Shaun White’s retirement was inspired by Barack Obama
us.hola.comShaun White just concluded his final Olympic performance. The snowboarder, who’s been an Olympian five times and has won three gold medals, said he got some retirement inspiration from President Barack Obama.Nina Dobrev gushes over boyfriend Shaun White ahead of his fifth Winter OlympicsShaun White quickly crossed one thing off his bucket list following retirementA post shared by Shaun White (@shaunwhite)In an appearance on “The Late Late Show with James Corden,” White spoke about ending his career. “You know, when I was thinking of retirement, I kept thinking of Obama when he left office,” he said. “All of the sudden it’s just him on a jet ski and a straw hat and I was like ‘God, I wanna be doing that.’ That’s where I’m heading.” Corden talked about White’s impact on snowboarding and how he revolutionized the sport, and how difficult it probably was to make the decision to retire.
When asked why he chose to do it, White said, “I remember waking up one morning and I was just like, ‘My back!’ And everybody called me and they were like ‘What happened?’ and I was like ‘Nothing!
I woke up,” he said.White’s last performance at the Olympics ended up in fourth place in the half-pipe event, which he’d been the best at for the past two decades.
After his last performance, he was emotional and thanked his family and snowboarding itself. “I just want to thank everyone for watching.
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