Perisher halfpipe shaun white biography

          A giant 22ft halfpipe at Perisher, Australia, supposedly built for Winter Olympics champion Shaun White to practice in private.!

          Little-Known Facts About Shaun White

          ByAllen McDuffee

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          When Shaun White qualified for the Olympics in Beijing for his signature halfpipe snowboard event, it marked the fifth time he would compete in the Olympics.

          The three-time Olympic gold medalist first competed in Turin, Italy, during the Olympic games while still a teenager, winning gold in the halfpipe.

          White's temporary pipe out the back of Perisher is believed to be the Olympic standard 22 foot transition.

        1. He's the only rider aiming for both slopestyle and superpipe medals at most major competitions on the WST apart from the occasional crack from Peetu Piiroinen.
        2. A giant 22ft halfpipe at Perisher, Australia, supposedly built for Winter Olympics champion Shaun White to practice in private.
        3. Jake Burton back in had the vision for what snowboarding would be, but Shaun White had what it took to manifest that vision.
        4. The two-time reigning Olympic halfpipe champion, has been preparing for the Sochi Olympics on a private halfpipe built for him by GoPro, in Perisher, Australia.

          5. But with an Olympic career spanning 16 years, Shaun White has become one of the most recognizable faces of those competing for the United States in the Winter Olympics. "I'm proud that at my age, I'm still doing this sport," White told the Associated Press ahead of the Olympic Games.

          "I'm honored and the most proud of being able to stay on top of a sport that's ever-changing. And for this long, to show up and do some heavy tricks with the younger riders, that's very inspiring to me."

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          At age 35, White may have arrived in Beijing with four previous Olympic Games under his belt,