Red Bull Project X

http://onboardsnowboarding.com/tv-news/red-bull-project-teaser.html

I think it is great for progression.

The halfpipe is in Silverton, CO. Shaun's entire part of this years Burton B Movie is filmed in this halfpipe. He throws down some massive 1260s, it's pretty ridiculous. He's definitely the best pipe rider as far as technique goes, maybe he'll develop some more style this year. And maybe he'll become less competitive and film more video parts instead!

This halfpipe will probably never be open to the public. Just Shaun and maybe a few other (Redbull/Burton) riders that get invited.

Holy smokes! That is amazing...

Image the amount of time and resources it took for Red Bull to do this project.

Just completely amazing, and what a video! Superb quality, lovely share.. thanks.

www.redbullprojectx.com   This was the site promoted at the end of the video. I checked it out for a while and it's pretty cool.

To be honest, I think it is actually the operator board. Shaun doesn't seem like the type of person to give too much thought into what he's riding. As long as he can ride it anywhere and he can throw down and win, it's all the same to him.

Last year at Winter X, he was goofing around before his run on superpipe and cracked his board. He almost dropped out of the competition. He said that he had spent so much time getting the board just right that he didn't know if he wanted to try his run on a backup board. Granted he won the competition on a backup, but he was ready to quit because his board wasn't just right. I would say that he cares which board he's riding.

its just not fair. people are just trying to catch up to his moves. and he keeps setting the bar higher.

Shaun has amazing talent, but he's not as far ahead as everyone thinks.  I'm sure that he has a few more tricks in his back that he learned in that Project X halfpipe, but after the X Games and Olympics, other people were doing the same tricks.  At the US Open I watched I-Pod throw a Double McTwist 1260 in the middle of his run and link it into other tricks.  Louis Vito threw back-to-back double cork 1080's and ended his run with a 1260.  Those guys didn't even win!  Shaun is an amazing rider, but he also has these huge corporations that have a lot of money invested in him staying on top of the sport and they make sure he does.  Project X was a perfect example of that.

Yea that will definatly help progressing

Originally posted by campfortune this music is epic

thread-digging for your 5 points I see......

and everyone else hasn't even noticed......

Is it good for progression, or good for Shawn White's progression? Im not hating, im a fan, but its a big advantage for him to have his own half pipe like that. The foam pit sure makes doing those sick tricks a hell of a lot easier.