Shaun White is Suing Oakley for Unlicensed Use of His Image Snowboarding legend Shaun White is suing sunglass giant Oakley, claiming they kept using his likeness to promote their product even after their deal expired. Related: Shaun White Officially Announces Skateboarding Focus this Summer and 2020 Olympics Intent According to court documents obtained by The Blast, White claims he had a licensing deal with Oakley and Luxottica (which owns Sunglass Hut) that […] Industry News SnowBrains | July 8, 2019 1 Comment
Shaun White Puts His Malibu, CA Compound on the Market for $27.25-Million Olympic snowboarder Shaun White, 32 is selling his stunning Malibu, CA compound for $27.25 million. The compound includes two properties: The three-bedroom, four-bathroom ranch home, which White bought in 2013 for $8.94 million, is priced at $14.5 million. The three-bedroom, two-bathroom home next door, which he picked up in 2016 for $10.75 million, is priced at $12.75 million. Related: Why Snowboarders Hate […] Industry News SnowBrains | June 18, 2019 0 Comments
Shaun White Apologizes to Special Olympics Community for Offensive Halloween Costume Shaun White apologized yesterday after wearing a Halloween costume that sparked a backlash from the Special Olympics. In a now-deleted post on White’s Instagram account, the professional snowboarder and skateboarder was shown dressed as “Simple Jack,” a disabled character featured in the 2008 film “Tropic Thunder” that triggered a boycott at the time and charges that it promoted “derogatory and […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 30, 2018 1 Comment
Shaun White Officially Announces Skateboarding Focus this Summer and 2020 Olympics Intent We reported a while ago that there was a possibility that Shaun White could consider skateboarding in the 2020 summer Olympics. Turns out that ‘guess’ wasn’t far off the mark as he officially announced yesterday that he will be competing in skateboarding contests this summer before making a decision whether he will compete at the inaugural skateboarding events at the 2020 […] Olympics SnowBrains | July 6, 2018 0 Comments
Is Shaun White Planning on Competing in Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics on a Skateboard? Shaun White is currently Down Under promoting his upcoming Air + Style event, but during an interview with Men’s Health Australia, did he just confirm he’s going to try and represent Team USA in skateboarding during the 2020 Summer Olympics? “You’d have to drag me to the mountain right now,” he said. “Skateboarding seems so appealing. I would have quit snowboarding […] Olympics Steven Agar | May 22, 2018 0 Comments
Shaun White and His Roots In Mammoth Resorts [sponsored by Mammoth Mountain] PyeongChang proved that Shaun White can still bring it! White’s gold medal run in the snowboard halfpipe event made it clear that he was back to business, an especially impressive feet after coming off of a jarring crash into the lip of a frozen halfpipe back in October, requiring 62 stitches. An underwhelming fourth place finish […] Industry News Lindsay Hayden | March 8, 2018 0 Comments
VIDEO: NBC Put Together All Three of Shaun White’s Gold Winning Runs | 2006-2018 On Wednesday morning in PyeongChang (Tuesday night in the U.S.), Shaun White finally reclaimed his Olympic halfpipe title, writes NBC. And with the win, he made quite a bit of history. A few of the highlights: 100th gold medal all-time for the United States at the Winter Olympics First snowboarder to win three gold medals First American man to win […] Olympics Steven Agar | February 15, 2018 0 Comments
VIDEO: Shaun White’s Halfpipe Gold Medal Winning Run in PyeongChang After holding the early lead from his first run, Californian Shaun White slipped to second behind his much younger rival, Ayumu Hirano of Japan. In the third, and final run, he had to put in the run of his life to claim his third career gold medal. Landing a 1440 was not likely to be enough, he would have to match […] Olympics Steven Agar | February 14, 2018 0 Comments