Shaun White on His Long Professional Career: “The Early Years Were Tough” Shaun White is arguably the most successful professional action sports athlete of all time. Even with his hard work ethic combined with natural talent, that did not come easily. There are not many athletes that come close to his resume of achievements with three Olympic Gold Medals and 23 X-Games medals in both snowboarding and skateboarding. Related: Why Snowboarders Hate Shaun […] Featured Video Dominic Gawel | April 8, 2021 0 Comments
VIDEO: 15-Year-Old Breaks Shaun White’s 11-Year Superpipe Air World Record On March 31st, 2021, Valentino Guseli landed the highest halfpipe air ever officially measured in snowboarding history. Related: VIDEO: French Skier Breaks World Record for Fastest Switch Skiing – 86 MPH! With 7.3m (24ft), he put up a new world record. Before him, the world record was held by Shaun White with 7m (23ft) and was set at Winter X Games […] SnowBrains | April 7, 2021 0 Comments
Shaun White Returns to Competitive Snowboarding for First Time Since 2018 Olympics Shaun White returned to competitive snowboarding yesterday following a nearly three-year hiatus. The last time he competed was when he won his third Olympic title in 2018. Related: Why Snowboarders Hate Shaun White: White had the second-highest score in halfpipe at the US Grand Prix in Aspen, CO, the first in a series of 2022 Olympic qualifying events. In his first run, […] Olympics SnowBrains | March 19, 2021 0 Comments
VIDEO: Shaun White Surprises Neighborhood Kids and Joins Them for a Street Skate Session When you drive by a request like this you can’t say no, wrote Shaun White on his Facebook page, with regards to the cute, handwritten note requesting that he skate their ramp. Definitely brought back some memories seeing these kids killing it on their starter ramp in the neighborhood, so I stopped to skate with them from a safe distance. […] SnowBrains | May 28, 2020 0 Comments
Mark McMorris Beats Shaun White’s Long Standing X-Games Career Medal Record Shaun White’s long-standing X-Games medal haul record was topped on Saturday when Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris earned his 19th career Winter X Games medal. McMorris, 26, took gold in the men’s snowboard big air competition at the Games in Norway, beating Max Parrot and Darcy Sharpe. He had already captured a silver medal in the big air event in Aspen in […] Industry News SnowBrains | March 13, 2020 0 Comments
Shaun White Drops Plans to Skateboard in Tokyo 2020 Olympics Three-time Olympic snowboarding gold medalist Shaun White will turn his focus away from making the US skateboarding team for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, so he can prepare to defend his halfpipe title in Beijing in 2022, he told the Associated Press this weekend. “The decision became less about going for a skate and more about, am I willing to […] Olympics SnowBrains | March 6, 2020 1 Comment
Why Snowboarders Hate Shaun White: Both Yahoo Sports & Business Insider magazine have written articles this week addressing just why snowboarders hate Shaun White. Below are excerpts from those articles. Shaun White does seem to be generally resented by the Snowboarding community. Snowboarders that I spend time with constantly disrepect Shaun and pooh-pooh his achievements. I asked the two snowboarders I live with why they don’t like Shaun White and here’s what they said: “I hate him because he’s supposedly the biggest representative of our sport and he’s not really a part of the community. I hate him for […] Miles Clark | March 3, 2020 27 Comments
Shaun White Lists a Second Malibu Home for $11-Million Less than a year after listing his Malibu compound for $27.25 million, snowboarder Shaun White has just listed a second Malibu home for just under $11-million. Related: Why Snowboarders Hate Shaun White: The property, which has been available since 2018 as a $27,000 per month rental, won’t see much if any profit on the $10.75 million it cost 3-years ago. Located on […] Industry News SnowBrains | January 22, 2020 0 Comments