Aspen, CO – Snowboarding sensation Shaun White opted Friday to drop out of the Snowboard Slopestyle at Winter X Games in Aspen following an injury received during training on Thursday.

White, 25, of Carlsbad, Calif., took some practice runs on Friday morning, but determined that his sprained ankle was too tender for competition in today’s elimination rounds.

White indicated that he will use the down time to rest up for Sunday’s Snowboard SuperPipe competition.

White won the Snowboard SlopeStyle at Winter X four consecutive times 2003-2006 and again in 2009. In 2010 he dropped slopestyle to focus on halfpipe for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, where he won gold. Back into the slopestyle game at Winter X Games in 2011 he finished a disappointing 13th place.

White expects to compete in slopestyle when it debuts as an Olympic event at the 2014 Games in Sochi, Russia.