White, Anderson take home ESPY awards

Two-time Olympic gold medalist Shaun White, who rides for Northstar, took home his fifth straight ESPY for Best Male Action Sport athlete and three time X Games gold medalist Jamie Anderson, from South Lake Tahoe and who rides for Sierra, earned her first ESPY as Best Female Action Sport athlete Wednesday.

White produced the first perfect score when he won the X Games halfpipe last winter with a score of 100 for his fifth straight X Games halfpipe gold. White beat out surfer Kelly Slater, snowboarder Travis Rice and motocross athlete Ryan Villopoto for the ESPY, which is awarded based on public voting.

Anderson, who beat out Olympic gold medalist Kelly Clark, Canadian freeskier Kaya Turski and surfer Carissa Moore for the ESPY, won her third X Games slopestyle gold medal last season at Aspen. Her 2011/2012 season consisted of 10 podiums, including two X Games gold medals and second at the TTR World Snowboarding Championships.

The sport will make its Olympic debut in 2014 in Sochi, Russia.