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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Here is an excerpt from the interview:
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:Click here for the full interview!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?
u are the KING OF SNOWBOARDING u are a true insperation!
i look up to u and u are the best in my book!
u r the reason i started snowboarding i just got the 09 Burton Bullet
Shaun you are basically a god. Yeah, i love you.
shaun your the best i look up too you a lot see ya
Been riding for a lil over 15yrs. It is a pure and fun addiction!!Shaun, u are a true inspiration! keep bein free and true to yourself!live to ride and ride to live......
hey Shaun, i love your moves on the snowboard and skateboard. i asked for a snowboard for Christmas. you are my role model and i hope i get it. gotta go. PS, you are so awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Shaun White is a pimp, he can do anything. i also liked his pink suit!
You are the one tha inspired me to take snowboarding seriously and now i'm on a team and everthing i hope to be a profesional having fun snowboarding every day
there are few icons in the making for each sport and you are the one who has put snowboarding over the top! keep dancing to your own beat and keep it real.......... Bran
man shaun white you are my GOD. i am always going to look up to you, your just that crazy. you and the stepchild/ nomis team are the people that modivate me, also my friends. without you guys i dont think snowboarding would be where its at!! THANXXXXX
THIS IS AWESOME!!!! LOVE YA LOTS