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Fisher ready for media to pay attention to someone other than Shaun White The Associated PressPublished: January 24, 2008

ASPEN, Colo.: Consider Steve Fisher the Phil Mickelson of snowboarding.

Fisher has proven himself one of the best snowboarders in the world, a nearly flawless technician and winner of Winter X Games gold two of the past four years, including a resounding victory in the superpipe a year ago.

Yet no matter how many contests he wins, how technically difficult his runs are, Fisher can’t escape the shadow of Shaun White.

To be fair, Fisher isn’t alone.

White has become the face of snowboarding since winning gold at the Turin Olympics in 2006, appearing on talk shows, in commercials and video games, and on magazine covers around the world. He’s become a red-haired mass media monster, snowboarding’s version of Tiger Woods, nearly everything he touches flying off the shelves.

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At times, it seems as if everyone else is fighting for second, trying to get by on White's scraps — just like the rest of PGA Tour does with Woods.

“It’s not just Shaun White,” Fisher said before this year’s Winter X Games. “Shaun White tends to get all the credit for snowboarding, but there’s a list of at least 20 people capable of doing amazing things. I always compare snowboarding to the PGA Tour: any one of these guys can win in any contest on any given day. It just depends on what kind of day they’re having.”

If it seems like there’s a rivalry between Fisher and White, maybe there is a little. But its a much friendlier one than what Woods and Mickelson or Woods and Vijay Singh have.

CAN I SAY JEALOUS MUCH??? BUT WHAT CAN I SAY, SHE SHOULD BE!