UShaun White ungumdlali weqhwa le-snowboard ne-skateboard futhi ungenye yezinkanyezi ezinkulu futhi eziwaziwayo ezenzweni zemidlalo. Wayengumqhubi wezindondo zegolide emncintiswaneni we-pipe isigamu se-2006 Winter Olympics eTorino no-2010 e-Winter Olympics eVancouver. UShaun wayengumuntu wokuqala wokuncintisana emidlalweni emibili ehlukene ebusika nohlobo lwe-Summer X.
Ukuqala Okuqala
UShaun White wazalelwa uShaun Roger White ngoSepthemba 3, 1986, eSan Diego .
Wazalwa enesifo senhliziyo esibizwa ngokuthi iTetralogy of Fallot futhi wayenezinyanga ezimbili zokuhlinzwa ngaphambi kokuba eneminyaka eyishumi ubudala. Wakhulela eCarlsbad, idolobha elwandle elisenyakatho yeSan Diego.
Uqale wangena esikhwameni ngemuva kokulandela umfowabo omdala, uJese, eya e-Encinitas YMCA eseduzane. Ngemuva kokuthatha snowboarding eneminyaka eyisithupha ubudala, unina wamyala ukuba ahambe kancane ngokumtshela ukuthi angakwazi ukugibela emuva noma ukushintsha ikhono elizosiza ekuthuthukiseni umsebenzi wakhe. U-Shaun waqala ukungenela imincintiswano yamamishi ngonyaka. Ngemuva kokunqoba cishe wonke umncintiswano we-snowboarding wangena, uShaun White waba uxhaswa nguBurton futhi waphenduka lapho eneminyaka engu-13 kuphela.
UShaun wakhulela emndenini wabahlanu: Umama (Cathy), Ubaba (Roger), Udadewethu (Kari) noMfoweth '(Jesse). Enye yezintandokazi ezithandwa ngumndeni yayihlanganisa ukuphumula. Ngesikhathi u-White eqala ukuqala nge-snowboarding, umsebenzi wakhe wabeka umthwalo omkhulu wemali emndenini wakhe, kubiza abazali bakhe imali engu-20 000 ngonyaka, kusho i-USA Today.
Ngesikhathi esemncane umsebenzi wakhe, umndeni wawuzoqhubekela eMammoth njalo ngempelasonto bese ulala ngo-1964 e-Econoline van (aka "Big Mo"), ukupheka esitofu ngemuva. UCathy wachitha amasonto akhe eqaqa emuva phakathi kokuletha uShaun eMammoth namatafula okulinda eSan Diego.
Umsebenzi we-snowboarding
Ngemuva kokuwina iziqu eziyisihlanu zezwe njenge-amateur, uShaun wathatha ukunqoba kwakhe kokuqala njengenhlangano ngo-2001 e-Arctic Challenge.
Wathola indondo yakhe yokuqala ye-Winter X lapho eneminyaka engu-16. Emidlalweni ye-Winter X ka-2003, uShaun wayinqoba indondo yegolide emgodini we-slopestyle kanye ne-superpipe futhi wathatha umklomelo womdlalo weMidlalo. Ngemva kwenyanga, uShaun waba ngumncintiswano weqhwa eliphansi kunazo zonke ukunqoba i-US Open Slopestyle Championship. U-Shaun uye wacindezela njalo ngonyaka ukuthi uhlanganyele emidlalweni ye-Winter X.
Ukwesaba Okubili
U-Shaun naye ufake uphawu lwakhe kwesikrini se-skateboard. U-Skateboarder owaziwayo uTony Hawk washadela lo mfana oneminyaka eyisishiyagalolunye esikhwameni sendawo futhi waqondisa le-up-and-comer, esekela uShaun ukuba aphendule ngokudlala nge-skateboarding eneminyaka engu-17. Ngo-2003 waba ngumdlali wokuqala ozokwazi ukuncintisana nokuzindla kokubili Imidlalo Yehlobo ne-Winter X kwimidlalo emibili ehlukene. UShaun utshele isihloko se-skateboard vert ku-2007 Summer X Games, okwenza ukuba abe ngumdlali wokuqala ozobe esinqobile iziqu ze-Summer and Winter X Games. Izikebhe ezimhlophe ehlobo ehlobo, zimshiya cishe izinyanga eziyisithupha eqhweni unyaka ngamunye.
Ukuqeqeshwa Indawo
U-Red Bull, omunye wabaxhasi abakhulu bakaShaun, umakhele i-halfpipe yangasese egcwele umgodi we-foam eSiltonton Mountain eningizimu-ntshonalanga yeColorado. I-Project Dubbed ene-Dubbed, ipayipi yakhiwe ngasemuva kwentaba ku-avalanche chute engavamile, efinyeleleka kuphela nge-helicopter kanye ne-snowmobile.
Lapho, uShaun wasebenza ekufezeni ukuhamba kwakhe kokubili. Ukuhamba komdlalo okushintsha umdlalo kuhilela ukujikeleza kokubili kwe-axis noma ukufana kwe-diagonal flips.
Izinzuzo Nezinsizakalo
Kusukela ekuthomeni kwakhe okuncane, uShaun kubikwa ukuthi uhola imali engaphezu kuka-$ 9 million ngonyaka, ngokuyinhloko ngokubambisana okuhambisana noBurton, uHewlett-Packard, Oakley, Red Bull, kanye neTget, embeka okwesibili ngemuva komlando we-skateboarding uTony Hawk ohlwini luka-Forbes luka-2008 izinkanyezi ezenzelwe izinkanyezi zesenzo. U-White naye ungumnikazi weWundorghini namakhaya amaningana, kuhlanganise nelinye ogwini lwaseCarlsbad. UShaun usathola isikhathi sokubuyiselwa emuva, ngokuvame ukuma nge-Target House kanye nokusekela ezinye izinhlangano ezifana ne-Tony Hawk Foundation, Heartgift, Make-A-Wish Foundation kanye neSommit kwi-Summit.
Ama-namnameki
Eyaziwa ngokushaywa kwezinwele ezibomvu, uShaun wanikezwa isiteketiso esithi "I-Flying Tomato," noma i-Il Pomodoro Volante e-Italy lapho ethandwa khona.
Nakuba ayevame ukuwamukela, ngisho egqoke amabhande amakhanda ezinombala endiza-ntombazane, uShaun kuthiwa ukhulume ukhathele ngesiteketiso esithile esiyinkimbinkimbi. UShaun waqanjwa ngegama elizayo nge-Future Boy lapho eqala ukuncintisana njengepro.