Winter Olympics IV - Shaun White and Half-Pipe Snowboarding

Winter Olympics Series Episode IV - Shaun White and Half-Pipe Snowboarding

In the fourth episode of our ten-part Winter Olympics series we take a look at an Olympic and X-Games legend, Shaun White. Three Olympic gold medals in snowboarding alongside fifteen X-Games golds across snowboarding and skateboarding tell their own story, but White’s impact on the half-pipe goes beyond medal counts.

From a childhood spent chasing winter in California resort car parks to redefining what was physically possible on a snowboard, Shaun White helped drag half-pipe snowboarding into the mainstream and the Olympic big time.

We take a look at the next generation too with Chloe Kim, whose style and competitive mentality represent the sport’s modern era and the standards now expected at Olympic level.

Shaun White's final run in Pyeongchang 2018:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=he03dVkhLTM