Shaun White loved soccer, but there was a moment when he learned it wasn't for him."I showed up at the field late one time, and it was intense," he said. "I'm playing on this lower, recreation level, just so I could have fun. Someone else's mom came over and yelled at me, 'You better get out there and you better score!' There is something about someone else's mom yelling at you."
White said he did as he was told and shortly thereafter he quit. Instead of traditional organized sports, he gravitated to nontraditional activities like snowboarding and skateboarding. The 21-year-old, who won an Olympic gold medal in snowboarding in 2006 and an X Games gold medal this summer in skateboarding, said the decision changed his life and his relationship with his parents.
"Instead of my dad yelling at me from the sideline, we were out riding together," he said. "(Snowboarding) really drew our family together."
The professional skateboarder who was in Salt Lake City this week to compete in the AST Dew Tour said he believes a lot of young athletes turn to nontraditional sports because they have more freedom.
"Normally, there are no moms allowed in the parks," he laughed. "It's brutal when you have people always telling you what to do. My attraction to skateboarding was that you didn't have that. You could just ask your friends, learn tricks from each other or just figure it out on your own."
Original Source: Deseret Morning News, Amy Donaldson
White said he did as he was told and shortly thereafter he quit. Instead of traditional organized sports, he gravitated to nontraditional activities like snowboarding and skateboarding. The 21-year-old, who won an Olympic gold medal in snowboarding in 2006 and an X Games gold medal this summer in skateboarding, said the decision changed his life and his relationship with his parents.
"Instead of my dad yelling at me from the sideline, we were out riding together," he said. "(Snowboarding) really drew our family together."
The professional skateboarder who was in Salt Lake City this week to compete in the AST Dew Tour said he believes a lot of young athletes turn to nontraditional sports because they have more freedom.
"Normally, there are no moms allowed in the parks," he laughed. "It's brutal when you have people always telling you what to do. My attraction to skateboarding was that you didn't have that. You could just ask your friends, learn tricks from each other or just figure it out on your own."
Original Source: Deseret Morning News, Amy Donaldson
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