When you think about it, we're strapping strange planks of wood to our feet and launching off of giant snow walls. It's pretty intense. Shaun White footgiantintense Change image and share on social
Skateboarding helps a ton with balance, precision, with air awareness... it gets your senses to be spot-on and it's also a great way to take my mind off things. Shaun White airawarenessbalance Change image and share on social
If you're going off a 90-foot jump, you can't say: 'Oh, I don't want to do this now.' You're going no matter what. Shaun White footjumpmatter Change image and share on social
When I was 12 years old, I was hanging out with 23-year-olds. I was into cartoons and Pokemon, and they're all talking about girls. It was a strange way to grow up. Shaun White cartoongirlgrow Change image and share on social
Skateboarding is training, but I don't think of it as training. It's fun. Shaun White funskateboardtrain Change image and share on social
Usually the thing that signifies that I'm done with the winter and all that is that I start skateboarding. Shaun White signifyskateboardstart Change image and share on social
What drives me now is the fact that I feel like I still have so many tricks that I want to learn and so many things that I can still do. And so many cool things outside of sports that I have been doing. Shaun White cooldrivefact share on social
I personally think skateboarding is harder because it has so many moving parts. With snowboarding, your feet are strapped to your board. Shaun White boardfoothard Change image and share on social
I usually eat a pretty big steak the night before I compete. Shaun White bigcompeteeat Change image and share on social
I've always been under the impression that it would be such a bummer to be in a peaceful place like Hawaii or the tropics and be stressed about catching waves. Shaun White bummercatchhave Change image and share on social