it is simple enuf to see that sean white is haed&shoulders better than anybody in the half-pipe. it is not so well know that this is a newer situation. . . . he is pulling away from them, even after all these years. there was talk about the sick foam-pit private snowpipe and all, but here is the reason why:



over the last couple years, white has quietly become one of few legit world-class vert skaters in existance. this is extremely rare - most of them are old grizzled and time-tested guys. but white hucked himself like a madman into their midst over the past 4 years. vert skating is waaaaaaaayyyyy focking harder than snowboarding. it takes everything snowboarding does, but DEMANDS precision and CONTROL. there is no slopping nothing, at no time. the board is not tied to your feet. the ground is solid.

when you watch white, it is the fact that he rides like a skater that sets him apart. he lands with precision and pumps BOTH sides of the transition speed - nobody else does that - because they can't. he has board/body presence in the air like nobody else does, because he can do it with the board NOT tied to his feet.

so long as he keeps skating, and they don't, they will never catch him.