Check out my new cover story on snowboarder Shaun White, who I interviewed many times over the past nine months for this piece. Our first interview took place at his secret halfpipe in Silverton, Colorado, in February 2009. Then I sat down with him last fall at a swanky SoHo hotel in New York City and again at each stop along the Grand Prix circuit, where he was competing for a spot on the U.S. Olympic team. Check out the story, and a video from the photo shoot here. (If you look closely, you can catch a cameo of me and my sling! That’s also me who Shaun keeps looking off-camera at while answering my questions. Man, I look great on camera!)

To read my stories on alpine skier Lindsey Vonn and snowboardcross racer Lindsey Jacobellis, the Olympic transformers, click here.

Or go out and pick one up. The issue is on newsstands now!