Shaun White was born September 3, 1986, in San Diego, California. Shaun White had 2 open heart surgeries before the age of 1. He grew up in a family of 5 people: Mom, dad, brother, sister. He started skiing at 4 years old.
At 6 years old his mom made an attempt to put him on a snowboard so he would slow down, but this made him only want to go faster. His mom told him to do what his brother did on a snowboard and he became better and faster.
At age 7 he entered his first competition and took first place. He placed just outside of 10th in the nation. His mom sent homemade videos to Burton. They were impressed and offered him a sponsorship deal atage 7. With the support of Burton, he became pro at age 13.
He became a pro skateboarder at the age of 17. In 2003 he became the first athlete ever to compete and medal in both the Summer and Winter X Games in two different sports.In 2007 he won the overall title and prestigious honor of Action Sports Tour Champion thanks to his impressive skills in skateboarding vert.
Between skateboarding and snowboarding Shaun now holds 16 X Games medals, and a record 10 of them are gold. He has won 2 gold medals. One gold medal in the 2006 winter olympics. And another inthe 2010 winter olympics.
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