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Shaun White soars high above the crowd on his second run in the men's halfpipe final Saturday at the Winter Dew Tour stop in Breckenridge.  Hyoung Chang, The Denver Post

By John Meyer, The Denver Post

BRECKENRIDGE — Looking down a 602-foot superpipe with walls 22 feet high apparently doesn't faze Shaun White, but a movie put a good scare into him this month.

The action sports superstar from San Diego came down with a bad head cold two weeks ago on a flight from Beijing to Los Angeles. And the "heavy part" was that he was watching the movie "Contagion" on the plane.

"Oh, my gosh," White said, "it was rad."

He's still bothered by the cold, and he's been on snow only four days this season, but neither challenge prevented him from winning Saturday's Dew Tour superpipe competition at Peak 8. White won with a score of 95 points on his first run and crashed hard doing a McTwist 1260 on his second. Louie Vito, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, was second with 92.75 on his second run.

In the women's superpipe, Kelly Clark of West Dover, Vt., edged Gretchen Bleiler of Aspen by one point, winning with a score of 91.25 points. Clark fell on her first run.

Read more about the finals and why Shaun White decided to join this stop on the Dew Tour this year.