I Sucessfully jinxed Shaun White

Thanks to his inability to completely spin a 1260 (which is the new 1080 apparently), Shaun White did not complete his quest for a 5-peat. Under-rotating on his 1260 attempt on the "Last Chance booter" in the slopestyle run seemingly cost Shaun the gold and had to settle for silver. The Flying Tomato also came up short in the halfpipe competition which went to underdog Steve Fisher who came out of nowhere to take the event. I'm just happy that I was able to throw in my Shaun White jinx before it was too late.

In Snowboard big air showdown, Andreas Wiig stomped a frontside 1080 to beat Travuis Rice. Rice got lost in the air while attempting what can best be described as a rodeo 900 gone wrong in the finals.

Without the moto-x guys jumping a huge mound of snow, the snowmobilers took their spot and went off like you would expect them to. Chris Burandt ended up taking down Norwegian sensation Aleksander Nordgaard. Just to blow your mind, Nordgaard landed the only back-flip off of a snow job while Burandt nailed a back flip over a 100-foot gap. That’s right, people are flipping 450-pound machines in competitions now-a-day and they’re doing it on purpose.

2006 winter Olympic goat Lindsay Jacobellis lost out on another gold medal in similar fashion. In case you don't remember, Jacobellis tried a trick on the last jump of her nearly gold medal run and ended up bailing only to slide across the finish second at the Olympics. This time, Lindsay didn't even have to try a trick to fall and this time she dropped to third in the final.

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The best Winter X Games Athlete Ever?

The boy is back on TV. The boy that I think is ruining the X Games is back. Not just the winter X Games, but the summer X Games too. The kid is seemingly unbeatable. The kid with flaming red hair and a bandana over his nose and mouth. The kid nicknamed "the Flying Tomato."

Shaun White is back in my life.

I hate his effortless 900s during his slopestyle runs. I hate the way he throws them back-to-back-to-back. I hate the way he may throw a 1080 in that mix if he feels like it. I hate the way he can dominate the competition in slopestyle, and then compete at a high level the next during halfpipe. I hate the way that he's won more gold medals than some of the most famous boarders in the world while he's only 20 years old. I hate the way that he can grab a skateboard and immediately transfer his prowess. I hate the way he skipped past a 900 and started trying to land 1080. I hate the way he almost lands it.

I hate the way he is destroying extreme sports. He's become too good too young and too soon. He's on the top of the game and figures to stay there for quite some time. I may have to tell my future children about how good he was and I really don't want to. To me, he's just a snot-nosed punk. I really just don't like the look on his face. What should I like about him? The fact that he's better than I'll ever dream of? The fact that he was better than I could ever hope to be by the time he turned 15? The fact that half of the things he does, I can barely do in video games? I have no reason to like Shaun White, so I never will.

Yes, I hate Shaun White.