«Going into a 1080 with a 900 — no one else has been able to do that,» says
U.S. halfpipe coach Bud Keene.
Not exact matches
They're in town for an exhibition featuring the sport's new golden boy, Ross Powers, who led a
U.S. sweep of the Olympic
halfpipe event last month in Salt Lake City by soaring an astounding 18 feet above the tube's 17 - foot ramp.
As his rivals unleashed ever more difficult — and dangerous — double corks, high - flying Shaun White simply did everything better, winning gold again and extending
U.S. dominance of the
halfpipe
Twenty minutes before the start of the
halfpipe competition in which
U.S. men and women would win four of a possible six medals (for the third straight Olympics), the crowd of 2,000 - plus was treated to a blast from the past.
In 2016, Kim carried the
U.S. flag and won two gold medals at the Youth Olympic Games in
halfpipe and slopestyle.
U.S. snowboarder Chloe Kim, 17, soars to a gold medal in the
halfpipe.