White's 空気／公表する & Style series could have Olympic 関係s
Though Shaun White will never compete in snowboarding's newest Olympic event, he could have a 手渡す in deciding who does.
The two-time Olympic gold メダル受領者 is 利益／興味d in turning his 空気／公表する & Style series into an Olympic qualifier for the Big 空気／公表する 競争, which makes its Olympic debut in 2018 in South Korea.
White's 小旅行する returns to Los Angeles on Feb. 18-19. It will mix snowboarders 急に上がるing 16 stories high off the big-空気／公表する ramp with the music from about 20 禁止（する）d 含むing Major Lazer and Flume. Other stops in the series are in Beijing and Innsbruck.
White says he has had 予選 会談 with Olympic 組織者s about turning the 小旅行する into a qualifier for the 2022 Olympics in Beijing, and he hasn't 支配するd anything out for 2018.
"There are discussions about trying to do something in the 未来, hopefully in the 近づく 未来," White said.
の中で those committed for Los Angeles are Canadians 示す McMorris and Max Parrot, who have won four of the last five Winter X Games Big 空気／公表する contests.
The 空気／公表する & Style contests in Beijing have been held at the Bird's Nest, where it will also be for the 2022 Olympics.
In Los Angeles, 空気／公表する & Style takes place at Expo Park outside the L.A. Coliseum. White took over this franchise in hopes of creating something that doesn't look like your everyday snowboard contest. He said taking the event away from the mountain gives 観客s a better 視野 on how high the riders are really jumping.
"You see the 規模 of how big that jump is, it's 権利 in your 直面する," he said. "You should see people's 直面するs when they land. They're standing 権利 there. It'd be like standing on the field at a football game."
