From: Swatch TTR World Tour
After a great season for the 06/07 TTR World Snowboard Champion, Shaun White, he arrives at Vancouver as the stand out favorite for the Olympic Gold Medal. With his infamous bag of tricks including back to back Double Corks, this seasons must have, and his very own Double McTwist 12 he seems unstoppable. Watch here then as we run down through the serious halfpipe snowboarding contenders and you can make your own mind up about who'll be biting at Shaun's heels during the halfpipe at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games.Shaun White, Iouri Podladtchikov, Peetu Piiroinen, Kazuhiro Kokubo, Arthur Longo, Mathieu Crepel, Jeff Batchelor, Stale Sandbech, Markus Keller, Markku Koski, Louie Vito, Christian Haller, Greg Bretz, Scotty Lago.
The best 240 snowboarders from approximately 30 nations have traveled to Oslo, Norway for the World Snowboarding Championships. This week, February 10-19, they'll partake in one of the most highly respected contests in freestyle snowboarding, which takes place just once every four years. Surrounded by fellow riders, friends, and peers, these talented athletes will compete for the acclaimed title of world champion. Male and female winners will be named in the halfpipe and slopestyle..