Shaun White | The Bomb Hole Episode 177

The issue I have with a 100 score is that it shouldn't be possible when you do a trick without grabbing the board properly. Let's say he did a regular McTwist instead of the double 1260 but did a solid grab and possibly a tweak wouldn't that be a better run than spinning / flipping more but only touching your boot / edge? If not we might as well go full skiing aerials instead of emulating skateboarding.

Good to hear the humble back stories… but sadly it sounds like Shaun did snowboarding from his head more than his heart. In the end, it’s still all about playing.

That was a damn good interview. I think people give him a hard time for being so good. He worked hard, was (is) a core boarder, congrats to him. Solid guy. Really enjoyed this one.

Thank you for everything you did for the sport. Xgames and competitive snowboarding (probably) peaked when you were at your peak. I hope it gets back to that someday.

Thanks to Shaun's impact there are more people enjoying snowboarding today, and making this community we love so much bigger.

Absolutely massive insight – shaun we love you. Thanks for all youve done for the sport. Hope this is part of a healing experience… god it must have been hard and isolating… that can destroy the best of them yet you persevered. What character. Excited to see your future impact on the sport.

And BH loving these heavy hitters and loving jones as a cohost, way to let the guest speak!!

Loved this episode. Always been a fan of Shaun. Stoked to get more insight into his life and him as a person. Also stoked to hear we share the same fav board graphic and same fav riders style. Thanks Bomb Hole for bringing this episode to us all and thanks Shaun!

Imagine how amazing it would have been if he would have replied “Lucas Magoon” when asked about best style.

A really great presentation. I met Sean once or twice back as far as 2009 or so he was very nice to me and yeah whatever but I’ve been snowboarding since 1988. I’ve done a few competitions,
Half pipe… Mount Baker Bank slalom and others….
And now, my cousin David Marx, is the marketing manager for Arbour snowboards!
So props to everyone

I think I still have TB9 on vhs back home. Shaun def inspired me from a young age. Would love to throw some laps at b-town with this guy!

No mention of stunt scooters?

Interesting to hear his perspective. He’s not my favorite but is actually way more likable than the kids in Stowe, VT who wore tall tees and said the n-word circa 2007. The “core” crowd was I stopped riding for a long time and just skated.

First time working at keystone he came up with two passes. One was old and he told me to just throw it away. Still have his old epic pass hahahahah

Would love to see Shaun compete in Natural Selection.

This is riveting

Shaun’s logic is sound about why he shouldn’t have been alienated from the culture, but he is fighting against very deep and ancient stuff. Dominant males in hierarchical groups who insist on winning everything and capturing the all/most the resources are typically ostracized from the group. In a chimps, for example, an Alpha that doesn’t share resources and mates and doesn’t let others win gets axed by the group of lower status males, who inevitably gang up on a greedy alpha. An alpha that allows others to win resources from time to time often stays the alpha for a much longer time and is granted power and status by the lower males as they are much more content with his rule when getting a piece of the action themselves. Shaun’s insistence that he should win everything and his ability to do it for a time was bad ass from an individualist position, but it will always stir up those ancient evolutionary group dynamics. It wasn’t until the failure of the 2022 Olympics that the group began to open back up to him. The same was true of Kelly Slater in surfing until Andy Irons starry beating him. Andy humanized Kelly by beating him and brought Kelly back down to earth.

Dear Shaun, I am sorry I fell for the haters saying you're not Core. Thank you for coming on the Bomb Hole. My opinion of you was sooo wrong.

Donna did shaun dirrrty! Burton would not be where it is globally without this guy, wtf! Props to shaun for taking the high road!

Don’t smell his fingers!

Yeeess! This was a good one! Growing up, Shaun White was my biggest idol, so it was really cool to have him talk about that era of time! The Bomb Hole, you guys rock!!

Let’s talk biscuits

That was one of my most favorite interviews of all time. Real things that really needed to be said.

Snowboarding is so fun.

A true legend, period