* 1 Personal life
* 2 Snowboarding career
o 2.1 2006 Winter Olympics
o 2.2 2008
o 2.3 2009
o 2.4 2010 Winter Olympics
o 2.5 2011
* 3 Athletic achievements
* 4 Non-competition awards and accolades
* 5 Endorsements
* 6 Media appearances
* 7 References
* 8 External links
White was born with a Tetralogy of Fallot, a congenital heart defect for which he endured two open-heart operations before the age of one. He stands 5'8" (1.73 m) tall. He spent his formative years riding Okemo Mountain and Bear Mountain, small ski resorts found in Ludlow, Vermont, and the San Bernardino Mountains of Southern California.
Addressing his perception of the nickname "The Flying Tomato", Rolling Stone wrote, "he used to embrace it, even wearing headbands with a flying-tomato logo, but he has grown tired of it." He has also been nicknamed as "animal", a reference to a character from the satirical puppet show The Muppet Show
In February 2009, Red Bull built White a halfpipe completely out of natural snow in the back country of Colorado on the backside of Silverton Mountain, coordinates (37.838801,-107.710299).Shaun White was a huge hit on the net when he displayed a brilliant performance at the Vancouver Winter Olympics 2010 and won a gold medal in the men’s halfpipe championship. Shaun White’s double McTwist 1260 video is a must watch and is avaialble on a number of sites. His signature stunt impressed one and all and was enough to win the gold the medal.
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