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Check out the interview that Shaun White did with Time For Kids reporter, Harrison Gilman. Harrison caught up with Shaun in LA at the Burton World Tour stop!

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TFK Kid Reporter Harrison Gilman caught up with White at the Los Angeles stop of the Burton tour. They talked about how White got his snowboarding start, why it's important to have fun on the slopes and what White has in store for the year ahead.

TFK:How did you get started with snowboarding?

White:

It was pretty wild. At the time, no one was really doing it too much. But I have a brother seven years older than me. He started snowboarding at about the time it started to become popular. And having an older brother, it was like anything he did, I had to do. I got on my board and it just felt right and I took off.

TFK:

How about skateboarding?

White:

It was a funny thing. Have you seen little kids on the street when they are on their knees [on a skateboard] and they kick at the ground to get around? I did that forever because I didn't want to stand on my board. One day, I got into a race with my brother to see who could go faster. I was on my knees and he was standing, and he beat me at the race. After that, I started standing because it obviously was faster the way he did it. The local YMCA had a skate park in Encinitas, [California], where I live, and, after that, I pretty much would go there every single day.

TFK:
You've been competing since a very young age. What is the greatest challenge that you've had to face so far?

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