After taking his second consecutive gold in the men's halfpipe event at the Winter Olympics, U.S. snowboarder Shaun White is clearly the dominant athlete in his sport, and arguably in all of the Winter Games. So what makes him so great? What underlying abilities allow him to pull off those Double McTwist 1260s?
According to University of Virginia physicist Louis Bloomfield, author of the book "How Everything Works," it's a mix of factors. Ultimately, though, White's soaring performances all come down to raw energy.
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