Shaun White : The rising star of extreme sports. A short essay for gym class.

Shaun White has taken both the snowboarding and skateboarding world by storm, and he's only seventeen years old. He was too young to legally drive the car he won at the Toyota Big Air and the truck that came with the Vans Triple Crown overall title in 2002. But Shaun's peers no longer consider him a kid phenomenon, but as the man pushing the future of snowboarding and skateboarding alike. Shaun was born in San Diego, …

…Crown in 2003, first Overall Season Slopestyle Ranking for the World Snowboard Federation in 2003, first place at the Global Superpipe for the 2003 X-Games, first place at the Winter Slopestyle 2003 X-Games, first place for the Winter Superpipe in the 2003 X-Games, second place for the Winter Slopestyle 2002 X-Games, and second place for the Winter Superpipe 2002 X-Games. Even though Shaun would like to stay with snowboarding as long as he can, he says that "having fun is most important."