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White Nails Perfect Gold Superpipe Run

ASPEN, CO (Jan. 29) - Shaun White (Carlsbad, CA) wowed crowds by nailing the first ever score of 100.0 on his victory-lap run en route to winning his fifth consecutive superpipe gold at the Winter X Games. White, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, had enough points from his first run score of 94.0 to win the competition but took a final run to earn his perfect score.

HIGHLIGHTS

· Shaun White won his fifth consecutive superpipe gold medal at the X Games

· He is the only athlete to win five consecutive golds in superpipe and the third to record that streak in any discipline

· White recorded the highest ever superpipe X Games score with a 100.0 on his victory lap

· White landed back-to-back double McTwist 1260s on his perfect scoring run after missing the trick on his second

QUOTES
Shaun White
For me, it (the competition) wasn't complete until I landed that run. I am glad I did. I have been to so many X Games now, and I will forever remember this. Getting that 100 score, the perfect score. It is crazy.

It's unreal, I have wanted that 100 forever.

ASPEN, CO (Jan. 28) --

Sage Kotsenburg (Park City, UT) grabbed the first Winter X slopestyle podium of his career with silver Saturday in Aspen behind Canadian Mark McMorris. McMorris, who also won the men's big air, became the first athlete to earn double snowboard gold at the games since Shaun White. It was the first X Games slopestyle since the event was accepted into the Olympics for 2014.

HIGHLIGHTS

· Sage Kotsenburg grabbed his first Winter X Games slopestyle podium with silver

· The result earned Kotsenburg an invitation to Travis Rice's Supernatural event next weekend

· Canadian Mark McMorris traded his 2011 slopestyle silver for gold

· McMorris earlier won the men's Big Air and became the first athlete to win double gold at X Games since Shaun White

· Eric Willett (Breckenridge, CO) finished seventh after notching a fourth place spot in big air

· It was the first X Games slopestyle since the event was added to the 2014 Olympics

· Men's superpipe is slated to wrap Winter X competition on Sunday

QUOTES
Sage Kotsenburg
I did really bad in my first two runs, so I guess I'm good under pressure, which kind of helps sometimes because you just get some adrenaline going and then you can put it down.

That's a pretty gnarly opportunity [Supernatural] but you gotta take it, even if you get played there. It feels like a bittersweet moment, like, I'm scared, but it'd be such a sick thing to go to. There's no way you're gonna turn down an invite to T. Rice's Supernatural event.

ASPEN, CO (Jan. 28) -

Nate Holland (Squaw Valley, CA), Nick Baumgartner (Iron River, MI) and Jayson Hale (Sierraville, CA) led U.S. Snowboarding to a clean sweep of the snowboardcross podium at Winter X Games. Alex Deibold (Manchester Center, VT) was next in fourth, demonstrating the depth of the U.S. team. Holland's time of 1:27.57 was a commanding half second ahead of Baumgartner's 1:28.01. Lindsey Jacobellis (Stratton Mountain, VT) injured her knee two days before the event and was not able to defend her title, breaking her streak at four consecutive wins. Canadian Dominque Maltais won the women's event.

HIGHLIGHTS

· Nate Holland won his fifth X Games snowboardcross gold

· Nick Baumgartner, who won gold in 2011, earned silver

· Jayson Hale took bronze for the second time in his X Games career (2006)

· Alex Deibold finished fourth behind his three teammates giving U.S. Snowboarding a 1-2-3-4 finish

QUOTES
Nate Holland
It always feels great to be on top. I knew I just had to ride my heart out and back my words up and I was able to do that. I am fired up to be back on top.

I was able to catch up to Stian (Sivertzen, Norway) but I wasn't able to pass him. Then Pierre Vaultier came up and I knew it was going to be a battle. We went in the next turn and Stian went down and I made it out of the carnage. It was so beautiful to see the finish line without Nick Baumgartner in front of me.

Nick Baumgartner
I was doing everything I could to hang on and get myself in position where if something should happen I could capitalize on it. It wasn't the way I wanted to get second, but I will take it.

Jayson Hale
It was my typical X Games race, always scrapping from the back and passing hoping to get up front. Scrapping and passing and finally drafting. I am stoked to be on the podium with these boys. Nate and I haven't been on a podium together since 2006, so it feels pretty good to be back up here.

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