Tag: White

Olympic Snowboarding Where Style Is Rewarded Brings the Sport Back to Its Roots, Reshaping the Name of the Game, and Thrusting New Riders Into the Spotlight

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By now, the world’s heard that Shaun White did not three-peat his gold medal legacy in the Olympic halfpipe event. And for the first time, the men’s Team USA did not medal in the pipe. But what is going down in snowboarding from the Sochi 2014 Olympics is an illustration of how the sports changing, […]

Shaun White Pulls-out of Slopestyle at Sochi Olympics; Torah Bright Agrees Course Not World-Class

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Just when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) thought they had another event that would attract a younger crowd, not to mention the star-power of two-time gold medalist Shaun White, the Sochi Olympic course for the snowboarding Slopestyle event which is to debut this winter, has been debated as not up to world class standards. Some […]

USA Snowboarding Dreamteam Announced for 2014 Sochi Olympic Games

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On Sunday night, January 19, 2014, after the final Mammoth Grand Prix, a qualifier for snowboarders hoping to make it to the Olympics, the results were in.  The 2014 USA Olympic Snowboard Team which includes Halfpipe and Slopestyle, is an American dreamteam and will be a dominate force to watch during the Olympics in Sochi, […]

Shaun White Buys Majority Stake in Air & Style—Plans to Bring the Big Air Event to the U.S.

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Shaun White has dominated many snowboarding events, from winning the Austrian-based Air & Style in 2003 and 2004, to winning a series of gold medals in the X Games, and twice in halfpipe at the Olympics. It makes sense that the next phase of his career might include actually owning an event that he’s won. […]

Dew Tour Event Added to USSA As Sanctioning Event for Olympic Qualifiers in Snowboarding Halfpipe and Slopestyle and Slopestyle Skiing

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When the winter Olympics rolls around, there’s often been ongoing friction between the sanctioning events for qualification to the Olympics, a USSA Event, and highly regarded events and tours such as the Dew Tour. Athletes unfortunately often have to choose which events to participate in as well as sponsors. However on September 20, 2013, the […]

Bad Things, Fronted by Skate and Snowboard Phenom Shaun White, Plays Lollapalooza and Releases Debut Album on Warner Bros. Records

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Gold medalist Shaun White this year had a good reason to miss the X Games in Los Angeles last weekend. He and his band Bad Things, were playing two different sets at Lollapalooza and ramping up for their debut album release which took place October 8, 2013 on Warner Bros. Records. Bad Things , which […]

Shaun White’s Band “Bad Things” Signs with Warner Bros. Records, Debut Album Dropping Soon, Fall Tour

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No, Shaun White’s new band Bad Things is not fronted by the gold-medalist snowboarder and skateboarder, but he is the lead guitarist. The band, which consists lead singer Davis LeDuke, bass player Jared Palomar, guitarist Anthony Sanudo, drummer Lena Zawaideh has signed to Warner Bros. Records and will be putting out their debut album later […]

Kelly Clark and Shaun White Win Golds at Burton U.S. Open of Snowboarding—Major Success in Vail, CO for Industry’s Most Prestigious

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Undeniably, the Burton U.S. Open of Snowboarding is the most prestigious event in the sport snowboarding, attracting the top pros from around the world, media attention, and this time, due to a new location from Stratton Mountain, VT, to the mega-resort of Vail, CO, more fans than ever before in the event’s 31 year-long history. […]

X Games Wraps with Shaun White Capturing First 6-Peat in Snowboard History, Kelly Clark 3-Peats, and Record Attendance in Aspen

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X Games Aspen 2013 made history with the largest 4-day crowd attendance ever with 115,000 people including a record-breaking 47,200 on Saturday alone at Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen, CO, January 26, 2013. While the X Games continues to be known as the “alternative Olympics” it also has some interesting snow sports in its competition line-up […]

Action Sports Round-up: Shaun White Busted in Nashville; Rip Curl Seeking Potential Investors

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Two-time Olympic snowboarding gold medalist and X Games skateboarding gold medalist Shaun White was busted on Monday, September 17, 2012 for charges of public intoxication and vandalism at Loews Vanderbilt Nashville hotel. According to a police report and related story from the Associated Press, police came to Loews Vanderbilt Hotel at 2 a.m. on Sunday […]