• Shaun learned his remarkable mid-air body control on the family’s backyard trampoline.
• In 1996, at the age of 10, Shaun won three of the four events at the national junior championships.
• Shaun’s first day back in school after colliding with Bob Burnquist in 1997 was Picture Day. He had two black eyes in the class photo.
• When Shaun was 14, he finished fourth in the Vans Amateur World Skateboarding Championship.
• At 16, Shaun was the youngest snowboarder ever to win the US Open Slope Style championship when he took gold in 2003.
• Shaun was named Action Sports Athlete of the Year at the 2003 ESPYs.
• Shaun made his pro skateboard debut at the 2003 Slam City Jam.
• Shaun has won six gold medals at the Winter X Games. In 2005, he earned a silver medal in the Vert at the Summer X Games.
• Shaun’s sister Kari was the U.S. Open junior halfpipe champion in 2000.
• Shaun was one of the riders in the 2001 Pro Snowboarder video game.
• Shaun’s main sponsor is Burton. His brother Jesse, who was once sponsored by the same company, now helps him design his own clothing line for Burton.
• In 2006, Shaun signed a deal to become the star of his own Ubisoft video game.
• Shaun’s favorite athlete is Tiger Woods.
• Shaun’s favorite book is The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton.
• Shaun’s favorite sport to watch is Motocross.
• Shaun was the star of the 2005 snowboarding movie, "First Descent."
• Shaun says that if skateboarding ever become an Olympic medal sport, he’ll be there.
• When asked the best way to show off his gold medal, Shaun said “I could hang it from the rearview mirror of my car.”
• Shaun was nicknamed “The Egg” in his early teens because of his white helmet.
• Shaun’s favorite rock group is Led Zeppelin. He says Jimmy Page’s floppy sleeves influenced one of his Burton jacket designs.
• Shaun has purchased three homes in California and two in Utah.
• One of Shaun’s greatest challenges at the 2006 Olympics was keeping his bathroom from flooding his room. The plumbing in many of the Olympic Village apartments did not function properly.
• When Shaun was injured in 2004, he was not allowed to have an MRI because of the metal still in his chest from his childhood surgeries. “ I’d be like a turtle in a microwave,” he says.
• Shaun says that after seeing the 1996 movie “Happy Gilmore,” his dream in life was to win one of those giant checks.
• The White kids nicknamed their dad “Homer” because he complains about his job and likes beer.

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