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The new face of winter sports success in America is unbeatable in the halfpipe and remarkable in the air. Shaun White has proved his mettle in snowboarding and skateboarding, emerging as the new sports superstar.
Early Life
The two-time Olympic gold medallist was born to Cathy and Roger White in San Diego, California. As a child, he went through two open-heart surgeries to correct a heart defect known as Tetralogy of Fallot. Surfing and skateboarding were a part of Shaun’s adventures as he grew up in California. In addition to these, winters were usually spent skiing at Bear Mountain and Okemo Mountain. He enjoyed living life on the edge, so at the age of six, Cathy introduced him to the board and found that he was able to perfect his jumps very quickly. His family supported him on every step to follow his love for snowboarding. By the time he was 12, White had won many medals.
Image credit: “Shaun White 2008” by Veronica Belmont
Career
His career as a snowboarder took off from the age of seven, and since then White took part in many competition and won many accolades. White has participated in three Winter Olympics so far and has won gold in the snowboard halfpipe event during the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics. He was recognized as the best athlete at the 2003 Winter X Games. He joined the skateboarding tour in 2002 and qualified for the Summer X Games next year. He made history in the X games by becoming the first summer-winter participant.
He gained popularity as the best crossover star. He endured his first injury in the 2004 X games and had to keep away from sports for almost six months. He started getting media attention in 2006 and the nickname Flying Tomato became synonymous to White. Shaun won gold in the Winter Olympics of 2006 where he executed one of the best runs of his life.
The 2008 U.S. Open Snowboarding Championship saw White execute a brilliant second run as he captured his third consecutive snowboard halfpipe title. In the 25th US Burton open, he stood third in slopestyle and first in halfpipe. The year 2008 also saw the release of his first video game which is Shaun White Snowboarding.
Image credit: “SWSkateboarding” by Source.
In the year 2009, White got the gold medal in super pipe at the Winter X Games for the second time consecutively. He was also able to bag a gold for slopestyle after winning bronze for 2 years. In the same year, he won the FIS World Cup Men’s Halfpipe event at Vancouver.
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