It’s crazy that someone who wins back-to-back Olympic gold medals like Seth Wescott would just get a lousy spot on the Colbert Report, and not even any network late night tv invitations. It must be because he’s a snowboarder. Oh wait. Anyway, the Wheaties people gave finally Wescott some love with his own box of [...]
It seems some people might be under the misconception that we don’t like Shaun White here at YoBeat, so let’s clear this up. We like Shaun White. He’s an AMAZING snowboarder, he’s really funny, he’s great for traffic, and of course, he’s rich, which means we would totally let him him take us out to [...]
Todd’s busy, bored and ready to ditch the Olympics for some surf n’ turf and some family time in his sunny So-Cal home. In the mean time though, we’ll keep bugging him as he slowly loses his mind.
How do you feel about the bad press the American Snowboarders have been getting?
I think that when [...]
Finally, we have a reason to stay up past 10! Everyone from Shaun White to Scotty Lago (ok, that’s really it) have been, or will be, tearing up the late night circuit. Oh, that’s just me who goes to bed at 9:30? Anyway, all these appearances are on the Internet the next day! If you [...]
Finally the Olympic shit show has ended and we can refocus on the important stuff—being cool, getting a sponsor-me-tape squared away and keeping current with snowboarding’s ever changing scene. Luckily for you a top secret Yobeat document slipped through the cracks yesterday, and before the blogging world goes crazy stealing our secrets and branding our [...]
Our man on the Olympic scene, Todd Richards, is having a busy week. Besides texting me (possibly during the halfpipe Final), doing voice work for NBC, snuggling up with Celebrities and actually getting serious about a thing or two Todd’s head is spinning. We know you don’t care though, so we cracked the whip and [...]
Okay, we can’t get away from it right now. The Olympics are on, and last night Shaun White fulfilled the NBC prophecy by becoming the golden boy once again. Sorry I didn’t tip anyone off to that spoiler right there. Not that it matters. Maybe you DVR-ed the events last night and you’ll get to [...]
As soon as his first run was complete, it was scarily obvious no one was beating the tomato, I mean, animal. So instead of expanding on that, Kazuhiro Kokubo’s japan Mctwist was the highlight of the Olympics and Scotty Lago took home a motherfucking medal! NBC blows, but we won with the set up pictured. [...]
You may remember not too long ago Shaun White dropped his new trick: a double McTwist 1260. The timing could have been better, as the biggest threat to his Olympic gold had just fallen victim to injury, but “the kids” seemed pretty stoked on it. With the Games right around the corner, Todd Richards is [...]
It’s (un)official, the US Olympic team has been named (mostly). For women it’s Kelly Clark, Hannah Teter, Gretchen Bleiler and Elana Hight. For the men, Shaun White, Louie Vito, Scotty Lago and unofficially, Greg Bretz (above). This was made (un)official thanks to the results of the final Grand Prix event on January 23, 2010 at [...]
Guess what Shaun White didn’t need to do to win the Olympics? A double McTwist 1260. But he did one anyway, and on that same token of why, we’re embedding it cause we can. Enjoy.
With the conclusion of 2009 and the first decade of the 21st century just days away Yobeat.com has decided to dedicate this week to the best of 2009. To start this week of wonder we bring you our first, our only, 2009 “You Choose” Awards Poll. Below are various polls to click n’ pick from [...]
Since it’s Christmas, Dew Tour is letting pretty much anyone into the contest in Breck this weekend, especially Red Bull riders. Even BMXers like Daniel Dhers showed up (with snow tires.) It was overheard that he was only there because he heard that dancer chick Louie Vito is hanging out with was going to be [...]
Exciting stuff people, a total new comer, Shawn White took top honors at first stop of the 2009/10 Grand Prix series at Copper Mountain! Despite a similar look and style to that flying tomato guy, Shawn White is clearly a new comer, as the superstar spells his name Shaun and Zak would have never screwed [...]
Today the skies are gray, but December 12 for men’s qualifiers, shit was tight. For full coverage and photos, check out crapbyzak.blogspot.com.
Edit: Zak Shelhamer
Results are here.
While many snowboarders will disagree in order to stay cool, a little competition in life is healthy, if not fun. Whether you’re competing against yourself, battling a friend at Mario Kart, or trying to have the most totally wick dope set up, we all compete here and there. Now when you’re Todd Richards, competition is [...]
Thanksgiving represents a very special time of year. First and foremost Turkey Day launches the holiday season — everyone enjoys the boozing, presents, and vacation days that come with the holidays — but winter is also kicked off by this glutenous day. Typically (but not so much this year) it is the hopeful opening day [...]
Shaun White will make the double-cork a TV household name this winter on NBC, ESPN and beyond. Make no mistake that his command over these tricks and determination to bring them into the competitive arena is truly impressive. If this were NASCAR, Shaun basically just built a car that’s twice as fast, and the rest [...]
Bobby “Cat Butt” Meeks, Nick “Love Boat” Lipton, Nick “Beavis” Dirks, and Sean “Cowboy” Tedore at last year’s Nemo-ween party.
Slut Day is just around the corner! Not registering? Halloween is just around the corner! Get ready to stuff your face with chocolate, puke it back up, put your foot through a pumpkin or two, and gaze [...]
By now surely you’ve heard about Shaun White’s private u tube in the backwoods of Colorado. It must be cool to have a sponsor that hooks you up with such conveniences, and surely, if you had them, you could win the Olympics too! But you don’t, so the next best thing would be following Shaun’s [...]
One of Shaun White’s illustrious sponsors bought him a damn foam pit. As if having your own foam pit wasn’t cool enough, they gave him a private halfpipe as well. Back in the year 1845, when Todd Richards was a pipe superstar they didn’t have foam pits, and halfpipes sure as hell weren’t private. Let’s see what [...]
You wouldn’t think a giant corporation such as ESPN would be able to create a movie that succinctly sums up the passions involved in action sports. A 90-minute experience that could make anyone understand exactly why we all got into them in the first place. And you know what? You’d be right. X Games 3D: [...]
What does the future hold? YoBeat’s Investigative Reporter discovers the shocking truth.
Almost 40 and still looking better than most of you.
Todd Richards was snowboarding before most snowboarders leaked out of mommy. Todd has seen it all, done it all, and hated on most of it. Sitting down with Todd, I quickly realized he knew more about snowboarding than I will ever care to know. An announcer, a [...]
Today I found myself in the Reno airport watching obnoxious Dew Tour ads while I waited for my bags. I am not going to the Dew Tour (rather the Nikita Chickita which will be way more fun) but I was forced to see these ads anyway. I am really confused. Basically it was people who [...]
NYC loves Red Bull, and Anthrax.
Awesome footage of either Jurassic Park 4 or the Shaun White boarding game. Thanks to www.gamesradar.com for hosting this gem.
Shaun White won the first competition of the first Winter Dew Tour, which couldn’t have made the producers happier. The sheer number of pre-prepared segments alone make their job so much easier. Unfortunately, all those pods on Jamie Anderson will have to be saved for another day, since she didn’t even make top 5. Sounds [...]
Shaun White’s long lost twin, discovered while brushing up on halloween classics.
We like to imagine them both yelling “OUTLANDERS!!!!” at anyone who challenges their rise to the top.
Shaun White. Japan. 2007
Malachai. Nebraska. 1984
The Highlight from ’06’s Second Biggest Pipe comp (yeah, I said it)
by Brooke Geery
Shawn White powering on the last hit (ignore the AP guy GTS-ing in the foreground)
The 2006 US Open was much like every other snowboard event this year: people spun around a lot, Shaun White won, and it was cold out. So I [...]
White Gold: Flying Tomato Takes The Cake in Torino
Sunday, February 12, 2006
Can the Flying Tomato– the red haired action sports superstar who once camped with his family in a van at the base of Mammoth Mountain (ever heard that story before?)– pull off gold at Bardonecchia? That’s the question being pondered by snowboard commentators this [...]
By Jason Loughnane a.k.a. The Red Guardian
EDITOR’S NOTE: Jay Loughnane is a writer for Teenvoice.com. He once wrote me a nasty letter once about an article I wrote about last year’s X Games, which garnered quite a response from Yo Beat’s huge public. Always one to welcome work I don’t have to do myself, when [...]
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