Shaun White ndi mpikisano wotchedwa snowboard ndi skateboard ndipo ndi mmodzi wa nyenyezi zazikulu komanso zodziwika kwambiri pa masewero olimbitsa thupi. Iye anali mtsogoleri wa golidi wa golidi mu mpikisano wa theka la pomba pa Olympic Zima za 2006 ku Torino ndi Olympic Zima za 2010 ku Vancouver. Shaun ndiye anali woyamba kukwiyitsa masewera awiri a Winter ndi Summer.
Zoyambira Kumayambiriro
Shaun White anabadwa Shaun Roger White pa September 3, 1986, ku San Diego .
Iye anabadwa ndi vuto la mtima lobadwa ndi Tetralogy wa Fallot ndipo adali ndi opaleshoni ziwiri za mtima asanafike chaka chimodzi. Iye anakulira ku Carlsbad, mzinda wamphepete mwa nyanja kumpoto kwa San Diego.
Anangoyamba kupita ku skate boarding atatsatira mchimwene wake wamkulu, Jesse, kupita ku Encinitas YMCA pafupi. Atatha kukwera snowboard ali ndi zaka zisanu ndi chimodzi, amayi ake anamuuza kuti ayende pang'onopang'ono pomuuza kuti akhoza kukwera kumbuyo, kapena kusinthanitsa luso lothandizira ntchito yake. Shaun anayamba kupanga mpikisano wa amateur chaka chimodzi. Atapambana mpikisano uliwonse wa snowboarding, adalowa, Shaun White adathandizidwa ndi Burton ndipo adasintha ali ndi zaka 13 zokha.
Shaun anakulira m'banja la asanu: Amayi (Cathy), Adadi (Roger), Mlongo (Kari) ndi M'bale (Jesse). Chimodzi mwa zosangalatsa zapakhomo zomwe mumakonda kuphatikizapo kusewera. Pamene White inayamba kuyendetsa snowboarding, ntchito yake inasokoneza banja lake kwambiri, kuwononga makolo ake $ 20,000 pachaka, malinga ndi USA Today.
Kuyambira ali mwana, banja likanatha kupita ku Mammoth mlungu uliwonse ndikugona mu 1964 Econoline van (aka "Big Mo"), kuphika chakudya pamphika kumbuyo kwake. Cathy anakhala masabata ake akusunthira pang'onopang'ono pakati pa kubweretsa Shaun ku Mammoth ndi matebulo odikira ku San Diego.
Ntchito ya Snowboarding
Atawina mayina asanu a dzikoli monga amateur, Shaun adagonjetsa mpikisano wake woyamba mu 2001 ku Arctic Challenge.
Anapeza medali yake yoyamba ya Winter X pamene anali ndi zaka 16 Mu 2003 Winter X Games, Shaun adagonjetsa ndondomeko ya golidi ku slopestyle komanso superpipe komanso anatenga mpikisano wothamanga. Patangopita mwezi umodzi, Shaun adakakhala wotchi yaching'ono kuti apambane nawo US Open Slopestyle Championship. Shaun wakhala akusinkhasinkha chaka chilichonse chomwe watenga nawo masewera a Winter X.
Zoopsa Zachiwiri
Shaun nayenso adalemba chizindikiro pa skateboard scene. Tony Skatek, yemwe anali katswiri wa masewera olimbitsa thupi, adakondana ndi mwana wazaka zisanu ndi zinayi pa skatepark yapafupi ndipo adamuuza kuti azitha zaka khumi ndi zisanu ndi ziwiri. M'chaka cha 2003 adakhala wothamanga woyamba kuthamanga ndikusinkhasinkha onse awiri Chilimwe ndi Zima X Masewera mumaseĊµera awiri osiyana. Shaun adanenapo mutu wa green skateboard pamaseĊµera a 2007 a Summer Summer, kumupanga iye wothamanga woyamba kuti apambane maudindo a Summer ndi Winter Winter. Nsapato zoyera zimagwira ntchito mu chilimwe, kumusiya pafupifupi miyezi isanu ndi umodzi pa chisanu chaka chilichonse.
Malo Ophunzitsa
Red Bull, mmodzi wa akuluakulu othandizira a Shaun, wamupangira chipinda chachinsinsi chodzaza ndi dzenje la mphukira ku Silverton Mountain kumwera chakumadzulo kwa Colorado. Pulojekiti yotchedwa X, yomwe imamangidwa kumbuyo kwake kwa mapiri, imatha kudziwika ndi helikopita komanso njinga yamoto.
Kumeneko, Shaun ankagwira ntchito yopanga kayendedwe kake kawiri. Kusinthasintha kwa masewera kumaphatikizapo maulendo awiri osakanikirana kapena osinthasintha.
Zopindulitsa ndi Zothandizira
Kuyambira pachiyambi chake chochepa kwambiri, Shaun akuti amapeza ndalama zoposa $ 9 miliyoni pachaka, makamaka kuchokera kumalo ogwirizana ndi Burton, Hewlett-Packard, Oakley, Red Bull, ndi Target, kumuika wachiwiri kumbuyo kwa Tony Hawk yolemba za skateboarding mu Forbes '2008 -zinthu zochitira masewera a masewera. White nayenso ali ndi Lamborghini ndi nyumba zingapo, kuphatikizapo m'mphepete mwa nyanja ku Carlsbad. Shaun akupezabe nthawi yobwezeretsa, nthawi zambiri akuyimira ndi Target House komanso kuthandizira mabungwe ena monga Tony Hawk Foundation, Heartgift, Make-A-Wish Foundation ndi Msonkhano wa Msonkhano.
Maina a mayina
Shaun anadziwika kuti anali ndi tsitsi lofiira, ndipo Shaun anapatsidwa dzina lakuti "Tomato Wopuma," kapena kuti Il Pomodoro Volante ku Italy kumene amadziwika.
Ngakhale kuti ankakonda kuzimva, ngakhale kuvala zovala zam'mimba ndi tomato yothamanga, Shaun akuti watopa kwambiri ndi dzina lachibwana. Shaun adatchedwanso Mtsogolo Boy pamene adayamba kupanga mpikisano ngati pro.