Shaun White has perfect superpipe run at Winter X Games [Video]
By David Krause ASPEN — Coming in with an ankle sprain, snowboarder Shaun White was still able to compete in Sunday's superpipe qualifer at the Winter X Games and easily advanced to the finals. White, who withdrew from the slopestyle event on Friday,
It's unreal,” White tells the Associated Press. “I've been wanting that 100 forever.”
Shaun White didn't need to be perfect. He really didn't need to do anything. But what he ended up doing on his final run in the superpipe final Sunday night at the Winter X games really was quite something — and, according to the judges,
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The classical ideal of perfection in athletics was defined by physical prowess displayed artistically. Modern tastes have added "swagger," "attitude," or perhaps just pride to that equation.
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