Dear Shaun White - You & Your Double McTwist Are My Hero

The Olympics is nearly over, so my Olympics focused posts will also soon come to an end (promise!) Shaun White is my hero - this guy is an incredible snowboarder & athlete. He took the Gold in this Year's 2010 Winter Olympics, and is just insane!!!

Top 2 reasons why Shaun is SIC:

• Reason #1
  @ The X Games this year he busted...hard. If you haven't seen the video, click here and prepare to cringe. After he gets his composure he rushed to the top of the hill and rode again. He says he had to do it - he had to immediately get back out there and take on the trick that nearly snapped his neck. This way, Shaun says, there was no time for fear to set in & no time for 2nd guessing.
  
  
• Reason #2
  @ this year's Olympics he already had the Gold medal before his 2nd ride. He was the final snowboarder and the Gold was a done deal. But he still gave the half pipe every inch of focus, beat his winning Gold Medal Score, AND pulled out the Double McTwist 1260 (which on his 1st ride in the finals he didn't do) He did it because he can & because he's passionate!
  

Winter Olympics

Confession: I like watching the Winter Olympics better than the Summer Olympics!! My favorite sports to watch - Snowboarding, Ski Jumping, Freestyle Skiing & Speed Skating. So far one of my favorite athletes to watch was Apolo Anton Ohno in the Men's semifinal short track speed skating.

For the first half of the race Apolo sat back in last place and watched the competition ahead of him. They changed positions, fought for first place, and weaved in an out of each other. It was down to the final laps when Apolo made his calculated move and raced ahead of everyone, and sailed across the finish line far ahead of the other skaters. It looked like it was planned from the beginning - he accomplished the feat with grace, efficiency, calmness, and accuracy. It looked effortless.