Who saw the trick ski competition, where Shaun White failed to medal?

[Baitball Blogger]

I just caught his concession-farewell speech and he said that the young competitors have surpassed him. What were the moves that they did during the competition that went beyond Shaun's abilities?

[underpants]

1. It's a young persons sport

The Japanese team was really strong. All the me s halfpipe skiers are under 25. There was a female free skier who is 32 and that’s way out of the norm.

[Jilly_in_VA]

2. I assume you're talking about snowboarding

That's Shaun White's sport. Freestyle skiing is a whole other thing. Shaun did get some medals this time around, which I consider quite an achievement in a sport where anyone 25 or older is considered an "old guy".

We watched some freestyle skiing last night, I forget which designation. At one point my husband just shook his head and said, "These guys are crazy," to which I replied, "No, they're just mostly teenagers." That was the case, actually.

[Tarc]

3. Shaun White did not medal in these Olympics

Came in 4th in the Halfpipe.

[3catwoman3]

4. You and your husband are both right.

Those are not mutually exclusive statements -

[Sogo]

5. I saw it.

The Japanese snowboarders were doing successions of tricks that the commentators said were beyond anything ever done. They were flying! High!! Shaun may have medaled if he hadn't had a glitch in his final run, but he came in fourth overall - not a small feat for a 35 year-old in competition with some competitors who were barely yet born when Shaun was in his golden years.

[Baitball Blogger]

6. Thank you!

I'll see if I can find it on youtube.