Shaun White after his 5th gold medal performance at
Winter X Games 2012. Photo: Kirsch

Tiger pants = tiger blood for a perfect 100 score.
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Shaun White proved yet again that he is the world's top halfpipe snowboarder today with an unprecedented perfect score of 100 in the superpipe final at Winter X Games.

Two days earlier White was forced to withdraw from a very competitive slopestyle event after he sustained an ankle sprain. There was some question as to whether he would be well enough to compete in Sunday's pipe final, particularly after he failed to show up for Saturday's pipe practice.

Then White came out with a bang at the elimination round Sunday afternoon, dominating the feld and leading the qualification for the final round. He even broke his all-time amplitude record that he'd set in last year's gold medal-winning finals performance.

The talk around Winter X was the sheer intensity of superpipe's progression with double corks, back to back 12s and various stylized tweaks marking each of the 8 riders in the final. Among the favorites to challenge White were Iouri "Ipod" Podlatchikov - who won last week's pipe final in Vermont at the Dew Tour and Luke Mitrani who won the Grand Prix in Breckenridge in December, qualifying second to White in the elimination round. Other not-so-wild-card contenders included just about everyone in the final: Louie Vito, Markus Malin, Christian Haller, Greg Bretz and Ryo Aono.

Yet none could match the ferocity of White who took a commanding lead after his first run, achieving a score of 94.0.

A second run fall on his final hit enabled a fight to the finish 3rd fun finale. With White, Ipod and Haller sitting 1,2, 3 the race was on for the remaining finalists to make a charge for a podium spot.

Louie Vito faltered on his final run but then Ryo Aono put down a flawless run that put him in 3rd. Matt Ladley, Greg Bretz and Luke Mitrani followed, yet none could put together a run worthy of an X Games medal.

The resulting circumstance guaranteed Shaun White's 5th Gold, making him only the second X Games athlete in history - along with snowboard cross champion Nate Holland - to win 5 medals in any one discipline.

In classic White fashion, however, the Carlsbad, CA native was not content with a commanding win and a history making 5-peat. Dropping in a for a casual "victory lap" Shaun White broke new ground in the history of the sport. Combing jaw-dropping amplitude, text-book skill and style and a technical difficultly never before seen, White executed the first truly perfect performance in Winter X Games history including an 18-foot backside air, a 17-foot frontside double cork 1080, an 11-foot switch frontside double cork 1080, a 14-foot frontside cork 540, a 13-foot backside double cork 1260 and a 12-foot frontside double cork 1260 -- the first back-to-back double cork in Winter X history.

The judges concurred perfection was at hand and awarded him with an immaculate score of 100.

A surreal moment for the global audience but not a speechless one for Shaun White.

"It was bizarre - and my coach Bud Keene was saying "They're going to give you a 100 if you make it." I'm thinking he was very excited. But I don't know, I just came through it and everything felt perfect. I was landing the 10 at the top and the cab double came through perfect. I don't know if I have ever landed my double Mc12 as clean as I have tonight so that just set myself up perfect for the frontside double cork 12. I guess it's the first (time) ever to do back-to-back double cork 12s. What a night!"

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Was there every any doubt? Shaun White proved yet again that he is the world's top halfpipe snowboarder with an unprecedented perfect score of 100 in the superpipe final at Winter X Games.

Two days yearner White was forced to withdraw from a competitive slopestyle event after he sustained an ankle sprain. There was some question as to whether he would be well enough to compete in Sunday's final, particularly after he failed to show up for Saturday's pipe practice.

Then White came out with a bang at the elimination round Sunday afternoon, dominating the feld and leading the qualification for the final round. He even broke his all-time amplitude record that he'd set in last yera's gold medal winning finals performance.

The talk around Winter X was the sheer intensity of superpipe's progression with double corks, back to back 12s and various stylized tweaks marking each of the 8 riders in the final. Among the favorites to challenge White were Iouri "Ipod" Podlatchikov - who won last week's pipe final in Vermont at the Dew tour and Luke Mitrani who won the Dew Tour in Breckenridge in December, qualifying second to White in the elimination round. Other not-so-wild-card contenders included just about everyone in the final: Louie Vito, Markus Malin, Christian Haller, and Ryo Aono.

Yet none could match the ferocity of White who took a commanding lead after his first run, achieving a score of 94.0.

A second run fall on his final hit enabled a fight toe the finish 3rd fun finale. With White, Ipod and Haller sitting 1,2, 3 the race was on for the remaining finalists to cmake a chard for a podium spot.

Louie Vito faltered on his 4th hit then Ryo Aono put down a flawless run that put him in 3rd. Matt Ladley, Greg Bretz and Luke Mitrani followed, yet none could put together a run worthy of an X Games medal.

The resulting circumstance guaranteed Shaun White's 5th Gold, making him only the second X Games athletes in history - along with snowboard cross champion Nate Holland - to win 5 medals in any one discipline.

In classic White fashion, however, the Carlsbad, CA native was not content with a commanding win and a history making 5 peat. Dropping in a for a casual "victory lap" shaun white broke new ground in the history of the sport. Combing jaw-dropping amplitude, text book skill and style and a technical difficultly never before seen, White executed the first truly perfect performance in Winter X Games history including -  a 18-foot backside air and 17-foot frontside double cork 1080, a 11-foot switch frontside double cork 1080, a 14-foot frontside cork 540, a 13-foot backside double cork 1260 and a 12-foot frontside double corks 1260 -- the first back-to-back double cork in Winter X history.

The judges concurred perfection was at hand and awarded with with an immaculate score of 100.

A surreal moment for the global audience but not a speechless one for Shaun White.

""It was bizarre an my couch Bud Keene was saying "They're going to give you a 100 if you make it." I'm thinking he was very excited. But I don't know I just came through it everything felt perfect. I was landing the 10 at the top and cab double came through perfect. I don't know if I have every landed my double mc12 as clean as I have tonight so that just set myself up perfect for the frpmtsode double cork 12 so I guess it's the first every to do back to back double cork 12s. What a night!"