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- Full name: Shaun Roger White
- Born: September 3, 1986
- Birthplace: Carlsbad, California
- Height: 5'8"
- Weight: 145 lb
- Nickname: "The Flying Tomato"
- Stance: Regular
- Mentioned in the Ocean's Eleven film
- His video game, Shaun White Snowboarding released in 2008
- First to win two-consecutive gold medals in the Winter X-Games Superpipe
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Shaun White is a professional snowboarder and skateboarder. He has competed in the X Games since 2002.
On March 21, 2009, White announced his withdrawal from the 2009 U.S. Snowboarding Championships, citing a severely sprained left ankle. He could have become the second person to win four-consecutive halfpipe titles with a win at the event.ESPN.com: Sprain Keeps White From Title Defense
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Snowboarding
Shaun White has been participating in the Winter X Games since 2002, winning a medal at the event each year. In total, White has won seven gold medals at the games.In addition to his X Games success, White also won an Olympic gold medal in the men's halfpipe at the 2006 Winter Olympics. He has won titles at the 2008 U.S. Open Snowboarding Championships and slopestyle competitions.Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour: Shaun White
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2009-2010 Season
Shaun White has not let up heading into taking on the world in the 2010 Olympics. Shaun wanted to pull out all the stops and introduce new tricks to the snowboard world this year. He teamed up with Red Bull and a halfipipe was created that had snowboarding's first ever foam pit. This one-month training session, dubbed "Red Bull Project X" allowed White to practice new moves and leave with an arsenal of new tricks, including the first ever back-to-back double cork variations. in August 2009, he then debuted it at the Burton New Zealand Open. http://shaunwhite.com/bio/about/ -
Clothing Line and Video Game
In 2009, White debuted his own clothing line called Shaun White 4 Target. Shaun and his brother Jesse work together creating an affordable line of T-shirts, woven shirts, shorts and denim jeans for boys and young men. Additionally, White has collaborated on a signature with Burton Snowboarding. Shaun has a line of outerwear with Burton named the Burton White Collection. http://shaunwhite.com/bio/about/In addition to his clothing line, Shaun also partnered with Ubisoft on the development of his first video game. The game was released in 2008 and called Shaun White Snowboarding. The game sales showed worldwide success selling over 3 million sales since it's release and it led to a new new sports brand for Ubisoft. http://shaunwhite.com/bio/about/
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Winter X Games Medals
- 2002 - Silver - Slopestyle
- 2002 - Silver - Superpipe
- 2003 - Gold - Slopestyle
- 2003 - Gold -Superpipe
- 2004 - Gold - Slopestyle
- 2005 - Gold - Slopestyle
- 2006 - Gold - Slopestyle
- 2006 - Gold -Superpipe
- 2007 - Silve - Superpipe
- 2007 - Bronze - Slopestyle
- 2008 - Bronze - Slopestyle
- 2008 - Gold - Superpipe
- 2009 - Gold - Slopestyle
- 2009 - Gold - Superpipe
- 2010-Gold-Superpipe-Debuted new move the Double McTwist 1260, after crashing on that move in practice.
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Shaun White Questions
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Why no white after Labor Day? 3 Answers"As with many customs and etiquette dictums, it's difficult to pin down the reason behind the prohibition against white after Labor Day. We searched on variatio... read more -
Is it true that there are problems with the white G1 rather than the black or brown ones ?? 2 AnswersOnly problem I can seem to find is that the white paint seems to chip easier than on the brown or black ones. http://forums.t-mobile.com/tmbl/board/message?bo... read more
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What is a white hole? 2 AnswersIn theory, a white hole is the opposite of a black hole. As science has discovered, a black hole draws matter into itself, a white hole in theory ejects matter... read more
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Shaun White News and Articles
- Los Angeles Times: Shaun White wins snowboard superpipe with top three runs (January 28, 2008)
- Style Dash: Shaun White designs for Target (January 23, 2008)
- Extreme365.com: X-Games: Shaun White Takes Vert Gold (August 6, 2007)
- Rolling Stone: Attack of the Flying Tomato (February 24, 2006)
- ABC News: Shaun White Goes From Teary-Eyed Win to Romance (February 13, 2005)
- ESPN.com: Shaun White News
- Google News: Shaun White
- Topix: Shaun White News
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