Q&A

• If you were not a pro snowboarder you would be? I think I would be Abraham Lincoln's beard.
• To me, Oakley is Always on point. It's the only thing I'll put on my eyes.
• Favorite Bands: Led Zeppelin. Films: The Big Lebowski. Books: The Lord of the Flies. TV Shows: VH1 Behind the Music. Drink: Well of course I'm going to say Mountain Dew.
• What are your favorite songs currently loaded onto your Thump? I like a bunch of rock music, classics like Led Zeppelin, Cream, the Doors. But I have been rocking The White Stripes, Hot Hot Heat, Elliot Smith, and Arcade Fire, plus some hip-hop and random jazz stuff.
• When did you start your sport? I started riding when I was six at June Mountain.
• Number of years participating in your sport 11 years
• Who / What inspires you? I get a lot of inspiration from my family. The people that I ride with definitely help push me to try my hardest.
• What move / trick are you working on? The klijfsdlkoioihgk flip followed by an hsfda883dsfnb frontside spin.
• Do you have any other special talents (music / write / draw / paint)? Totally, I can read the minds of sharks. I know what they are up to, and man, let me tell you, it's a lot. Like the other day, these two sharks were playing Monopoly and discussing the modern economic policies of France.
• If you could be someone famous, who would you be? Jimmy Page.
• Any last words? Don't listen to anything I say.
• 5 Items I can't live without Celery and Peanut Butter, Carne Asada, Horchada, Vodka Penne, and General Cho's Chicken.
• Years as a professional I have been pro since I was 13, so that's going to be 8 years this winter.
• What is more important to you than snowboarding? I think my family is the most important influence in my life.
• Party animal or mellow TV on the couch? I'm the dude macking on your passed out girlfriend. Ok...that might be a bit too much.
• Shaun White is a busy man, but what most people don't know is that he spends his free time volunteering at bowling alley's so he can help combat foot odor outbreak. Watch him fight foot odor one shoe at a time in his Oakley Winter X-Games Commercial:
  
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  Shaun White Winter 08 X Games Ad

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• Shaun White and Danny Kass...Nice Goggles!
  
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  Nice Goggles Winter 08 X Games Ad

  • May 11, 2008
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