A biography for Shaun Whitehasn’t been written yet.
“When I went pro at 13, I had plenty of sponsors that give me endorsement deals and stuff like that.”
“I was a monster, a problem child.”
“Whenever I do a deal I always have the right of approval.”
“I'm just having fun.”
“You take a crash, you get back up and next time you succeed and that's a great feeling.”
“I think everybody can agree that you can hear a certain song and it will put you in a certain mood, and that's just the beauty of music and I am so inspired by that.”
“I want to perform well.”
“The boarding I do is pretty strenuous and because I'm so active I really don't have to work out too often.”
“You show up at the Olympics, and you're no longer you; you're an American Olympian. You're part of this greater whole, and the individual doesn't matter.”
“I always tell people that our sports aren't that dangerous.”
“I remember thinking that I'd way rather give my parents my money, and not have to like have them go to work anymore, you know what I mean. Because I'd way rather spend more time with them.”
“It's hard to just kinda get some privacy and do your own thing.”
“I personally think skateboarding is harder because it has so many moving parts. With snowboarding, your feet are strapped to your board.”
“I like being able to have things that identify you in a brand without blatantly showing a logo.”
“Generally, I'm a pretty mellow guy.”
“My friends ask me why I still live with my family, but I feel comfortable there. We've all been through so much together.”
“I trip walking down the stairs, but I can skate them probably.”
“The hardest thing about skateboarding is consistency: The slightest flick of your foot or gust of wind can send your board flying, so it's really anybody's game out there.”
“I think guitar is the best thing in the world.”
“It was hard to find a board my size. I was tiny.”