Shaun White unleashed the armadillo, a body verial frontside 540, to win the Wendy's Invitational in Portland, OR Sunday. He was finally able to put out the fire that is Pierre-Luc Gagnon (PLG), who has won the last three contests he has entered, including beating White at the X Games. It is only fitting that his first skateboarding win of the year came at the Wendy's Invitational since he does bare a striking resemblance to the fast food chain's mascot, enough so he even dressed like her for Halloween (pictured to the right).

Deffending Dew Tour Vert Champion Bucky Lasek was able to get back to the podium with a third place finish. But the amplitude and spinning ability of White is just unmatched, and what he lacks in technical skateboarding he makes up for by simply "going huge." He links huge heelfips with effortless 720s and on Sunday was able to mix in his armadillo, which propelled him into the lead. PLG skated technically brilliant as usual, and was one big move from a second straight win.

One skater who always goes for it and was skating great as usual was Alex Perelson. He stuck a cab 50-50 to 180 revert, which is about as hard as it gets in vert coping skating, and nearly landed a 900 on the second wall of his final run.

PLG remains in the overall championship lead, but this performance by White has shaken things up a bit. The two-time Olympic gold medalist snowboarder had to sit out the first stop of the Dew Tour in Boston, and now has to win the final two stops of the Dew Tour to have a shot at the championship.

The Final Results:

1. Shaun White
2. Pierre Luc-Gagnon
3. Bucky Lasek