COOLER TALK - X-Games BIG Tricks

Crazy. Insane. Gravity, defying tricks make the X-GAMES exciting to watch. But for X-Games 13 the limits were pushed and the anti was upped, ultimately driving the athletes to be the best. When Simon Dumont and Jon Olsson went at it in the SKI Big Air Final, the biggest and best of their trick arsenal was pulled out in quest for gold. 

Possibly the wildest part of the entire X-Games 13, came during the SNOWMOBILE Next Trick, when Levi Lavallee attempted a *Double-backflip*. A trick that most thought to be impossible and life-threatening. Lavallee seemed not to care as he pushed the limit, and went for it all as he attempted possibly the biggest trick ever.

For the final event of the X-Games, Men's Snowboard SUPERPIPE, it again came down to Shaun "The Flying Tomato" White. Kevin Pearce who was holding down the Gold medal spot with a killer run, when Shaun White took the pipe on for his final run of the night. White struggled through his first two runs, but turned it around to take a controversial gold. Pearce's run to many was bigger and better - and not to take anything away from White - but the difference may have been in the name. Regardless, Shaun White closed out X-Games 13 with a little history, becoming the first snowboarder to ever win back-to-back GOLD medals. Congrats goes out to the only tomato i have ever seen fly.