Shaun White
Shaun White
Shaun Roger Whiteis an American professional snowboarder and skateboarder. He is a two-time Olympic gold medalist. He holds the X-Games records for gold medals and highest overall medal count, and has won 10 ESPY Awards...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSnowboarder
Date of Birth3 September 1986
CitySan Diego, CA
CountryUnited States of America
sports want facts
What drives me now is the fact that I feel like I still have so many tricks that I want to learn and so many things that I can still do. And so many cool things outside of sports that I have been doing.
kids fire want
When kids come up to me and say. 'I want to be like you,' it fires me up. It's pretty cool.
team snowboarding want
The Olympics are kind of weird. You have to be on a team. That's cool if you're a skier. But in snowboarding, you just want to be your own person.
feet want matter
If you're going off a 90-foot jump, you can't say: 'Oh, I don't want to do this now.' You're going no matter what.
eye body want
I can kind of picture what I want to do and my body just does it. You feel your way through a trick. I close my eyes sometimes.
games want different
I didn't want to make a game unless I felt in the position to make something new and different.
events wanted disappointed
I'm really disappointed at every event if I don't do less than what I wanted to do.
want wells
I want to perform well.
sports snowboarding want
I love the sport of snowboarding so much, but I just don't want to talk about it, ever.
bag definitely sleeve stuff
I've still got some stuff up my sleeve for the Games. I don't want to let it out of the bag right now, but I definitely have something planned.
best bit break contest matter olympics riding run time
To me, it's about getting better every time and doing the best I can every run no matter where I am. The Olympics are going to be huge, but I don't think the Olympics are going to make or break any rider. At the end of the day, it's just another contest with just a little bit more riding on it.
couple days dedicated learning
I was out at the Y a couple days ago and I was just dedicated to learning that trick.
figure fun skateboard street
You just get your skateboard and you go out in the street and you figure it out and you have fun with your friends.
drop
Well, I just started to have some fun. Normally, I drop in and do another (move), but then I thought, 'This is the Olympics, I'll try some sprays.