Shaun White

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WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE TO LOOK INTO THE EYES OF GREATNESS? A WORLD-CLASS PHOTOGRAPHER ASKED HIMSELF THAT QUESTION, SO HE CHASED DOWN ATHLETES WHO HAVE GIVEN US SOME OF THE MOST MEMORABLE MOMENTS OF 2010. THE RESULT:...

The Interview

To the public he's a carefree, red-maned mop-top once charmingly, and harmlessly, nicknamed the Flying Tomato. But on the mountain, U.S. halfpipe king Shaun White turns into someone else entirely: "In the moments...

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