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It was a showdown like nothing the snowboard world had seen before. After battling some challenging conditions with blowing snows and winds, Shaun White fought his way through a stiff set of competition to take the first US Grand Prix and position himself for capturing a spot within the US Olympic team.

Shaun was looking down the barrel of some huge double corks as he put it all on the line in his first run going huge frontside air into backside 900 and then blasting out with a frontside double cork 1080 which he linked into a cab double cork 1080 and then into a frontside 1080 and finished with a super smooth cab 1080.

This run was quite possibly the highest level of snowboarding that we have seen in the sport's history and although there were some stiff competitors like Louie Vito, Shaun stayed ahead of the pack and continued to push forward.

Another Red Bull rider that put down some of the best riding of his career was Greg Bretz. After stomping his first run of the day, on his second run he really left it all out on the course throwing a huge frontside double cork. Although he stomped the trick, he tweaked his ankle on the landing affecting his last trick and his overall score. Greg still placed high in 6th place, earning him points towards and Olympic spot and setting him up for a showdown in his hometown at the next two Grand Prix's in Mammoth Lakes, CA.

As the sport moves into the ear of the double cork, Shaun is leading the charge with the tricks that he learned at Red Bull Project X last season in Silverton Mountain, CO.
source : http://www.redbullsnowboarding.com/