It's no secret that Shaun White is about ten steps ahead of his competition right now when it comes to slaying it in the pipe. America has high hopes for the red headed anomaly to bring home the gold in this February's Vancouver Olympics- and with that kind of pressure Shaun's been in extreme training mode for the past year or so. He's had private halfpipe's built, top-secret nighttime training sessions, and even took the summer off from skating vert ramp to concentrate on upping his game.
We've been wondering what kind of physical training he's been up to when he's not on the hill. We stumbled across this blog from our friends over at Burton and perhaps this is his Shaun's secret...
Olympic Halfpipe coach Bud Keene analyzing Shaun's "Batsman" technique on the "Pitch"
Ok, so the game of Cricket doesn't have a damn thing to do Snowboarding... but at least Shaun and the crew are having fun in New Zealand during their down time. Check out the full blog here over at Burton.com- there's more hilarious photo's. While you're at it cruise around in their News and Events blog. They've always got tasty nuggets of internet content to keep you entertained.
Just look at the intensity of Coach Keene's pitch...
