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When you are up in the North Island of Japan, there is no telling what
the weather might bring. We landed at our final destination smack dab
in the middle of nowhere. We met up with Pat Moore, Zach Leach and
Heikki Sorsa in the airport and our crew was complete. From around the world, the crew had gathered in the tiny island nation of Japan for a trip that only Red Bull could pull off. We are chasing the world’s best snow all over Japan until we have had our fill. Chuck Olbery from Hokkaido Powder Guides met us with our transportation and we were off. The sky was dark and the snow was puking. We had about 2 hours until we reached out lodge, which was nestled at the end of a road halfway up a volcano.
Foggy morning in LA, the kind of morning that makes everyone late. Late
for work, for coffee. The thick mists from the east were already
greeting us blanketing the coast with soup. Flight time was set for 11am a non-stop LA to Tokyo and the crew was already looking like the weather was taking them down. Canceled flights, delays, mechanical problems and then traffic.
It was going to be tight Shaun was on his was from LA and the Cabby was told to get him there...
It was a Superpipe final for the record books. Classic Winter X weather meant snow was dumping all through the finals. Shaun was on fire for the practice session and brought that heat into the biggest snowboarding contest in the world.
As Shaun dropped into his first run the crowd went wild! With snow flying and Shaun ripping, his run was off the charts. Going huge on his first hit and then rolling into McTwist to frontside 1080 to cab 1080 to frontside 900 to backside 900 then sealing the victory with a huge frontside 1080!
This was one of the biggest victories for Shaun, grabbing gold again and continuing his Winter X domination. The town of Aspen better be ready from some celebration!
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Shaun took home top honors at the Burton European Open on Thursday with a run that could not be matched. Dropping in to his first final run of the day Shaun was fired up. Looking for that stoked to get the season kicked off with, Shaun dropped into the course firing.Staring off at the top, Shaun 270’d on to 270 off on the box and then rolling into the plastic ¼ pipe for a back lip. From there it was a tailslide to 270 out on the next box and then frontside 900 on the ¼ pipe. As he cruised into the triple line of jump he set up for the combo of the day, going frontside 1080 stalefish to backside 900 mute and sealing the deal with a cab 1080 melon. And that was just his first run!
Starting off with a bang like that put him atop the leader board and as he watched the second run unfold, a victory lap would prove to be his next task. Cruising and boosting Shaun went huge all day and took home the victory to prove it.
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Burton European Open
Slopestyle-Finals
1. Shaun White
2. Chas Guldemond
3. Tim Humphreys
