The company that makes Red Bull energy drink built him his own halfpipe on Silverton Mountain in Colorado.

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Hannah Teter won her second Olympic medal in the halfpipe event at these games.

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As expected, Shaun White took the gold in the halfpipe event.

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But he quickly found out there were numerous money-making opportunities off the halfpipe.

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Indeed, the punk band Social Distortion was blaring during the men's halfpipe competition.

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White took home halfpipe gold from the Turin Games in 2006 and defended the title four years later in Vancouver.

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