Shaun White at this point right now is the biggest name in this sport, he has made this name from a number of big wins. Shaun is from Carlsbad, CA that is his home town but his home mountain Park City Utah. He started to become big in 2006 when he won the winter Olympics half pipe scoring a 46.8 (50 is the highest possible score). He has change the entire snowboarding half pipe with 14 top 3 finishes in the big name tournaments.
Shaun has not only changed snowboarding he has changes skateboarding too. He started getting big in skateboarding around the same time that he started getting his name noticed in the snowboarding sport. This was in 2003 when he won both summer and winter X-Games in two different sports. He has made many records and the first one to many things in both sports.Many of the kids and teenagers that are in the sport look up to "the flying tomato" (one of many nick names for Shaun cause of his long red hair). He has brought many things in to this sport that many people would not think of and proving to people that the impossible is possible. He proved this by landing his hardest trick the Double Mctwist 1260. If you would like to learn more about him you can check out his website. http://www.shaunwhite.com/
I love Shaun White, he's amazing at snowboarding. I didn't know he skateboarded too, probably shoulda figured.. makes sense. Good explanation though, he really is talented.
ReplyDeleteThis is an informative post for anyone wantting to learn more about Shaun White. I have always known a little about him, but this taught more about him.
ReplyDeleteHe is a very well known figure in snowboarding but I had no idea he skateboarded also. I'd love to try snowboarding, but really don't like heights. Guess I'll just watch for now.
ReplyDeleteThere's a lot of depth into his snowboarding career, and I think that you put rather valuable information in this. Likely the only thing that could make this post better, would be to mention what else he has impacted, I've heard that he is rather important in skateboarding too!
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