Shaun White

Olympic medal record
Olympic Men's Snowboarding
	2006 Torino	Men's Halfpipe
X Games Medal Record
Men's Snowboarding
	2002	Slopestyle
	2002	Superpipe
	2003	Slopestyle
	2003	Superpipe
	2004	Slopestyle
	2005	Slopestyle
	2006	Slopestyle
	2006	Superpipe
	2007	Superpipe
	2007	Slopestyle
	2008	Slopestyle
	2008	Superpipe
Men's Skateboarding
	2005	Vert
	2007	Vert
TTR World Snowboard Tour Record
Men's Snowboarding
	2007	Overall

Shaun Roger White (born September 3,1986 in Carlsbad, California) is an American athlete. He has been a notable competitor in professional snowboarding since he was fourteen years old, but is also known for his skateboarding.

White stands 5' 8.5" (1.73 m) tall. He rides regular stance, twelve and negative three degrees on his board. He is known for his shock of red hair, for which he has become known as "The Flying Tomato." Addressing his perception of the nickname, Rolling Stone magazine wrote, "he used to embrace it, even wearing headbands with a flying-tomato logo, but he has grown tired of it."

Snowboarding career

White gained sponsorship from Burton. Shaun spent his formative years riding Snow Summit and Bear Mountain, at Big Bear a small ski resort found in the San Bernardino Mountains of Southern California. Today, his sponsors include Burton, as well as Oakley, Birdhouse Skateboards, Park City Resort, Target, Red Bull, Adio,HP, White also has his own character on the games Shaun Palmer's Pro Snowboarder, White has been a participant in the Winter X Games, where he has medaled every year since 2002. Including all winter X Games competitions through 2008, his medal count stands at 14 (9 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze), including the first four-peat winner by a male athlete in one discipline, the snowboard slopestyle. White's quest for a five-peat Gold in 2007 was spoiled by Andreas Wiig (Gold) and Jussi Oksanen (Silver), with White taking the bronze. At the conclusion of the 2008 Winter X Games, White stands as one of only two athletes who have won a leading seven gold medals in their total Winter X competitive history. He has also won the Air & Style Contest in 2003 and 2004.

White also earned a gold medal in the men's halfpipe while representing the United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics. He scored a 46.8 out of 50 on his first run. The score was not beaten by any other boarder in the first or second run, ensuring him the gold before his final run.

Executing near-flawless second run, Shaun White captured his third consecutive halfpipe title at the 2008 U.S. Open Snowboarding Championships to go along with his third US Open slopestyle competition . This follows White's dramatic win at the 25th (2007) Burton US Open, where he placed third in slopestlyle and first in the halfpipe. White was defending champion of the Open, as he had overcome several years of injuries and other problems to finally win the event in 2006 for the first time. At the 2007 Open, White was also crowned the first "Male Burton Global Open Champion". His take for the event was $100,000 (Global Open Champ), $20,000 (1st Place Halfpipe), $5,000 (3rd Place Slopestyle), and a new Volvo.

Achievements, recognition and popular culture

• Shaun White won the 2008 Laureus World Sports Award for the best Action Sportsperson of the Year.
• White remains the only skater to land the bodyvarial frontside 540.
• He was the first to land a Cab 7 Melon Grab in vert skateboarding.
• He was named the Chairman of the Board on the Spike TV Guys' Choice Awards on June 13, 2007.
• He is the only snowboarder to win at the Olympics and the X Games.
• White starred in the 2005 snowboarding documentary First Descent.
• The 2008 video game Shaun White Snowboarding is named after him.

External links

• Official Site of Shaun White, check out photos, videos and blogs
• AST Dew Tour Pofile
• Snowboardermag.com, includes exclusive interviews and video clips of Shaun White
• Official site of The White Album, includes clips and movie info
• Shaun White at IMDb
• Shaun White's U.S. Olympic Team bio with notes, quotes, photos