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"\"&lt;figure id=\\\"attachment_103891\\\" style=\\\"width: 210px\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption alignright\\\"&gt;&lt;img class=\\\" wp-image-103891 \\\" alt=\\\"Shaun White\\\" src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.grindtv.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2014\\/02\\/profile-shot-vimeo.jpg\\\" width=\\\"210\\\" height=\\\"198\\\" srcset=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.grindtv.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2014\\/02\\/profile-shot-vimeo.jpg 439w, http:\\/\\/www.grindtv.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2014\\/02\\/profile-shot-vimeo-300x281.jpg 300w, http:\\/\\/www.grindtv.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2014\\/02\\/profile-shot-vimeo-95x90.jpg 95w\\\" sizes=\\\"(max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;figcaption class=\\\"wp-caption-text\\\"&gt;Shaun White, 10, from Vimeo video below&lt;\\/figcaption&gt;&lt;\\/figure&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Before Sochi \\u2026 before Shaun White Enterprises \\u2026 before the millions of dollars in endorsements \\u2026 before the 10 ESPYs \\u2026 before the 13 Winter X Games gold medals \\u2026 before the two Winter Olympics gold medals \\u2026 before the Flying Tomato, there was a 10-year-old, freckle-faced Shaun White doing amazing things in the halfpipe.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;One of the first kids &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/vimeo.com\\/9569252\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\"&gt;filmed by KidsWhoRip&lt;\\/a&gt; was a young Shaun White, who at the time was three years away from turning professional, nine years away from his first Olympic gold, and 17 years away from trying to become the first American man to win gold in the same event in three consecutive Winter Olympics.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;This isn\\u2019t exactly what he&amp;#8217;ll look like in the halfpipe at the Sochi Winter Olympics, but it certainly is amazing for a kid his age, and it shows the incredible early beginnings of his Olympic journey. Enjoy (action starts at 9-second mark):&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe src=\\\"\\/\\/player.vimeo.com\\/video\\/9569252\\\" height=\\\"349\\\" width=\\\"620\\\" allowfullscreen=\\\"\\\" frameborder=\\\"0\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/iframe&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Shaun White\\u2019s mother was responsible for turning him on to snowboarding, but not because she had the foresight of what was to come. White was a speed demon on skis and she wanted to slow him down.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;figure id=\\\"attachment_103892\\\" style=\\\"width: 416px\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption alignright\\\"&gt;&lt;img class=\\\" wp-image-103892 \\\" alt=\\\"Shaun White\\\" src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.grindtv.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2014\\/02\\/upside-down-vimeo-.jpg\\\" width=\\\"416\\\" height=\\\"314\\\" srcset=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.grindtv.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2014\\/02\\/upside-down-vimeo-.jpg 620w, http:\\/\\/www.grindtv.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2014\\/02\\/upside-down-vimeo--300x225.jpg 300w, http:\\/\\/www.grindtv.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2014\\/02\\/upside-down-vimeo--200x150.jpg 200w, http:\\/\\/www.grindtv.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2014\\/02\\/upside-down-vimeo--118x90.jpg 118w\\\" sizes=\\\"(max-width: 416px) 100vw, 416px\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;figcaption class=\\\"wp-caption-text\\\"&gt;Shaun White, 10, performing in halfpipe; photo is a screen grab from Vimeo&lt;\\/figcaption&gt;&lt;\\/figure&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u201cAt the age of 4, Shaun proved to be fearless on his skis racing down the slopes with older brother Jesse,\\u201d &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.shaunwhite.com\\/about-shaun-white-entertainment\\/\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\"&gt;White\\u2019s website says&lt;\\/a&gt;. \\u201cIn an attempt to slow Shaun down when he was 6, his mom decided to put him on a snowboard and instructed him to copy everything Jesse did. Unfortunately for her, it only encouraged Shaun to go faster.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;And higher.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;By the end of his first day of snowboarding, White was already &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.jockbio.com\\/Bios\\/Swhite\\/S_White_bio.html\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\"&gt;doing jumps and going faster&lt;\\/a&gt; than Jesse. A year later, he entered his first snowboarding contest and won. At age 8, White was jumping 5 feet higher than the rest of the kids, and soon after earned the nickname \\u201cFuture Boy.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;By age 12, he was winning nearly every important amateur event he entered. Incidentally, that same year, 1998, marked the debut of snowboarding at the Winter Olympics, in Nagano, Japan.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;A year later, a 13-year-old White turned professional and never looked back.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;There is also &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.youtube.com\\/watch?v=UYxY1LL3AUk\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\"&gt;video of White as an 11-year-old&lt;\\/a&gt;, but the following video of White as a 13-year-old features him talking about snowboarding and his career, and is no less impressive (cute, too):&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe src=\\\"\\/\\/www.youtube.com\\/embed\\/W3YYaCDptnA?rel=0&amp;enablejsapi=1\\\" width=\\\"640\\\" height=\\\"360\\\" frameborder=\\\"0\\\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;\\/iframe&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;strong&gt;More Winter Olympics stories on GrindTV&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.grindtv.com\\/olympics\\/2014-winter-olympics\\/post\\/so-can-danny-davis-unseat-shaun-white\\/\\\" data-ls-seen=\\\"1\\\"&gt;So can Danny Davis unseat Shaun White?&lt;\\/a&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.grindtv.com\\/olympics\\/2014-winter-olympics\\/post\\/jenny-jones-makes-history-for-great-britain-with-bronze-in-slopestyle\\/\\\" data-ls-seen=\\\"1\\\"&gt;Jenny Jones first Brit to win Olympic medal on snow&lt;\\/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.grindtv.com\\/olympics\\/2014-winter-olympics\\/post\\/jamie-anderson-wins-second-snowboard-gold-for-usa\\/\\\" data-ls-seen=\\\"1\\\"&gt;Jamie Anderson wins second snowboard gold for USA&lt;\\/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.grindtv.com\\/olympics\\/2014-winter-olympics\\/post\\/ty-walker-jessika-jenson-do-not-advance-through-semis\\/\\\" data-ls-seen=\\\"1\\\"&gt;Ty Walker, Jessika Jenson do not advance through semis&lt;\\/a&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.grindtv.com\\/olympics\\/2014-winter-olympics\\/post\\/did-sage-kotsenburg-shock-the-world-in-sochi\\/\\\" data-ls-seen=\\\"1\\\"&gt;Did Sage Kotsenburg shock the world in Sochi?&lt;\\/a&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.grindtv.com\\/olympics\\/2014-winter-olympics\\/post\\/stale-sandbech-goes-big-with-mohawk-at-medal-ceremony\\/\\\" data-ls-seen=\\\"1\\\"&gt;St\\u00e5le Sandbech goes big with mohawk at medal ceremony&lt;\\/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.grindtv.com\\/olympics\\/2014-winter-olympics\\/post\\/must-have-moves-in-womens-snowboard-slopestyle\\/\\\" data-ls-seen=\\\"1\\\"&gt;Must-have moves in women\\u2019s snowboard slopestyle&lt;\\/a&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=\\\"https:\\/\\/plus.google.com\\/u\\/0\\/110890986663340135406\\/posts\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" data-ls-seen=\\\"1\\\"&gt;Follow GrindTV on Google+&lt;\\/a&gt;&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span itemprop=\\\"video\\\" itemscope itemtype=\\\"http:\\/\\/schema.org\\/VideoObject\\\"&gt;&lt;meta itemprop=\\\"name\\\" content=\\\"Shaun White amazes in halfpipe at age 10\\\"&gt;&lt;meta itemprop=\\\"thumbnailURL\\\" content=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.grindtv.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2016\\/05\\/9569252.jpg\\\"&gt;&lt;meta itemprop=\\\"description\\\" content=\\\"Video of the iconic snowboarder Shaun White before he turned professional is quite impressive.\\\"&gt;&lt;meta itemprop=\\\"uploadDate\\\" content=\\\"2014-02-10T10:10:05-08:00\\\"&gt;&lt;meta itemprop=\\\"embedURL\\\" content=\\\"https:\\/\\/www.vimeo.com\\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9569252\\\"&gt;&lt;meta itemprop=\\\"duration\\\" content=\\\"PT2M14S\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/span&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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