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Quality collision on the skate ramp! Tough hit for a kid. Not too impressed with the "first responder" though. Great way to fuck him up even more.
I wonder what it cost redbull to build a superpipe out in the middle of nowhere. seems kinda ridiculous but I guess they can use the video footage and if it helps him win another gold I'm sure they will market the shit out of it.
Already being marketed:Quote:
Originally Posted by Gman
http://www.shaunwhite.com/projectx/?fbid=SRZlxOye4XW
The "Football Island" piece was better by far.
Football Island was excellent.Quote:
Originally Posted by truth
I watched the first couple segments last night, didn't realize how cheesy 60min had gotten.....I thought they were supposed to be the quality reporters?
Yea man, he got pwned. I too thought wtf when the older kid picked him up and started shaking him:eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Mastodon
Can you believe he makes 10 mill a year?!! I figured he was a loaded but nothing like that.
Yeah, that is solid. We all wish we could make that kind of money doing what we love...Quote:
Originally Posted by TheDon
That skate hit was bloody huge. Cannot believe the other skater picked him up, but was also probably in a bit a shock...probably thought he just killed the boy.
I thought the piece was not bad. White is cocky as hell with his rewards and how good am I attitude. I want to believe I wouldn't be with the success and money, but until I am there, can't say for sure.
He's got balls though. I still cannot believe the hit he took at X Games, only to turn around and pull off that winning run shortly after. Gotta give him props.
I did a spit take when I heard that.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheDon
I had no idea it was THAT much. I would have figured 1-2 a year. He is not even the best snowboarder in the world. I know he is the most marketable, so I expect him to make the most, but not that much.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheDon
Surfing gets it right. Kelly Slater is the best surfer in the world. He also makes the most money. Shaun White is not in the same league as Travis Rice.
I guess skiing is sort of the same. Simon Dumont makes more then Sage or Abma.
Not surprised at all, he's a marketing machine. Besides its hard to say who's the best in the world at boarding, sking, surfing....etc.... It's hard to argue with the success Shaun has had at the X-Games, Olympics....etc...but does winning those comps make you the best? I think most people would say slater is the best in the world, but a lot of people would argue some of the big wave guys like Laird are better.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Long duc dong
More power to anyone that can make mucho $ doing what what they love to do instead of a slaving away in an office and the like.
i gotta give props to shaun man. for some people it must be hard to get out of bed when you got millions in the bank already. i respect him cause he gets out of bed and shreds like a maniac all day in a crazy superpipe.
and shaun white is the best at competing.. travis is just the dopest all around shredder. but then you got guys like jeremy jones who will be jibbing one day then riding AK like its his backyard the next.
this is why i like snowboarding. no one is the best. everyone is the best. we are all snowboarding. we push each other, you wouldn't be half as good as you are. same goes for the pros. we are all snowboarding.
^^^^ You realize there are 2 Jeremy Jones' that are dirty at snowboarding....ones pretty much just a jibber and the other is the all mountain mad man?
Anyways Shauns hit in the xgames was crazy but his run should not have taken first, Podladchikovs (Ipod) run was 10 times cleaner than Whites and he spun big on every hit. The double mctwist 1260 is insane but squatting it out on that and another trick at the top of the run shouldnt have given him the gold.
I've realized...That said, props to Shaun. Any press is good press.Quote:
Originally Posted by fcrideguy
That's my problem with some of these new tricks. Yes they are spinning and flipping like madmen, but no matter what it doesn't look clean. I'd take a clean floaty 900 over a ugly 1260 any day. Alas, that's not what is judged.Quote:
Originally Posted by fcrideguy
p.s. Laird Hamilton is the best surfer in the world ;)
I think that "older kid" was Tony Hawk, who was an adult at the time of the collision. He probably should have known better, but he likely panicked thinking he just killed a little kid.Quote:
Originally Posted by Liveezy
His wife aint bad looking either.. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Spyplane
White is a marketing machine. It can't be a coincidence that 60 minutes, which is on CBS, ran a piece on him the same weekend as the Xgames on ABC/ESPN. Maybe it was just 60 minutes taking advantage of the situation.
At any rate, I am impressed he is pulling in that kind of income from snowboarding and marketing of his image. There are a lot of guys in major sports not even coming close to those numbers. Just hope he smart enough not to blow it all on more sports cars, houses, and fronting a posse.
If only we were all so lucky to have parents who recognized RAW talent and passion and then devoted their lives and the family to nurturing and developing sed RAWNESS.
It's possible that he would be just another shredder if this wasn't the case.
Pretty cool bit about his early struggles with his heart, ya gotta think that the fight was strong within him from the get go.
His dominant attitude is inspirational.
dog eat dog. American way anyone????
if you don't like you're a fuckin hater and focusing your energy on hate gets you fuckin no wheeere. Where are you goin?? FUCKIN NO WHEEERE.
you just shattered my universe.Quote:
Originally Posted by fcrideguy
That's what everyone was saying about anything over a 9 a few years ago.... IMHO none of it looked all that crappy.... super floaty... no, but not all ballerinaed out either.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spyplane
So apparently after the Shaun White head smashing x games officials delayed the start of the event over a half hour.....anyone think theyd do this for any other athlete at the games?
common you know the answer to this....he's the golden child of competition snowboardingQuote:
Originally Posted by fcrideguy
Shaun is incredibly talented but the spin trick thing has gotten out of control IMO. I wish they would mandate 1-3 spin tricks per run and make em do something else for the rest. I'd rather see Terje do a stylish method than someone doing a cab 1080 blah blah whatever.
You have to respect that he's a skateboarder too.