WEST VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Shaun White defended his Olympic title in men's halfpipe Wednesday, defeating Finland's Peetu Piiroinen even before pulling off his signature trick. White secured ...

Shaun White set the standard and pushed the limits of snowboard halfpipe tricks with every Olympic run. Here’s a look back at ...

Skateboarding language can be strange. Tricks assume names like the Fakie 360 Flip, the Roast Beef or even The Jealous Husband. But one trick with a funny name is oddly serious. The “McTwist” was ...

Here’s another great example of how NBC is flubbing the coverage of these Olympics. Everywhere I look people are talking about Shaun White’s Double McTwist 1260 ...

WEST VANCOUVER — The Double McTwist 1260 sounds like a new item on the McDonald’s menu, but it is a move that could land the United States another gold medal tonight. The Double McTwist 1260 is the ...

Snowboarder Lucas Foster came in third in men's Superpipe at Dew Tour for his first career podium. Foster also landed the first-ever alley-oop double McTwist in snowboarding competition. It could ...

Shaun White had the trick in the bag, along with an Olympic gold medal. Might as well go for it, right? Putting on a show when he hardly needed to, White capped his sensational night on the halfpipe ...

ASPEN, Colo. -- Shaun White's face smacked against the halfpipe, his neck snapped back and his helmet popped off and flew 15 feet in the air. A sick wreck in practice Friday night that will be ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Looking to catch some air this summer, but under the impression that a McTwist is a dessert option from ...

It was the trick that changed skateboarding, and the life and legacy of Mike McGill. McGill was an accomplished but rather unassuming 20-year-old in the summer of 1984 when he ventured to Sweden to ...