HD.
We had the feed for a while, but the spammers took it over and we could barely see enough to know that Nate Holland was charging for first, spun out in a turn and American Seth Wescott stayed in it and edged Canadian Mike Robertson through the last few turns. Tony Ramoin of France came in Bronze and Nate Holland got fourth. Congrats, Seth.
Listed below are the actual times of the Snowboarding events of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. We’re still trying to figure out when (if ever) the events will be on TV in North America. We’ll keep you posted.
We’ll also let you know how long it takes the Olympic Committee to find this logo and tell us to take it down.
Thanks to a year that reportedly saw Burton’s sales drop 13-18 percent the Burton corporation has announced that they will be laying off 15 people in their Burlington offices according to a story in the Burlington Free Press.
In addition to the cuts in Burlington, two staffers in a California office will be laid off, Potdevin said. . . After staff reductions, Burton employs more than 600 people in North America, with its total global headcount topping 950. . . “Our industry has contracted. The layoffs are about scaling the company to the industry’s size,” Potdevin said. . . “This hasn’t been easy for anyone,” said Jake Burton, founder and chairman of Burton. “It’s still a very challenging marketplace, but with the best product, team and marketing in the industry, we will get through this stronger than ever. The reinstatement of salaries and merit increases has been a priority, and fortunately, with our improvement in performance we are able to accomplish that.”
The layoff apparently represents two percent of the global work force. Not bad, really.
. . . and not surprisingly, it looks good as long as you’re not trying to view it on an iPhone. Those who are will get a little blue box and nothing else. Apparently someone mistakenly told Chanelle that Flash was good. They were wrong. But visit the site anyway because even Flash can’t spoil everything (hint: Portfolio > Photography > Lifestyle).
On Saturday, February 20, 2010 at 7 PM photographer Danny Zapalac is hosting an “evening celebration” on the release of his book Mile Seventy Eight. The evening will feature prints from the series, as well a signed and numbered books.
The Dreamer Camper will be in the building and music will be provided by Wake Up Lucid plus DJs Casey Carver, Steve O, and Micah Miller.
