Shaun White

Shaun White Trivia and Quotes

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Trivia

  • Shaun White tried to attempt the first ever 1080 in skateboarding, but never landed it. []
  • Shaun's favorite colors are red and green. []
  • Some of Shauns influences include his brother Jesse and the famous skateboarder Tony Hawk. []
  • Shaun's favorite book is Lord of the Flies. []
  • Shaun's favorite shows include Family Guy, Everybody Loves Raymond and Just Shoot Me. []
  • Shaun's least favorite food is french food. []
  • Shaun attempterd the 1080 in the 2005 and 2006 X-Games, making him the only skater to attempt the trick in competition,but has yet to land it. []
  • Shaun is good friends with Skateboarding Legend Tony Hawk. Tony has been working with Shaun to improve his snowboarding and skateboarding skills from the age of 9. []
  • Shaun won first place in the 2006 Dew Action Sports Tour's Right Guard Open in Skate Vert. []
  • Shaun's first pro competition win was in 2005 at the Panasonic Open of the Dew Action Sports Tour. []
  • Shaun remains the only skater to land the bodyvarial frontside 540. []
  • Shaun earned a gold medal in the men’s halfpipe for the United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics, scoring a 46.8 out of 50 on his first run. []
  • Shaun took the Silver Medal for the Mens HalfPipe in 2002. []
  • Shaun took the Silver Medal for the Mens Slopestyle in snowboarding in 2002. []
  • Shaun took the Silver Medal for the Mens Vert skateboarding in 2005. []
  • Shaun is the first male athlete to have afour-peat in one discipline, slopestyle. []
  • Shaun took gold in the Halfpipe for the mens snowboarding 2003 and 2006. []
  • Shaun took gold in the Slopestyle for the mens snowboarding 2003 through 2006. []
  • Shaun's sponsors include Burton, Oakley, T-mobile, R.E.D., Volcom, Birdhouse Skateboards, Ricta, June Mountain, Target, Mountain Dew, Transworld Snowboarding, Adio, Sony PlayStation, and HP. []
  • Shaun began snowboarding at the age of 6. []
  • Shaun was born with a congenital heart defect known as tetralogy of Fallot. []
  • Shaun rides regular stance, twelve and negative three degrees on his snowboard. []
  • He has an older brother named Jesse and an older sister named Kari. []
  • He started skateboarding professionally at 16. []
  • He skiied originally, but switched to snowboarding because his big brother Jesse started, and Shaun, being the tag-along little brother, had to do the same. []
  • Shaun White won the Gold Metal in the 2006 Winter Olympics for the men's halfpipe. []
  • Shaun turned pro-snowboarder at the age of 13. []

Quotes

  • Shaun White: If I try to beat someone, then I can only get as good as they are. If I try to be as good as I can be, there's no telling where that might lead []
  • Shaun White: I got a gold medal. I guess I'm an athlete now. I gotta start going to the gym. []

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