Shaun White

Date of Birth:
September 4, 1986
Hometown:
Carlsbad, CA
Other Sponsors:
Oakley, Burton Snowboards, Red Bull, Target, Adio Shoes, HP, and Park City Resort.
Other Hobbies:
Guitar, Surfing, being ridiculously good looking.
Career Highlights:
2008: 1st Burton European Open Slopestyle, 2nd Burton European Open Halfpipe, Burton European Open Overall Champion, 1st X-Games Superpipe, 3rd X-Games Slopestyle, 1st US Open Slopestyle, 1st US Open Halfpipe, 1st Dew Tour Skateboard Vert stop #1
2007: Burton Global Open Champion, TTR World Tour Champion, Olympic Gold Medalist Halfpipe, 1st X-Games Slopestyle, 1st X-Games Halfpipe, 1st Place X-Games Vert Skateboarding
2006: 1st Dew Tour Skateboarding Vert, 1st Chevy Grand Prix Olympic Qualifier Breckenridge #1 and #2, 1st Chevy Grand Prix Olympic Qualifier #3 Mt. Bachelor OR, 1st Chevy Grand Prix Olympic Qualifier #4 New Jersey, 1st Chevy Grand Prix Olympic Qualifier #5 New Jersey, 1st Honda Session Rail Jam, 1st Honda Session Slopestyle, 1st Winter X-Games Halfpipe, 1st Winter X-Games Slopestyle, 1st Gold Medal 2006 Olympics Halfpipe, 1st US Open Slopestyle and 1st US Open Halfpipe
2005: 1st Chevy Grand Prix Olympic Qualifier #1 Breckenridge, 1st Chevy Grand Prix Olympic Qualifier #2 Breckenridge, 1st Dew Tour Skateboarding Vert, 3rd Dew Tour Skateboarding Vert, 1st Innsbuck Air and Style, 1st Honda Session-At-Vail Slopestyle, 1st Honda Session-At-Vail Rail Jam, 1st Winter X-Games Slopestyle, 1st Nippon Open Halfpipe and 1st FIS World Cup Lake Placid
2004: 1st Innsbuck Air and Style, 1st Honda Session-At-Vail Slopestyle, 1st Honda Session-At-Vail Rail Jam and 1st Winter X-Games Slopestyle
2003: 1st Winter X-Games Halfpipe, 1st Winter X-Games Slopestyle, 1st Global X-Games Halfpipe, 1st Bear Mountain Vans Triple Crown Halfpipe, 1st Bear Mountain Vans Triple Crown Slopestyle, 1st Phillips US Open Slopestyle, 1st Session At Vail Slopestyle, 1st Session At Vail Jib Jam, 1st Artic Challenge Slopestyle and 1st Nippon Open

Q & A

Shaun White and Danny Kass...Nice Goggles!

Shaun White is a busy man, but what most people don't know is that he spends his free time volunteering at bowling alley's so he can help combat foot odor outbreak. Watch him fight foot odor one shoe at a time in his Oakley Winter X-Games Commercial:

If you were not a pro snowboarder you would be?

I think I would be Abraham Lincoln's beard.

To me, Oakley is

Always on point. It's the only thing I'll put on my eyes.

Favorite

Bands: Led Zeppelin. Films: The Big Lebowski. Books: The Lord of the Flies. TV Shows: VH1 Behind the Music. Drink: Well of course I'm going to say Mountain Dew.

What are your favorite songs currently loaded onto your Thump?

I like a bunch of rock music, classics like Led Zeppelin, Cream, the Doors. But I have been rocking The White Stripes, Hot Hot Heat, Elliot Smith, and Arcade Fire, plus some hip-hop and random jazz stuff.

When did you start your sport?

I started riding when I was six at June Mountain.

Number of years participating in your sport

11 years

Who / What inspires you?

I get a lot of inspiration from my family. The people that I ride with definitely help push me to try my hardest.

What move / trick are you working on?

The klijfsdlkoioihgk flip followed by an hsfda883dsfnb frontside spin.

Do you have any other special talents (music / write / draw / paint)?

Totally, I can read the minds of sharks. I know what they are up to, and man, let me tell you, it's a lot. Like the other day, these two sharks were playing Monopoly and discussing the modern economic policies of France.

If you could be someone famous, who would you be?

Jimmy Page.

Any last words?

Don't listen to anything I say.

5 Items I can't live without

Celery and Peanut Butter, Carne Asada, Horchada, Vodka Penne, and General Cho's Chicken.

Years as a professional

I have been pro since I was 13, so that's going to be 8 years this winter.

What is more important to you than snowboarding?

I think my family is the most important influence in my life.

Party animal or mellow TV on the couch?

I'm the dude macking on your passed out girlfriend. Ok...that might be a bit too much.