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...years, regal skiers treated upstart snowboarders like pests; thanks to efforts by snowboarding pioneers like White, who has given the sport legitimacy and near mainstream acceptance, now there's at least a grudging respect between the two camps. "I wouldn't say there's a rivalry," says Rick Bower, a half-pipe coach for the U.S. team. He stops to reconsider that statement. "There is a little bit, I guess." (Watch TIME's video "As Vonn Wins, a 'Bluebird' Day for Whistler Skiers...
...double backward flip with 3.5 revolutions, a maneuver that pushes the limits of what snowboarders can accomplish. Don't be fooled by White's shaggy looks: underneath those baggy jeans, he is more jacked than you'd think. "He's using a lot of his core muscles," says Bower. "He definitely has a lot of strength in his legs and back muscles. He's wiry-strong, and definitely in shape." (Watch a video about training for snowboard cross...
...skiers. "Downhill skiing is way gnarlier than snowboarding," says snowboarder Markku Koski of Finland. (Attention snowboarders: Don't hire that guy as your spokesman.) Fortunately for the boarders, other players in the game will fight for White. "You need to be able to flip yourself multiple times," says Bower, who gives White the advantage over Vonn. "It's not just one jump. It's a series of jumps, five or six in these pipes. To land cleanly and to maintain the speed that you need to do the giant double flips that they're doing, that takes an incredible amount...
Although G.M. has not provided details on its search for a new chief executive, Bower said that the company would most likely look for an outsider who “would do things that were just too difficult for Henderson [as an insider...
...Bower and some of his colleagues at the Business School said that a change in leadership during this pivotal time for G.M. could hinder the company’s transformation...