White has participated in two Winter Olympics in his career. At both the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics, White won gold in the snowboard halfpipe event. White has also participated in the Winter X Games, where he has won a medal every year since 2002. Including all winter X Games competitions through 2009, his medal count stands at 15 (10 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze), among which is the first quadruple win streak by a male athlete in one discipline, the snowboard slopestyle. White's streak was snapped in 2007 when he lost to Andreas Wiig and Teddy Flandreau, with White taking the bronze. He won the Air & Style Contest in 2003 and 2004. 2006 Winter Olympics See also: Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics and 2006 Winter Olympics At the 2006 Winter Olympics, White won gold in the half-pipe.[5] After his first run in qualifications, White was almost out of competition, scoring only 37.7. On his second
company, and became a pro when he was only 13. Shaun was given a nickname Future Boy, when he first started as a pro. He was only 13 but he was already pushing the limits of snowboarding. White got his reputation by doing big air and tying together snowboarding tricks in ways that had never been done before. In 2003 Shaun ruled over everybody in Winter X Games and every other event he decided to take part. Shaun won a gold medal in the slopestyle and the superpipe and also took the games' "best athlete" award. A month later Shaun became the youngest winner of the US Open Slopestyle Championships. In 2004 he won the X games again. In december 2005 Shaun qualified for the Winter Olympics of 2006 in halfpipe snowboarding by winning two US Olympic team qualifying events in Colorado. He became an Olympic Champion after winning the gold medal in halfpipe snowboarding in Italy. His gold medal run included backtoback 900s
Most common surfaces include metal rails (known as rail riding), boxes, benches, concrete ledges, walls, rocks and logs. Free-riding- style is the most common and easily accessible style of snowboarding. It consists of riding down any terrain available, but most often consists of groomed runs. Freestyles- In freestyle, the rider uses man-made terrain features such as rails, jumps, boxes, and innumerable other innovative features to perform tricks on. COMPETITION Slopestyle- Competitors perform tricks while descending a course, moving around, over, across, or down terrain features. The course is full of obstacles including boxes, rails and jumps. Big Air- Big Air competitions are contests where riders perform tricks after launching off a man made jump built specifically for the event.[24] Competitors perform tricks in the air, aiming to attain sizable height and distance, all while securing a clean landing. COMPETITION
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