Shaun White Wikipedia

Help us spread knowledge worldwide. Donate to Wikimedia! "DREAM EXTRA LARGE" — Anonymous Video [Hide this message] [Show more] Shaun White From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia • Learn more about citing Wikipedia • Jump to: navigation, search Shaun Roger White (born September 3, 1986 in Carlsbad, California), is an American athlete. He has been a notable competitor in professional snowboarding since he was twelve years old. Olympic medal record Olympic Men's Snowboarding Gold 2006 Torino Men's Halfpipe X Games Medal Record Men's Snowboarding Silver 2002 Slopestyle Silver 2002 Superpipe Gold 2003 Slopestyle Gold 2003 Superpipe Gold 2004 Slopestyle Gold 2005 Slopestyle Gold 2006 Slopestyle Gold 2006 Superpipe Silver 2007 Superpipe Bronze 2007 Slopestyle Men's Skateboarding Silver 2005 Vert Gold 2007 Vert TTR World Snowboard Tour Record Men's Snowboarding Gold 2007 Overall White stands 5' 8.5" (1.73 m) tall. He rides regular stance, twelve and negative three degrees on his board.[citation needed] He is known for his shock of red hair, for which he has become known as "The Flying Tomato". Addressing his perception of the nickname, Rolling Stone magazine wrote, "he used to embrace it, even wearing headbands with a flying-tomato logo, but he has grown tired of it."[1] Early in his career he was also known as "The Egg" & "Future Boy" as everyone knew he had promise, but just hadn't grown enough to boost airs as big as the older competitors. Contents [hide] * 1 Early life * 2 Snowboarding career * 3 Skateboarding career * 4 Media and business ventures * 5 Achievements and recognition * 6 Notes * 7 External links [edit] Early life White was born with a congenital heart defect known as tetralogy of Fallot,[2] and had two cardiac surgeries before the age of 5. White's older brother, Jesse, got into skateboarding at the nearby Encinitas YMCA, which housed many vert ramps. Eager to follow, Shaun also learned how to skateboard.[3] White first began snowboarding at the age of 4. He went to June Mountain in California with his family. His older brother tried his hand at snowboarding. Again, Shaun soon followed, but was told that he was too young to take snowboarding lessons. In order to slow Shaun down, his mother told him that he could only board "backwards", also known as fakie or switch. This potentially furthered his career by forcing him to be skilled at both boarding methods. [edit] Snowboarding career White soon gained sponsorship from Burton after his mother phoned them to see if they had a board small enough for her 6-year-old son. Today, his sponsors include Burton, as well as Oakley, T-mobile, R.E.D., Volcom, Birdhouse Skateboards, Ricta, Park City Resort, Target, Red Bull, Transworld Snowboarding, Adio, Sony, Mountain Dew, HP, and American Express. White has been a participant in the winter X Games, where he has medaled every year since 2002. Including all winter X Games competitions through 2007, his medal count stands at 11 (7 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze), including the first four-peat winner by a male athlete in one discipline, the snowboard slopestyle. White's quest for a five-peat Gold in 2007 was spoiled by Andreas Wiig (Gold) and Jussi Oksanen (Silver), with White taking the bronze. At the conclusion of the 2007 Winter X Games, White also stood as one of three athletes who have won a leading six gold medals in their total Winter X competitive history. He has also won the Air & Style Contest in 2003 and 2004. White also earned a gold medal in the men’s halfpipe while representing the United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics. He scored a 46.8 out of 50 on his first run. The score was not beaten by any other boarder in the first or second run, ensuring him the gold before his final run. White had a dramatic win at the 25th Annual Burton US Open, March 13-18th, 2007 at Stratton Mountain in Vermont, USA. There he placed third in slopestlyle and first in the halfpipe. White was defending champion of the Open, as he had overcome several years of injuries and other problems to finally win the event in 2006 for the first time. At the 2007 Open, White was also crowned the first "Male Burton Global Open Champion". His take for the event was $100,000 (Global Open Champ), $20,000 (1st Place Halfpipe), $5,000 (3rd Place Slopestyle), and a new Volvo. [edit] Skateboarding career Shaun has been working with Tony Hawk since an early age and derives his inspiration from him and many other vert skaters. Hawk first met with Shaun at the age of nine while snowboarding, and mentored him at the Encinitas YMCA Skate Park, close to both of their family homes in neighboring Carlsbad. Shaun went pro in 2003 at the age of 16, and won his first pro contest in 2002 at the Panasonic Open in Louisville, KY (the 1st stop of the Dew Action Sports Tour). He also won a silver medal for the men's vert in the 2005 Summer X Games. At the 2005 and 2006 X Games, Shaun attempted the 1080 (3 full rotations, half a rotation more than a 900). He is the only skater to attempt the trick in competition, but has yet to land it. At the 2007 Summer X Games, Shaun won his first Summer X Games gold medal in vert (skateboard).[4] [edit] Media and business ventures Recently, White's movie, The White Album, a snowboarding and skateboarding movie, debuted. Shaun White also appeared in Burton's 2006 movie "For Right Or Wrong." He has as a shorter appearance in Burton's 2007 movie "Thanks in Advance" shown riding Park City's halfpipe. The 2006 film First Descent features the 2006 Winter Olympics gold medal winner alongside the 2006 Olympic women's champion Hannah Teter and other top snowboarders, as they take on untouched wild mountain powder on the slopes in Alaska. He has also started his own clothing line in partnership with Burton called "The White Collection." White has appeared as himself in the Rocket Power special "The Big Day," playing the moderator of a skating contest, where the winner would get to train with him for two weeks. White also appeared on MTV's Punk'd on his 19th birthday in 2005. White also has been a part of Pepsi's Dew Action Sports Tour, and in November 2004 was the Grand Marshal for NASCAR's fourth leg of the Grand Slam, the Mountain Dew Southern 500 in Darlington, SC. He has also appeared in commercials for Sony's PSP, American Express, and Hewlett Packard. [edit] Achievements and recognition * Shaun remains the only skater to land the bodyvarial frontside 540.[5] * Shaun White was the first to land a Cab 7 Melon Grab in vert skateboarding.[6] * He was named the Chairman of the Board on the Spike TV Guys' Choice Awards on June 13, 2007. [1] [edit] Notes 1. ^ Rolling Stone writer (2006)."Shaun White: Attack of the Flying Tomato" Rolling Stone (accessed July 12, 2006) 2. ^ (2006). Shaun White BIO NBCOlympics.com (accessed July 31, 2006) 3. ^ Cave, Steve (2006). Shaun White Profile About.com (accessed July 13, 2006) 4. ^ http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-xnotes6aug06,0,5614388,print.story?coll=la-home-center 5. ^ Biography.com Shaun White Biography. Retrieved Jun 1, 2007 6. ^ Transworld Snowboarding Features Shaun White. Retrieved Jun 1, 2007 [edit] External links Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Shaun White * Snowboardermag.com, includes exclusive interviews and video clips of Shaun White * Official site of The White Album, includes clips and movie info * Shaun White at the Internet Movie Database * Shaun White's U.S. Olympic Team bio with notes, quotes, photos Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaun_White" Categories: All articles with unsourced statements | Articles with unsourced statements since February 2007 | 1986 births | Living people | People from San Diego | American snowboarders | American skateboarders | Snowboarders at the 2006 Winter Olympics | Olympic snowboarders of the United States | Winter Olympics medalists | Sportspeople of multiple sports Views * Article * Discussion * Edit this page * History Personal tools * Sign in / create account Navigation * Main page * Contents * Featured content * Current events * Random article interaction * About Wikipedia * Community portal * Recent changes * Contact Wikipedia * Donate to Wikipedia * Help Search Toolbox * What links here * Related changes * Upload file * Special pages * Printable version * Permanent link * Cite this article In other languages * Български * Česky * Español * Deutsch * Français * Italiano * Nederlands * 日本語 * ‪Norsk (bokmål)‬ * Polski * Suomi * Svenska Powered by MediaWiki Wikimedia Foundation * This page was last modified 18:37, 2 November 2007. * All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. 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