Shaun White Gives An Update After Retiring From the Olympics: Bucket List, TikTok and Surf Lessons With Nina Dobrev
usmagazine.comOn to the next. Months after competing in the Winter Olympics in Beijing, Shaun White gave Us Weekly an exclusive update on his life, which, luckily for him, still includes snowboarding, skateboarding and traveling around the world with the love of his life — Nina Dobrev.“It feels great, honestly,” White, 35, told Us at the CELSIUS Arctic Vibe: Sparkling Frozen Berry launch party at Joia Beach in Miami on Thursday, July 21, of his newfound retirement. “I mean, it’s hard to say because obviously I’ve done so many Olympics and at this point, like, I normally take the season after off just to, you know, get excited again.
And so, everything’s kind of felt like it’s going to plan. I think that the strange part will be the winter season after this one.
I’ll be like, ‘Oh wait, I guess school’s still out.'”The three-time gold Olympic medalist added that he feels “fortunate” he got to decide when to retire from the competitive sport of snowboarding — a career that spanned nearly 20 years of his life. “I think that’s been the biggest, like, weight off my shoulders for retirement that I can just kind of enjoy [snowboarding],” White said.He added, “I think the biggest thing I would say is, you know, normally at the end of the day, I’ll start to feel bad about things in a way.
Not bad, but I’ll feel remorse for neglecting my sport. I’m like, ‘Oh, I didn’t stretch, and I didn’t work out on the days I should have.’ And now what’s great is I go to sleep and I’m like, ‘Oh yeah, I’m good.'”Now that he has more downtime, the WHITESPACE owner can take in life’s guilty pleasures, such as creating creative content on TikTok.“I convinced my girlfriend to get on TikTok and now she’s all about it.
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