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Pro Snowboarding History Mag. About Shaun White, History and the Future. By, Chad McNeal
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Pro Snowboarding HistoryMag.

About Shaun White, History and theFuture.

By, Chad McNeal

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Shaun White, Growing up..

In San Diego, California Shaun Roger White was born onSeptember 3rd, 1986. Shaun was born with a congenital heart

defect that later caused him to have two cardiac surgeriesbefore reaching the age of five. At the age of five he picked uphis first skateboard and was very interested in the sport. Hegot really into it when he fallowed his older brother Jessey

White to the town YMCA skate park. Then at the age of six hegot his first snowboard and "that's when it all started" said his

mom.

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Shaun White, the start of his careerWhen Jessey went to the skate park or hit up the slopes Shaunwas right there with him. He would fallow him everywhere anddid whatever he did, the 2 brothers where inseparable. Shaunthen started getting recognized because he was the smallest

kid on the mountain doing the biggest tricks attractingattention.

He also was a very fast learner with a skateboard. This is a clipof shaun white at a young age shredding it up on theslops.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SVq0ZhPmys mostpeople wernt supprised when they saw him enteringcompetitions at such a young age. At just 14 he entered hisfirst comp and then 2 years later in 2002 at the age of 16 hewon his first X-games medle.He has managed to win one every year scince 2002 and here

it is 2010. These are all the medles he has won, 3 gold and 2silver medals in the X Games snowboard superpipe, 4 gold and2 bronze medals in the X Games snowboard slopestyle, 1 goldmedal in the X Games for overall snowboarding, 1 gold, 1silver, and 1 bronze medala in the X Games skateboard vert,and 1 Olympic Gold in the halfpipe. His 7 winter X Games goldmedals ties him for the most ever. Shaun has won othersnowboarding competitions like the 2007 Burton Global OpenChampionship and the TTR Tour Championship.

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About Shaun White info and cool factsShaun was the first to land a Cab 7 Melon Grab in a vert

skateboarding competition. He was also the first to land a bodyvarial frontside 540 called the Armadillo. he got the name

because he has always like armadillos. Shaun White issometimes known as the Flying Tomato because oh his madeup tricks. He has long, thick red hair which, when put togetherwith his flying antics on the snowboard and skateboard, earned

him the nickname Flying Tomato.

Shaun snowboards regular (not goofy) on a Burton WhiteCollection 156 snowboard. He uses Burton bindings and boots.His home mountain is Park City, Utah. goofy and regular are

just different terms used whyle going frontwors also knows asrighty or lefty. Shaun has so many different bards its crazy hehas over 100 makes and modles he also has shirts shoes pants

and even outer snowboarding ware along with the boardbindings and boots made by burton.

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