Plus a string of talk show appearances, where he tries to explains it all
November 5, 2009, 7:37 PM
By: Colin Whyte
Courtesy of NBC
Shaun White appeared on Late Night with Conan O'Brien as part of the "100 Days to Vancouver" Countdown.
A few weeks back, we gave you a closer look into Shaun White's no-longer-secret backcountry halfpipe, Project X. Now up on Red Bull's Shaun Site is a more detailed look at some of the next-level tricks Mr. White was perfecting high above society's watchful eyes in Silverton, Colorado last season.
Go watch them in all their HD glory here.
Whether you're feeling the technical switch back 9 with some subtler corkery, the front double cork 10, the entirely counter-intuitive double back rodeo, or the Cab double cork 10, don't say we didn't warn you. We predict a spree of sketchy, homemade foam pits cropping up around the US as kids try to catch up to Torino's Gold Medalist. We also predict that the back-to-back, good ol' 1080s that were a recipe for gold a mere four years ago won't even get you to the finals anymore. Damn.
It seems Shaun's all over the place once again as the 100 day countdown to the Vancouver 2010 Olympics fast approaches. This week we've seen a battle of redheaded wits on Conan, some misplaced Danny Kass stock photos on The Today Show, a quick stop by ESPN First Take, and a frank discussion of both Tony Hawk's Twitter habit and Shaun's own Halloween costume on Jimmy Fallon (who apparently has had his own show for years -- who knew?).
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