Canada’s halfpipe team didn’t rise to the bait when asked about U.S. snowboarder Shaun White’s decision to withdraw from the slopestyle competition to focus on halfpipe.
“I’m sorry, who?” said Crispin Lipscomb when a reporter asked about comments the Canadian slopestyle snowboarders had made, poking fun at White for his decision.
Shortly after White announced on Wednesday that he wouldn’t compete in slopestyle, Canadians tweeted that he wouldn’t compete because he was scared he’d lose.
“Mr. White … It’s easy to find excuses to pull out of a contest when you think you can’t win,” tweeted slopestyle snowboarder Sebastien Toutant.
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Edmonton’s Lipscomb decided not to do the same.
“That stuff’s somebody else’s game they play with each other. We stick to what we do on the pipe,” he said.
“All I can do is go out there and try to do my best,” said Ancaster native Brad Martin.
The men’s halfpipe competition starts Feb. 11. Download a full schedule of Olympic events here.
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