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
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