White Out!

Shaun White visited Big Bear's Bear Mountain Resort today. I tracked him down to his surprise. I was the Big Bear paparazzi for the day.

Shaun White visits Bear Mountain

Superpipe phenom Shaun White takes time out from boarding Bear Mountain Jan. 6 to take a photo with a fan, 11-year-old Owen Hamer of Moonridge. (ARRISSIA OWEN TURNER/Big Bear Grizzly)

Shaun White hits Bear for respite, runs

By ARRISSIA OWEN TURNER
Reporter

Big Bear Grizzly

Published: Thursday, January 6, 2011 3:29 PM PST

Shaun White, aka Bear Mountain's ginger son, visited Big Bear Thursday, Jan. 6, to hit some jibs and relax incognito sans sponsors, photographers and hoopla. The two-time Olympic gold medal snowboarder who got his start riding the slopes of Bear Mountain returned after six years of jetsetting and taking the mainstream world by storm. "I'm glad to be back," he said at the top of Chair 9 before taking a run. "It's cool."

Here's the link online to today's photo op:

http://bigbeargrizzly.net/articles/2011/01/06/sports/doc4d264f582f90d576168333.txt