Snowboarder Shaun White continues to kick ass, having just won a gold medal at the X Games on superpipe, and is considered a leading contender at the Winter Olympics later this month in Vancouver. So it seemed like an opportune moment to remind you of this Rolling Stone cover story in my archives–I got the assignment on a Monday evening, reported it on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, wrote it on Wednesday, handed it in on Thursday, and read the galleys on Friday as the magazine went to press and I headed out of town for the weekend. A good week’s work.
