Shaun White Quotes & Trivia

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

Trivia

Shaun's favorite book is Lord of the Flies.

Shaun's least favorite food is french food.

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's first pro competition win was in 2005 at the Panasonic Open of the Dew Action Sports Tour.

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 Slopestyle in snowboarding in 2002.

Shaun is the first male athlete to have afour-peat in one discipline, slopestyle.

Shaun took gold in the Slopestyle for the mens snowboarding 2003 through 2006.

Shaun began snowboarding at the age of 6.

Shaun rides regular stance, twelve and negative three degrees on his snowboard.

He started skateboarding professionally at 16.

Shaun White won the Gold Metal in the 2006 Winter Olympics for the men's halfpipe.