Winter x games 2009 shaun white

White was born with the Tetralogy of Fallot, a birth defect that affects normal blood flow through the heart.

Shaun had two cardiac surgeries before the age of 5. In , Shaun entered the professional skateboard circuit. His first sponsor came when he was 7 years old. In December , he qualified for the Winter Olympics in halfpipe snowboarding.

He won gold in the half-pipe. James took bronze in PyeongChang and won three of the last four X Games titles. Earlier on the last day of competition Sunday, snowboarder Jamie Anderson earned her eighth X Games title, but her first in big air.

Anderson, the two-time Olympic champion and seven-time X Games champion in slopestyle, beat a big air field that included every medalist from the last three X Games, plus every Olympic medalist, led by Austrian Anna Gasser who was seventh on Sunday. Anderson, 30, is already the only female snowboarder with multiple Olympic titles. Anderson is one Winter X Games medal shy of the record 20 held by Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris and two golds shy of the female record held by American snowboarder Lindsey Jacobellis.

American men won snowboard slopestyle Dusty Henricksen and ski slopestyle Nick Goepper. Henricksen, a year-old X Games rookie, became the first U. Previously, his biggest title was the Youth Winter Olympics. He beat a field that included Olympic champion Red Gerard seventh on Sunday. It lacked five-time X Games champ McMorris, who missed X Games for the first time since his debut due to a positive coronavirus test. Goepper, an Olympic silver and bronze medalist, earned his fourth X Games ski slopestyle title and first since a three-peat from The biennial world championships set for China in February were canceled, but could be rescheduled.

The Burton U. Open, usually a season-ender in late February or early March for snowboarders, was also canceled due to the pandemic. Anderson is one Winter X Games medal shy of the record 20 held by Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris and two golds shy of the female record held by American snowboarder Lindsey Jacobellis. American men won snowboard slopestyle Dusty Henricksen and ski slopestyle Nick Goepper. Henricksen, a year-old X Games rookie, became the first U.

Previously, his biggest title was the Youth Winter Olympics. He beat a field that included Olympic champion Red Gerard seventh on Sunday.

It lacked five-time X Games champ McMorris, who missed X Games for the first time since his debut due to a positive coronavirus test. Goepper, an Olympic silver and bronze medalist, earned his fourth X Games ski slopestyle title and first since a three-peat from The biennial world championships set for China in February were canceled, but could be rescheduled.

Not a bad week's work. Will he continue his double-gold streak in Aspen in ? We'll all have to wait to see. Learn more. X Games Aspen Schedule Announcement. X Games Aspen Returns Jan. X Games Aspen Is Back! Highlight Reel: X Games Aspen