Snowy Shaun White tries to regain mojo at X Games

LOS ANGELES — Shaun White has come down from the mountain.

Injuries and the Olympics put his skateboarding career on hold for nearly two years, making it seem that snowboarding was his lone pursuit.

White will finally have a chance to let his skateboard side shine again in a pair of events today at the X Games.

He may be a long shot to win gold in Skateboard Vert, with 30-year-old Canadian Pierre-Luc Gagnon the undisputed favorite as he looks to win his third straight X Games gold.

White is drawing more buzz for his entry in Skateboard Vert Best Trick, where observers are hoping he'll try the 1080, the three-full-spin trick that has evaded skaters for more than a decade after White's mentor, Tony Hawk, made the 900 the new standard in 1999.