Half-Man, Half-Amazing Another Record Crowd Watches White Win His Fourth Consecutive Snowboard SuperPipe Gold

Over the past four days, an event record 114,200 people attended Winter X Games 15 and they were witness to phenomenal athletes doing amazing feats.  Among those feats, Shaun White's second run in Men's Snowboard SuperPipe.

Trailing Scotty Lago after the first series of runs, White knew something big was needed if he was going to capture his fourth consecutive gold medal in the discipline. 

And big is what he did, pulling together a score of 97.33 on a run that included a backside air, front double cork 1080, cab double cork 1080, a front-side stale-fish 540, a double mctwist 1260 and an alley-oop backside rodeo.

"Scotty had a great score and I knew I would have to pull out all of the stops and show what I have been working on in practice," said White of his second run.  "It was one of the best runs that I have ever done."

Not bad for a guy who was competing in his first Snowboard Pipe competition since the 2010 Winter Olympics.

"Tonight was a great night," added White.  "I can't describe the feeling.  All the other riders were amazing and it forced me to do my absolute best.  I am so happy to have another one of these gold medals around my neck."

Lago, who was the run-a-way gold medalist in Snowboard Best Method on Friday night, took home the silver with a top score of 92.00.

"I actually think that was the best run I've ever done, better than the run I put down in the Olympics," said Lago.

Fan favorite Louie Vito captured the bronze, his first Winter X Games medal, with a score of 87.33 in his final run.

"It feels amazing," an excited Vito said. "It feels like the monkey is off my back here. I've been coming here every year and wanting it so bad and almost too much to where I couldn't put down a run.

"I love the pressure; I love the feeling of contests, so that last run seemed to really work out for me and was the kind of run I can be happy with. You can't control what the judges do, so as long as I put down the run I wanted, I could walk away happy. I got rewarded for it and got my first Winter X Game medal."

The Snowboard SuperPipe competition is arguably one of the most exciting competitions in the world. The 587-foot long, 22-foot deep "U-shaped" SuperPipe is 75 feet from lip-to-lip with a pitch of 18 degrees.  The world-class pipe allows for maximum amplitude and speed, giving the riders space to perfect progressive tricks.

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WINTER X GAMES 15

Winter X Games will celebrate its 15^th anniversary in Aspen/Snowmass, Colo. January 27-30, 2011, with live coverage on ESPN and ESPN2. This will mark the 10^th consecutive year Winter X Games will be held in Aspen and will feature new events, more than 200 athletes and primetime coverage on ESPN on Sun., Jan.30. In addition to 24 hours of live programming on ESPN, Winter X Games 15 will be offered for the first time on ESPN 3D, as well as on ESPN International, XGames.com, ESPN360.com, SportsCenter and ESPN2's X Center.

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