Shaun White Channels Lil Wayne, Wins X-Games Gold

Did women's pants help him win?

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The X-Games are here, and that means Shaun White is yet again killing the competition. But more than the buzz over his perfect score in the Superpipe last night was talk about the skinny snow pants he wriggled into for the event. According to this Tumblr, the pants are from Burton's upcoming 2013 women's collection. Is someone taking style pointers from Lil Wayne?

Don't be too quick to judge though—he clearly wanted a slimmer fit to go along with the current trend in pants. The black and white mixed animal print goes well with his goofy personality, whereas it would have looked crazy on any other snowboarder. Even though the X-Games announcers joked about how the pants decreased his wind resistance while flying off jumps by 20 percent, it's Shaun who ended up with the perfect score in the end.

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