Shaun White
In the finals,
White recorded a score of 46.8 (50 is the highest
possible score) to win. Fellow American Danny
Kass won the silver with a points total of 44.0
2008
Executing a near-flawless second run, White
captured his third consecutive snowboard
halfpipe title at the 2008 U.S. Open
Snowboarding Championships to go along with
his third US Open slopestyle competition. This
followed White's win at the 25th (2007) Burton
US Open, where he placed third in slopestlyle
and first in the halfpipe. At the 2007 Open, White
was also crowned the first "Burton Global Open
Champion". His take for the event was $100,000
(Global Open Champ), $20,000 (1st Place
Halfpipe), $90,000 (3rd Place Slopestyle), and a
new Corvette.
On November 16, 2008, White released his first
videogame "Shaun White Snowboarding" in
North America (November 14, 2008, in Europe).
Shaun White:Snowboarding was the 20th best-
selling game of December 2008 in the United