Shaun White Fan Club

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shaun white interveiw from IGN sports

1. What's in your bag?

Shaun White: Three pieces of bacon, Teen Wolf and a helicopter.

2. What are some of your "must have" products?

Shaun White: Man, good question. I would say my shark tooth necklace, pumpkin carving knife, and spinning wheel for throwing clay on the road.

3. Best dish that you can cook?

Shaun White: I can make a mean Vodka Penne pasta. With the veggies and vodka crème sauce, it's really good.




4. If you could be great at any other sport what would it be and why?

Shaun White: It's hard to decide, there are so many fun sports and I don't know how to choose just one. I would say surfing the internet. No wait, can I be a vampire hunter?

5. What do you want to be when you grow up?

Shaun White: I want to be a pure beam of energy. Then you can store me in a crystal and then I can materialize when I need to do something.

6. What's something nobody knows about you or would never expect from you?

Shaun White: I don't know, I have wisdom teeth, do the people want to know that?

7. One thing you want to do before you die?

Shaun White: I want to dance. I want to wear a purple turtle suit and dance in the ice capades.




8. Super power you wish you had and why?

Shaun White: I wish I had the ability to project movies out of my neck.

9. Best Halloween costume ever?

Shaun White: I was a giant bird this year. It was pretty cool.

10. Ever broken any bones?

Shaun White: For sure. I have broken both arms, fractured my skull and broken my leg. Nothing big.

11. Any tattoos or body piercings?

Shaun White: I have a tattoo of a sword on my chest. I also have a picture of Huckleberry Fin floating down the Mississippi on my stomach.

12. Who's your role model?

Shaun White: Stewie from "Family Guy."

13. What is your nickname and how did you get it?

Shaun White: So yeah, they call me the flying tomato. I got it on the Tony Hawk secret skatepark tour when I was 14. I don't remember who gave it to me, but it's like a disease, I can't get rid of it.

14. Last poster pinned on your wall?

Shaun White: My friend got me a vintage Rolling Stone cover with Led Zeppelin on it.

15. Dream car?

Shaun White: A vegetable powered donkey.

16. What's your favorite:
- DVD? "The Big Lebowski"
- Video game? Time Crisis
- Magazine? Lodown
- Celebrity? Jason Schwartzman

17. Sing karaoke or laugh at those who try?
Shaun White: Sing.

18. Lover or Fighter?

Shaun White: Ultimate lover.

19. Liberal or Conservative?

Shaun White: I'm 19, I don't have time to think about that.

20. Single or Taken?

Shaun White: Wouldn't you like to know! Wouldn't you like to know?
 
Predict-a-Mint said:
shaun white interveiw from IGN sports

1. What's in your bag?

Shaun White: Three pieces of bacon, Teen Wolf and a helicopter.

2. What are some of your "must have" products?

Shaun White: Man, good question. I would say my shark tooth necklace, pumpkin carving knife, and spinning wheel for throwing clay on the road.

3. Best dish that you can cook?

Shaun White: I can make a mean Vodka Penne pasta. With the veggies and vodka crème sauce, it's really good.




4. If you could be great at any other sport what would it be and why?

Shaun White: It's hard to decide, there are so many fun sports and I don't know how to choose just one. I would say surfing the internet. No wait, can I be a vampire hunter?

5. What do you want to be when you grow up?

Shaun White: I want to be a pure beam of energy. Then you can store me in a crystal and then I can materialize when I need to do something.

6. What's something nobody knows about you or would never expect from you?

Shaun White: I don't know, I have wisdom teeth, do the people want to know that?

7. One thing you want to do before you die?

Shaun White: I want to dance. I want to wear a purple turtle suit and dance in the ice capades.




8. Super power you wish you had and why?

Shaun White: I wish I had the ability to project movies out of my neck.

9. Best Halloween costume ever?

Shaun White: I was a giant bird this year. It was pretty cool.

10. Ever broken any bones?

Shaun White: For sure. I have broken both arms, fractured my skull and broken my leg. Nothing big.

11. Any tattoos or body piercings?

Shaun White: I have a tattoo of a sword on my chest. I also have a picture of Huckleberry Fin floating down the Mississippi on my stomach.

12. Who's your role model?

Shaun White: Stewie from "Family Guy."

13. What is your nickname and how did you get it?

Shaun White: So yeah, they call me the flying tomato. I got it on the Tony Hawk secret skatepark tour when I was 14. I don't remember who gave it to me, but it's like a disease, I can't get rid of it.

14. Last poster pinned on your wall?

Shaun White: My friend got me a vintage Rolling Stone cover with Led Zeppelin on it.

15. Dream car?

Shaun White: A vegetable powered donkey.

16. What's your favorite:
- DVD? "The Big Lebowski"
- Video game? Time Crisis
- Magazine? Lodown
- Celebrity? Jason Schwartzman

17. Sing karaoke or laugh at those who try?
Shaun White: Sing.

18. Lover or Fighter?

Shaun White: Ultimate lover.

19. Liberal or Conservative?

Shaun White: I'm 19, I don't have time to think about that.

20. Single or Taken?

Shaun White: Wouldn't you like to know! Wouldn't you like to know?
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that sounds like hes high or an alcoholic... sad to say.
 
I LOOOVE SHAUN WHITE!!!

did anyone else watch him on the Winter X Games yesterday? the ABC announcer TICKED ME OFF when Shaun didn't win. he was all "and shaun white, forced to work for his money" and making all these comments about how he didnt win for the 1st time in 4 years, and it was the way he said it that you could tell he didnt like the flying tomato.:mad:

EDIT-where did you get that survey? its not right. he got the nickname in a hotel lobby, and he doesnt have tattos.
 
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Crunchine said:
I LOOOVE SHAUN WHITE!!!

did anyone else watch him on the Winter X Games yesterday? the ABC announcer TICKED ME OFF when Shaun didn't win. he was all "and shaun white, forced to work for his money" and making all these comments about how he didnt win for the 1st time in 4 years, and it was the way he said it that you could tell he didnt like the flying tomato.:mad:

EDIT-where did you get that survey? its not right. he got the nickname in a hotel lobby, and he doesnt have tattos.
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how do you know? i think i recorded the x games with him. too mesmorized by amazing snowmobile skills. i got a pm from a girl who never posted on here who said that she knew it was true. glad he doesn't have tatoos. i have to sue espn for being stupid now... right after i eat my ipod
 
gosh i feel like a stalker! feast ur eyes!


Where in the World is Shaun White?
Jan 10 2007 / Los Angeles, CA


Snowboarding’s favorite son takes time to enjoy the finer things



To the casual observer, professional snowboarding may look like nothing more than a series of contests. X Games, Olympics, the Grand Prix Series -- unless you live and breathe snowboarding, that’s all you see of it on network television. And last season, at every one of those big televised events, one rider always seemed to land on the top of the podium: Shaun White. Shaun competed in, and won, 12 events, including the Olympics in Torino. He took the slopestyle and rail prize at the Session in Vail, swept the Grand Prix series, won the Slopestyle and Halfpipe at Winter X Games and the Slopestyle and Halfpipe at the US Open.


2006 was an Olympic year, which meant riders needed to compete not only in the Olympics, but to make the Olympic team as well. Every competitive snowboarder is trying to make the Olympics, so it was a stressful, competitive year for all.


This year though, the pressure is off. The pride of winning contests (and the cash purses that comes with it) is enough to entice some people to diligently follow the contest circuit without the Olympics on the line. But after you’ve won just about everything there is to win like Shaun, you have earned the freedom of choice: spend every weekend at a contest for the cash, or focus on other things. Non-competitive snowboarders spend an entire season to film a three minute video part, or travel the globe in search of first descents and backcountry lines.


So after a very hectic season, Shaun isn’t slowing down at all, but he is opting to explore more of the mountain than just the halfpipe and park. Don’t think he’s not doing any contests. Even with plenty of other plans, Shaun is still managing to do seven major events, including the European Open. You may not see him at smaller events like the Session or the Grand Prix, but Shaun isn’t planning on coming down from the top any time soon. We caught up with the flying tomato to find out more about his plans for the season.


Lat34: What was it like competing so much last season? Is it nice to have a

mellower contest schedule this year?

Shaun: Last season was just crazy. It was like everything I did was just building up to the Olympics, and then after that it was just a blur. It was so insane after it all I went home and just slept for about 2 days straight. Almost every weekend I was doing a contest and once I was winning I just wanted to win more and keep the streak going, luckily I was able to. What was even crazier about last year was that I went straight from snowboarding into skating and competing a bunch in that. After the summer was over I knew that I needed some down time and some time to really enjoy the other things in snowboarding. The Olympics were super fun and everything about last year was great, but I just think this year will be really fun in a different way.


Lat34: What other types of things do you get to do since you are not at a contest every weekend?

Shaun: This year I’ll be concentrating on filming and shooting photos more than I have in the past few years. I’m working with Mack Dawg (Productions) this year again so it should be really fun. I want to spend some more time in the backcountry and get better at that and just work on new stuff. Last year was just so based on contests that I wanted to take some time to do different things. Also this year I have a lot of new stuff going on that takes up some time. I’m working on a video game, and spend a lot of time with my brother working on my clothing line too. It’s also nice to have time to do fun stuff, like the other day I went to Aspen to ride and hang with Seal and Heidi Klum. I mean, that stuff is so fun, and I want to have time for it.


Lat34: How did you choose the events you are doing?

Shaun: I looked at my schedule and tried to figure out what contests I could do to reach out and see the most fans. Like in Europe and Japan they bring in so many people to the stadium events and it’s all over TV there. And in the states the X Games is obviously huge, and so is the US Open. I just wanted to do the events that I thought I could have a really good time at and at the same time get to see the most fans while doing it
 
k here's another one! i'm like the only on posting...


Shaun White: The only time it becomes a job is when there is a photo shoot or something that seems like it could be avoided. And some interviews where you know it is going to be bad because it is with this guy who doesn’t know anything about snowboarding, and he’s like, ‘You guys with your 1290s.’ Those are the times it is rough, but for every awful thing I have to do, which aren’t even that awful, I get to do so many things that are way more fun.


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When I get mad about something, I think about how I get to go to Japan and New Zealand. I talk to my friends and they’re like, ‘Oh, I’ve been to Mexico.’ We live in San Diego. I could throw a rock at Mexico, it is right there.


Danny Kass had a pretty incredible year competing and he probably only rode pipe for 15 days. How many days of pipe riding did you have last season?


White: About the same. It was hilarious because I usually take a month and try to get better at pipe. That whole month I couldn’t find one decent pipe because it snowed so much everywhere. I found myself with all my old pipe tricks and I got hurt, so I had to relearn a lot of stuff, too. Then I showed up at the X Games unprepared.


You still did real well though. You won the slopestyle and got 4th in pipe.


White: It was so funny though; I go to the grocery store and, right away, this guy was like, ‘That sucks you lost the pipe, Shaun.’


I’m like, ‘Uh, but did you see I won the slope?’


He was all, ‘I don’t watch that.’


To be frank, a lot of people do have the perception that you have fallen off in pipe, but you are winning slopestyles and other events. How do you deal with this?


White: I just want people to see me as an all-around rider who can do anything. Some people just put everything into the pipe. It is so hyped on TV during the X Games that nobody even pays attention to the slopestyle. It is hard, too, because there are some people who ride pipe and that is all they do. This past year, I was a little upset because I didn’t get to ride more slopestyle. I had to catch up in pipe and it sucked because I wanted to get better at slope.


Tim Windell told me once that he used to carry you up the halfpipe at Mt. Hood when you were real young.


White: My dad would mainly carry me up the pipe. When I would try to walk up there, I would sink so deep into the slush that I’d get too tired to do it. I wouldn’t even unbuckle, I would just latch onto my dad and he’d bring me to the top. The best part was when I’d get to the bottom and my dad was still at the top, random people would get down low and I’d just jump on their back and head up to the top. I didn’t even know who they were. Tim Windell was always around though.


To this day, I can say I’ve never ever been a real camper at Windell’s. I’ve been a day guy where I just ride the pipe or go skate, and that’s all I got to do. It was insane because we’d all just camp out in the motorhome. It would be my brother Jesse, myself, my sister Kerri, my dad and my mom all in a van. We’d take trips up to Mammoth and all over the place. It is funny now to fly first-class out to a mountain and stay in a nice hotel. It means so much more because of that.


When did you start competing?


White: Doing the little USASA contests when I was even younger, I didn’t know what I was doing. My parents would have to hold me up so I could look over the starting gate at the course, and then as the gates went down, I didn’t look at them as I turned through the gate; I just looked at it like, ‘OK, there’s a red gate, there’s a blue gate, there’s a red gate.’ I’m all, ‘Red, blue, red, blue.’ That’s all I did the whole way down. Everybody did everything back then, it was like GS and slalom.


How did you do at racing?


White: I did well. For some reason, I was pretty fast on my board. When I first started, I used hard boots because there were no little kids’ boots at the time. On hard boots, as soon as you lean, they kick you right to your edge, so I just learned to carve right off the bat. That was the first thing I learned, carving. But nobody really was too explanatory with it. They weren’t like, ‘Dip your shoulder, then you turn and bend.’ They were just like, ‘OK, Shaun, you gotta make a ‘C’ in the ground and then another one right after it.’


You travel most of the year. Where do you look forward to traveling to?


White: It depends on what I’m gonna do, but I love going to Japan. I can only go there for like a week at the most because any longer and the language barrier and all that stuff just starts to get really, really tough to deal with. You can talk to any other rider and they’ll be like, ‘Yeah, a week is the limit.’ Norway is pretty sick, too.


When you are in the middle of traveling, do you ever feel like hitting the panic button and heading home immediately?


White: The hardest part for me now is I have my own house. Every time I come back, there’s something new done to it. Like, the Rog [his dad] just put a hole in the wall and put in a new window. My home has gotten so dialed-in now to where I can’t stand leaving. I’ve got the beach right there, the backyard is fully decked-out with a barbecue and waterfall, a Jacuzzi and all this stuff. It’s just such a pain to leave now. I threw a panic button this year; I was at the Vans Cup at Northstar, and I just didn’t feel like I had enough practice. I went into the pipe and didn’t do that well; I fell on both runs. That was insane for me because I always feel like I can just nail it that first time, and I always feel consistent. I was like, ‘This is awful, I have to get out of here,’ and I panicked. The coolest part about living in the San Diego area is I go home and totally forget about snowboarding altogether. I don’t even think about anything, and then snowboarding becomes fresh again, so when I go back out I’m stoked to be there.


I was in Japan with JP Solberg and Romain De Marchi and those guys had been on the Burton World Tour the whole way. They did all this Australian stuff, LA, New York, Europe, and finally Japan for the last leg of it. Those guys went to get a massage, freaked out and hopped on a plane that night, gone. They didn’t even say bye or anything to anybody. We were waiting in the bus the next day just going, ‘Where are they?’ They had panic-buttoned out. It just happens to the best of them.


Three years ago you had a golden season. How is it now that you’ve had a bunch of events where you haven’t been nailing it? Is that a good thing or a bad thing? It had to happen eventually.


White: I wouldn’t say it was a bunch of events.


No, you got 4th at the X Games. At this day and age, that’s insane.


White: Sh-t, I nailed my run. I was stoked. That was like the best run I could do at the time. I did 900s, McTwists, 1080s and all that crap. Once you do the best you can, it doesn’t matter. I did the best run I could at the time. And then it goes down to the judging and there’s nothing I can do. As long as I feel I’ve done the best I can, I’m fine.


You did what you planned to do.


White: Exactly. I was like, ‘This is my run.’ I was stoked that day. I was like, ‘Man, I did my run!’ That was like the third 1080 of the year that I had done. I was sweating. I was at the top of the pipe, and I had gotten three of them in a row—every run I stuck it—it was awesome. It just was not my time to win right then. The biggest shakeup in the whole thing was that I got injured, and that was way out of left field. That was the last thing on my mind. Because I had taken really bad slams, I just felt indestructible. I could still take really gnarly slams and just be like, ‘Oh, that sucked.’ You just walk away.


Who are the riders out there now, based on skill, that you feel push you?


White: If I’m at a halfpipe, Kass because he has got super good style. On rails, I love to hang out with Jeremy Jones or Eddie Wall because they are always pushing it. With jumps, I am a big fan of JP Solberg and Gigi Rüf. Those guys are super mellow and solid riders. There is also something that doesn’t get old about hanging out with Pat Moore and Mason Aguirre. The last thing I want to do is go to the mountain and just train or practice. I want to have fun and learn something new.
 
i know you did. let me know if u get anything back. we might as well delete the shaun white thing because this is turning out to be the keira-hayley free convo thread!
 
rawr... people post! i just got the for right or wrong movie on my ipod... gnarly as the snowfolk would say. anyway everyone should get it because everyone's favorite red head is the sweetest guy in the world!
 
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