His first arrest, or "citing," as the case may be, is disappointingly mild.

A police report said a security camera recorded someone setting off the extinguisher in a game room Friday at the Beaver Run Resort in Breckenridge, a ski town about 60 miles west of Denver. White's clothes and shoes appeared to match the person on the video, and his shoes matched footprints left in the powder from the fire extinguisher, the report said. [White] was cited on a charge of second-degree criminal tampering. He was ordered to appear in municipal court on March 10. The report said White's breath smelled of alcohol when police spoke with him.

Snowboarding — or whatever it is — is never going to be taken seriously as a national sport until their superstars can put together some legitimate, respectable arrests. Setting off a fire extinguisher while drunk? Please: Call us when you knock over a 7-11, Shaun, or get shot at outside an Indianapolis strip club.

Tomatoes Are The Scourge Of Our Society [PartMule]

(UPDATE: The Smoking Gun has the brilliant police report.)

We'd also like to point out that White seems like an extremely cool guy, in spite of his past appearances on "Punk'd" and "Cribs." While discussing his nerves, he admitted to feeling all "Olympic-y," a feeling, having watched this business all weekend, we absolutely understand. One of his qualifying runs, he slipped and explained it away by saying he "wasn't really paying attention." (!) And he even showed off the gold medal at the press conference by saying he hopes it gets him babes. We like him.

But — and we're sorry — we still don't believe halfpiping, or whatever the progressive verb is, is a real Olympic sport. We are not denying the athleticism required to become a master at it, nor the entertainment qualities inherent in watching it on television. It has become our favorite Winter X Game. But that's what it is, and that's all it is. We think it has been added to the Olympics to make sure the Americans win their fair share of medals, putting in an event that we invented and are sure to dominate. (Until the rest of the world catches up with us, like basketball.) We like to win lots of medals. Having snowboarding events makes that more likely. Sorry, that's what we think; snowboarding is an X Game, not an Olympic sport. No disrespect to the Flying Tomato, of course.

X Games Star Lives Up To Expectations In The Halfpipe [LA Times]
Shaun White Hopes To Use Gold Medal To Get Babes [The Best Sports Blog]