White Remains Undefeated With Third Dew Tour Win Of The Season

Saturday, August 18th 2007, 8:09 pm

By: News On 6

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Olympic snowboarding champion Shaun White remained perfect this year in AST Dew Tour competition Saturday, winning the Skateboard Vert event in the Vans Invitational for his third victory of the season.

The 20-year-old White fell during the end of his first run and was fifth at the end of the first round, but rebounded in the second run to finish at 91.25. Canada's Pierre-Luc Gagnon was second at 89.00, followed by Brazil's Bob Burnquist at 87.75.

"I was just watching everyone else and, after my first run, I just focused and landed it," said White, from Carlsbad, Calif. "I didn't want to pull another X Games and wait to the last minute."

White, who won X Games gold earlier this month, has competed the last two seasons on the AST Dew Tour, but this is the first time he has won three consecutive events. He is the only AST Dew Tour competitor to go undefeated so far this season.

"It was hard for me with all the snowboarding stuff last year, but I made a promise to myself that I would really focus on my skateboarding and go for it (Dew Cup) this year," White said.

The four-day competition is the third of five stops of the AST Dew Tour that features skateboarding, BMX and freestyle motocross. Sunday's action features Freestyle Motocross finals. White will continue his quest for the Dew Cup in Salt Lake City in September and the finale in Orlando, Fla., in October.