Shaun White

Shaun White: three gold medals, two white Lamborghinis

Shaun White, now the three the two-time snowboard half pipe gold medalist, was featured on 60 Minutes  just prior to the start of the Winter Olympics eight years ago. The segment with interviewer Bob Simon covered several areas, including the athlete’s ownership of two Lamborghinis — one crashed, one intact. The exchange between interviewer and guest is brisk and humorous. Shaun White, reacting to his final half-pipe run in 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea.During the 12-minute video of the segment, a minute or so includes Simon asking White about his penchant for the fast Italian sports car and the  accident in his first Lamborghini. Here’s the text of the Lamborghini segment, followed by the video, which includes White

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Shaun White behind the wheel in BFGoodrich webcasts

Shaun White, the two-time Winter Olympic gold medal winner and the most decorated athlete in Winter X Games history, has other sporting goals in mind — car racing. With the BFGoodrich Tires sponsorship, While will appear in the “Upgrade to BFGoodrich” campaign. Taught by BFGoodrich specialists and a group of professional drivers known as “TeamBFG,” White learns how to improve his driving performance in a series of webisodes. The URL: www.bfgoodrichtires.com/shaunwhite. Highlighted throughout the webisodes will be how drivers like White can upgrade their performance on BFGoodrich tires. Rally racing to road course technique will be featured. The first webisodes documents White’s initial experiences. The first driver to show White what it takes to be a performance driver were Summer

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