Shaun White
Olympics. The boarder, sometimes called the flying tomato, sor his wild red
hair, won the event by beating his fellow a famous snowboarder Danny Cass.
White is an athlete who does two thing: snowboarding and skateboarding. He
was the first person to won at both Summer and Winter X Games in two
different sports.
Shaun White was born September 3, 1986 in California. Shaun started
snowboarding when he was six years old after watchin his bigger brother
Jesse White trying it. Shaun started to compete in amateur competitions a
year later. After winning almost every snowboard competition he took part, he
was became sponsored by Burton, the worlds most famous snowboarding
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.
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