Shaun White: Skull Fractures and The Olympic Curse - Wild Ride

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Shaun White is a professional Snowboarder and skateboarder who has won 3 Olympic gold medals and his series The Last Run is out now no MAX
We talk with Shaun about his life as a child star athlete, touring with Bam Margera and Tony Hawk, fracturing his skull, going to the Olympics and winning gold, the dreaded curse of being an Olympic champion, his quest for true happiness and so much more!!
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00:00 Intro
2:33 Touring with Bam and Tony Hawk at 13
9:30 The Increasing Risks of Extreme Sports
11:41 Ad Break - BlueChew
13:07 Don't Wear A Helmet
15:05 Shaun's Worst Injuries
26:01 Ad Break - FUM
27:34 Steve-O Shattered His Ankle
30:01 Shaun White's Tailored Image
36:29 The Olympic Curse
42:42 Ad Break - Babbel
44:26 Shaun's Olympic Training
54:29 Shaun the Killer Competitor
1:00:38 Shaun's Legendary Victory Lap
1:04:29 Shaun the Business Man
1:08:12 Shaun Today
1:12:42 Kids Are Taking Over
1:16:41 Next for Shaun
1:21:51 Shaun Went To Antarctica
1:31:15 Outro

[@corey31]

I’m old enough to remember when Shaun White was a redhead

[@kaderize5730]

Same here, Flying Tomato!

[@kaderize5730]

Lets get a rally going! Future Guest Jimmy Pop !!!

[@jaredmehrlich6683]

✈️ 🍅

[@craigmahaney4369]

Ditto. He was good it that Justin Timberlake movie.

[@CEOofWasrael]

@@kaderize5730Jimmy pop & Steve o would be amazing

[@CognitiveLoad_QMarkKickKO]

Dude. His gold in the X games vert skate, where he clutch snatched the gold on his last run with all the pressure on him is such an underrated moment that shows just how much of a genius competitor he is. Like Tony Hawk said, Sean almost Needs that kind pressure to thrive - such an Inspiration. Also, props to Steve-O, just keeps getting better as an interviewer every time.

[@jsbmx2039]

I remember he was trying 1080. Got messed up after the cameras turned off

[@tylor2706]

Shaun White is a god. I can't believe anyone could ever forget about him. He crossed over and owned everything

[@gozimusable1]

Full on a great representation of California USA 🇺🇸. I feel inclined to blast Beach Boys for a while...

[@NoelBuller]

Shaun gets so much unwarranted hate from the communities he’s championed his entire life. Dude is a legend

[@annaelisavettavonnedozza9607]

He does? Why?

[@redroom8537]

@@annaelisavettavonnedozza9607 The creepiness is a major factor.

[@jackmurphy1081]

​@@annaelisavettavonnedozza9607in that documentary, people talked about how he didn't wanna party after riding and felt like he was trying to separate himself from the community. In competitions they were all trying to have a good time and do their best but Shaun was focused only on winning.

[@jackmurphy1081]

​@@redroom8537didn't know about that until just now and wish I never did. Pretty crazy shit

[@wastedtalent666]

*We gotta get Dico on here one day*

[@gwensstepbro4966]

Make this top comment- for the fans!

[@Splandrocity]

What a great supportive group around Shaun in his formative years, and it really shows. Seeing him being vulnerable and candid here is so rad, what a guy.

[@damianrico2433]

Man, send that dude some love. I had know about the accident but I didn’t realize it was so severe. Another day is a blessing!

[@julianyork4553]

Shaun White was a childhood friend from summer camp. Awesome to see his career over the years.

[@Dog_will_hunt]

What summer camp did you guys go to? I'm from Socal too and did summer camps.

[@julianyork4553]

@@Dog_will_hunt it’s in the San Fernando Valley at Beeman Park

[@ChipmunkAsylum]

Actually met Shaun White back in 2011 or so at a meet n greet. Real nice dude

[@petrabaye]

That mental health or being “happy” talk was real and what adults and kids need. ❤

[@lucifericious5846]

Steve-O talking about his mindset for happiness is super relatable. I can't tell you how many people feel that way.

[@KtotheL]

One of my favorite podcasts yet. I really appreciate Shawn sharing and Stevo were taking the time to do the interview of course. I really admire your parents they did such a good job. Coming from such a competitive society we rarely see anybody who makes it I mean really makes it. Shawn you definitely made it and then some ! You're level of integrity is so high mad respect. I went and watched the best of on yt since I basically missed all of it... (Terrible coverage from the networks your whole career) and I just wanted to say personally thank you for representing the United States and winning the gold in 2018 that was something I could never thank you enough. I know it wasn't a perfect run but it was still well more than enough... I felt bad for the others but that's the way it goes when you're a winner.

[@KtotheL]

I know I got a big mouth but I didn't get to say how much I appreciate you making the sport safer I can't tell you how much that means ❤

[@shRedbeard_]

The Shaun White Album is a great watch too Everytime I hear Blinded by the Light I wanna be on the mountain

[@Sketchbag]

Such a gem. Wish he was more involved in the sport. We watched him grow up to become such a gnarly man, I hope his parents are proud! ♥

[@rattlesnake3113]

SteveO is really trying to learn and be aware of himself interrupting people when they are speaking. I've noticed a big difference. 👏 It's a challenge when you have adhd.

[@JohnnyNada]

It sure is lol I know cuz I have adhd

[@bagaskarahadjarputra6070]

I remember the time him got a deal with the game publisher Ubisoft to made his game called Shaun White Snowboarding back in 2008. Mannnn that was awesome

[@demonicar]

Man time flies. I feel like the last time I laid eyes on Shaun white he was just a young kid

[@johnnyharperscoutstable5386]

I remember the crash with bob burnquest. That was gnarly 🔥

[@AK00777]

I've never known anything about Shaun, he seems like a really good dude.

[@fasteddie775]

Growing up, before watching white win the olympics. I knew him as an amazing vert skater and will never forget that. Thanks for highlighting that in the beginning

[@DWINC]

We need Shaun White on PS5! Best snowboard game ever and that was ps 3 !! ❤

[@yee5631]

this is one of my fav episodes! good interview steve-o!

[@hatchmultimedia360]

I was at MTVSMF2. I have footage of Shaun skating the street course and airing over the car.

[@mobeus84]

Getting old when i was 20 he was 14 and the coolest thing now im 40 and hes retired. 😢

[@FisherKot11235]

Dude is a legend. Awesome show

[@kimismith18]

I loved Shaun White so much in high school! Still do, lol.

[@taylorflopera]

This was so good. Such a good convo, you can tell everyone was interested

[@jamesthompson7971]

Shaun really is a good orator. Great interview

[@kaderize5730]

Lets GO, Lets get Jimmy Pop on the Wild Ride!

[@johnnyharperscoutstable5386]

I didn’t know they did a doc on him. Gonna have to check it out. Super nuts. I used to have a collector card with him on it in both divisions. Skate and snow.🔥🐸🍺🔪🔥

[@tyleranderson9954]

I remember playing the Shaun White wii games when I was younger and they were so underrated

[@brandonlytle9392]

I'm only halfway through this podcast so not sure if he's going to mention it but who remembers when Shaun teamed up with stride gum and it was the Shaun White mint flavor?..that was the best flavor gum seriously 🤣

[@marken8888]

now THIS i look forward to !

[@PourMeOne]

At the end to hear him say he is retired at such a young age, kudos to you Shaun!

[@ericstene8700]

Love you Shaun White. Probably the best WIDERIDE in my opinion.

[@dannybowden5296]

I have seen the top of the mountain, and it is good!

[@NimrodBoz]

Really good conversation at 55:02 about "feeling happy". Many people don't want to be honest about feeling anything but "fine" and especially anyone that works in public whether it be service workers or entertainers, etc. Glad to hear the topic being discussed then balancing that against the hustles.

[@danielhorack8533]

I remember on myltv sport I seen him. He was so young. I was skater. And snowboarder. And he would be at bear mountain (and everywhere) and I knew he would be special. Years later I seen a red head slaying and knew it was him. God bless you both🙏

[@BigPoppieSeed]

Best guest ever. Thanks Steve-0 I'm so old that I actually know who Shaun Thompson is. Sounds like he comes from good parenting...something I never experienced.

[@planetnone24]

Shaun White for president! The world would be such a better place. So composed and smart and just plain awesome!

[@Gabi-hk5tq]

This could not be long enough!!! We need part 2 asap! That was just a really fun conversation to listen too!!

[@Habeev07]

YES! WHITE!! This man has more talent in a clipped fingernail than many people that have been on this show - looking at you influencer nobodies. I love the talk about how progression has gotten to a point it flat out dangerous. I rememeber the XGames had Aggressive inline park and vert. In 2003ish those guys were going so huge with no ability to bail from tricks because their locked into a boot. You had to commit like few disciplines could. The Yasutoko brothers and guys like Shane Yost, Taig Kris, and Matt Lindenmuth going for triple backflips and 1260's was insane. The sport go to a point that falls were happening a lot and it wasnt viewed as good T.V. to watch so many slams. A part of why I think it was removed from the games. Blading was so gnarly back then. Kinda miss it being around. It should be included again.

[@Weather_Nerd]

This comment is it, haven’t heard some of those names in like 15+ years

[@OmnikouraBB]

Deadly guest ! Hyped, thanks Steve-o !

[@DavisAB4]

I met Shaun at the 2010 dew tour in boston and he was such a sick genuine dude soo gnarly❤

[@2timeEntendra]

Been waiting for the Danny Duncan interview

[@XavierBullock]

He was definitely a trailblazer with his snowboarding - underated skater too... Great podcast!

[@StevenF91]

I remember always playing as Shaun's character in Cool Boarders 4 for PS1 back in 1999 🏂

[@SecretSpots]

An interview that needs to be heard! Some really great inspirational messages throughout this conversation.

[@CityBohoGirl]

@Shaun White looks so great! So dope he is

[@projektmanlwc9936]

The shame that comes with realizing that hating on Shaun was so dumb, isn't nothing. Crazy to realize my attitude toward him was the same that the skate "bros" had about Tony in the 80's, yet I've always been a fan of Tony, being a 90's kid myself. Now I know I was just lucky to share the park with Shaun when he shredded my home mountain. Great interview Steve-O!

[@dumbstupid5065]

Not that these things matter, really (but also they kind of do, because if you're competing you're trying to win), but Shaun was never judged fairly doing vert skating contests. He was always judged as the snowboarder doing vert, even when he was doing tricks that NOBODY else doing. I watched many, MANY of those competitions and you could see his frustration (whether he'll ever admit it or not).

[@mooninite44]

I saw him when he was young during tony hawks secret skatepark tour. Awesome episode! Damn I wanna see that van in person

[@randomoverpopulatedworldid3286]

Great interview! Honestly, I wouldn't have been interested in Olympic snowboarding if not for this interview! Great job@ !!!!!

[@proximal8905]

Just stumbled into your podcast the other day and love it. Gonna be watching all the episodes at work over some time. Never really been one for podcasts but this and now the pontius show will be in my list

[@kornfreakghostpyro8654]

Heck Yeah Sean White!! The GOAT of 🏂!

[@Brendan-Thomas]

Legend

[@christinahaythorne3633]

I was a gymnast and I can't imagine flipping into a foam pit with a snowboard strapped to me. Shaun is awesome!

[@claycollins8973]

The 2nd attempt I did trying to backflip I folded up and hit my forehead on the edge of my board, and yeah as you can imagine it sliced my skin. I had to drive an hour to the nearest hospital which sucked cause the blood and flaps of skin dried folded over and the nurses had to peel the folds off and scrub the area. I'll never forget that pain

[@jesselee9223]

This episode was excellent. Truly. Great work!

[@SteezyBarber02]

Thursdays are the best! Great episode! YEAH DUDE!

[@jppryer5982]

Steve O ! Hey I was watching the Fred Armisan episode and have you thought about going to a hypnotist ? One that for real knows what they’re doing could get you speaking in Portuguese. Thanks man also , I like you man your different than I thought . You make me feel like I could do more with my life than I’m doing .

[@Nathan_Salcedo]

I'm down for a mini ramp sesh!

[@ericsilcox9463]

So humble brotha always been a fan of Shaun!! Very inspiring to hear the way you guys talked on this pod!!

[@williambrown7268]

By far, SOB is the best thing on KZbin. 1967 orange ca surfer forever

[@mushieslushie]

My family used to vacation in Encinitas every summer and I also saw that carpet thing and wondered how it worked. There is actually a KZbin video of a guy snowboarding on it but I never once saw it actually in use when I was there.

[@Sknapps92]

Shaun seems like a genuine, intuitive and intelligent person. Always was a fan growing up. Even more now

[@andrewtheidea]

Literally my childhood in one video. LEGENDS

[@davesmith5646]

Great interview

[@TheAneidert1018]

I love Shawn white man!! How could anyone ever hate on him. He's the fucking goat for a reason.. for so many reasons, and ppl use to hate on him because they're jealous. Makes zero sense to me, but I kno for a fact he has a lot more fans then hater! Shawn is just a winner and has a winning mindset! He has that "it" factor that most ppl don't have, and he is such an inspiration

[@tbone5816]

incredible podcast! well done y'all!

[@daktta2620]

pleaseeee have jon bernthal on!!! i think you guys would have a great conversation with him he’s awesome!

[@jeremys7194]

I didn't even know he could skate. But it makes so much sense..

[@higherstandard710]

Hey it’s Shaun Whites homeless doppelgänger 😅😅jk he is a legend.

[@ninaschenk4727]

Shaun is an absolutely amazing young man!

[@Liiiisaaaaa]

Sooo good!!! Love all your guests- brings so much nostalgia❤

[@maddyspinks]

I so relate to him automatically trying to catch his fall on his knees. I’m not a scatter, but I’ve ridden horses all my life. When you want the horse to stop, you pull back on both of your reins, so when I first started to drive a car, every time I needed to stop quickly, I kept trying to pull back on the fuckin steering wheel (I’d break too but still yank on the wheel out of muscle memory and instinct.) in Australia we get our learners (L plates, coz you have to have a yellow tag with a black L on the front and back of the car) at 16 and the first stage of our preliminary license (we call them red P’s coz you have to have a red tag with a P in it displayed on the front and back of the car) at 17, then at 18 you go to green P’s and at 20 you get your open license, but anyway I’d already been riding for over 11 years when I got my L’s so I had basically my lifetime of riding muscle memory to reverse when I was driving lol

[@marybeth808]

This was a great episode! Love Shaun!

[@21KCUF]

Steve-bro we would love to see you host snl your comedy is on point you’d do great!

[@charlesbenoist9904]

Love it if you're both made a skateboard I would totally added to my collection of your skateboards I bought❤😊🎉

[@C.Baumann]

This is such a great podcast! What a down to Earth chill guy.

[@JAnderson19733]

Shaun is truly the GOAT 🐐

[@troymodin1682]

Super cool nice dude...

[@thetommantom]

Its crazy my head space the past weeks ill go to the grocery store and ill turn an isle and itll be so perfect what you want where you thought it should be fully stocked exactly 3 steps in and out and how easy stuff comes ill get emotional like how blessed it could be so easy and peefect like that

[@1EpicLife1]

I’ve heard this person and that person say this and that about Shaun White but I I’ve always thought that he was a class act. I was always so proud to see him wearing the national colors and representing my country. Competing in a sport that I grew up doing. He carried the torch properly and showed what it means to be an American. Semper fidelis, Shaun White.

[@fosterchadek9087]

Favorite episode yet

[@1eph]

Maybe I don't remember very well, but I don't remember Shaun ever having people hating on him. The way other young popular/successful skaters did, like maybe Sheckler and Nyjah. He always seemed really cool and down to earth.

[@SketchyAsFunk]

He got a lot of hate from the snowboard community. It was and even still is a very tight nit community where everyone is always helping the next and all work to grow the sport together. Shaun came in a spoiled little rich kid with a holier than thou attitude and completely alienated everyone and commercialized the sport really taking it away from people who where not rich.

[@magikush]

⁠@@SketchyAsFunkAre you trying to say Shaun White didn’t help grow the sport of snowboarding? It’s always been a spoiled rich kid activity btw poor people don’t go to ski/snow resorts

[@SketchyAsFunk]

@magikush can't deny he helped grow the sport tremendously. He just turned his chin up at everyone else while doing it.

[@JayDizz92]

please please please try and get shaun palmer on the pod man, he's the forgotten hero of action sports

[@SameJoinTheClub]

Steve likes to "toot his own trumpet", the Straya way of saying it. It's 4am and I can't get back to sleep. I finally have some spare time to watch last weeks episode, in between study rounds. Living the dream mate, living the dream.

[@dosesandmimoses]

Great conversation!

[@firesideconfessions7454]

Great BlueChew placement Seveo!

[@flex_piper]

I really like Steve-o with the shaved head. 🤟

[@therealjd1503]

There is an artificial terrain park/hill in Lynchburg VA that’s cool to check out

[@eS.white.]

Great interview !

[@Thegamercat420]

Olympic gold pro snowboarder metalist. That's something to be proud of.

[@lifeinaday89]

Just wanna thank you steve-o. The are you happy speach was spot on. Much love - random person

[@briansmith960]

Shaun White. Respect Dude rips

[@mayafrode7794]

Love this episode!

[@shanngatihine5500]

Shaun White is the GOAT, such a talented and humble dude.

[@RyanCrase1]

I remember being at one of the X-Game practices and watching Shaun White practicing. It was unreal to see him skate in person. Super consistent, HUGE airs and ripping. Total stand-out.

[@CityBohoGirl]

Legit

[@joeym6976]

I just watched his cameo on the movie Friends With Benefits haha, sick interview

[@shaneshane9301]

5:25 that is the best impression I've ever heard for anyone 😂