Shaun White will miss the Winter X Games for the second time this millennium this weekend but is confirmed to compete at X Games Oslo in February, his coach said Thursday.
White, 29, was to participate at a competition in Switzerland last weekend but flew home the day after he arrived due to the death of a family friend, according to Red Bull and White’s social media.
The X Games halfpipe in Aspen, Colo., is Saturday night, featuring Olympic champion Iouri Podladtchikov of Switzerland and defending X Games champion Danny Davis, a 2014 U.