Snowboard, used by Shaun White
Snowboard, used by Shaun White
- Description (Brief)
- Despite being born with a congenital heart defect, Shaun White (b. 1986) began snowboarding at age seven and has gone on to win two Olympic gold medals, and is the most decorated athlete in X Games history, with seventeen medals, twelve of them gold. In 2003 White became the first athlete to medal in both the summer and winter X-Games in two different sports; snowboarding and skateboarding. At the 2012 Winter X Games, he earned the only perfect score ever achieved in the Superpipe event, winning gold for a fifth consecutive time. White used this Burton board at the 2010 Winter X Games, landing two back-to-back double corks and ending with a Double McTwist 1260.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- snowboard
- user
- White, Shaun
- maker
- Burton Snowboards
- Physical Description
- fiberglass (overall material)
- plastic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 62 in x 9 1/2 in; 157.48 cm x 24.13 cm
- ID Number
- 2010.0244.03
- accession number
- 2010.0244
- catalog number
- 2010.0244.03
- Credit Line
- Gift of Shaun White
- subject
- Sports
- Snowboarding
- Professional
- X-Games
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
- Highlights from the Culture and the Arts Collection
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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