[Alkasquawlik]

I don't get why hater-haters claim people hate Shaun for being successful. Is it really hard to accept that they hate him simply because he's a dick?

Also, lol @ this:



In case the fanboys are interested, he also has an interview in Vogue magazine this month. Not even kidding. :eusa_clap:

BFD. So he's into fashion, which anyone could already tell by the style of clothes he chooses to wear. So what?

I'm sure you have other interests other than snowboarding that other people think are completely ridiculous.

 

[CassMT]

that was good, probably the longest thing i've read in 6 years

 

[john doe]

I don't get why hater-haters claim people hate Shaun for being successful. Is it really hard to accept that they hate him simply because he's a dick?

Also, lol @ this:



In case the fanboys are interested, he also has an interview in Vogue magazine this month. Not even kidding. :eusa_clap:

I'm with you. What guy in his right mind would want to add a fashion show to an action sports event. That would put way too many hot chick in the mix. These contests need to be massive sausage fests.

 

[jtg]

More like a parade of androgynous dudes wearing skinny jeans.

 

[BurtonAvenger]

Does anyone even remember the MTV Sports and Music Festival? While being too young to convince my parents to let me go on my own, it was actually a pretty stellar event that drew the right kind of attention to the right people and presented it in the right light. It wasn't some over the top spin to win, chuck your carcass, judged bullshit. It was genuinely entertaining to watch. Hell X-games in the late 90's wasn't bad to watch either, then something changed.

Having Perry Farrel as one of the hosts walking around getting weird with people as well as skateboarding going on, Morgan LaFonte doing topless backflips, and music that didn't suck were all good things.

It's a lot like Snowboard On The Block in Denver. Sure I personally think the event sucked because it wasn't done right, but it did introduce a lot of people to snowboard companies, a down town rail jam, and a lot of metal music. If that gets some people that were metal heads there for the music saying "I'd try snowboarding" then good it worked. If it got snowboarders interested in metal great. And if it drives up peoples interest in snowboarding then it did a damn good job.

If he markets Air & Style the right way you can have people from many different interests mingling and exchanging ideas as well as body fluids.

Reading that interview if that's what you hang up on I think you missed some of the finer points in there and should probably re-read it. That is probably the first interview that actually personalized Shaun in the last 10 years.

 

[andrewdod]

Why does he where leather jackets in competitions?

same reason you asked that question.

 

[CassMT]

i would go to an A&S event. sounds great

and dissing fashion is ign...not good, we are all following some fashion whether you admit to it or not

 

[RagJuice Crew]

That is a superb interview (and the second in a row from Snowboarder - they'd an excellent piece with Terje last month EDIT: Woops, that wasn't Snowboarder, it was Snowboard).

Most people seem to either love or loath Shaun White - I'll be honest, I'm completely neutral about the guy. I don't "like" him because he's not what snowboarding is about to me (all about the competition, not the love of the activity) but at the same time I don't hate him for that either. It's just different and not relevant, for the most part, to what I love about snowboarding. I don't like how he has foregone the opportunity he has to do something with the "sport", but that's not his focus and not what he's about. It's the difference between loving snowboarding and loving being great at snowboarding. Lost opportunity but he's under no obligation if that's his thing.

With that in mind, I loved that interview because it's the first time I've seen someone go in depth with him, really ask him revealing questions and him give good answers. I don't have to like or agree with all he says (I don't buy his stance on the TTR/FIS stuff for example) but it is fantastic to actually hear his opinions on these things, his take.

As cliché as it is "with great power comes great responsibility" is the best way to sum up Shaun. He has the potential to do things that no other snowboarder can and yet he makes fucking scooters. I'm more curious to see what he does with Air&Style because if it becomes the contest that is anti-X games/Dewsh Tour/Olympics that is something that benefits snowboarding.

This - as I said above it's a missed chance up to now but actually he talks a lot about "giving back", contributing. That's to be applauded.

Reading that interview if that's what you hang up on I think you missed some of the finer points in there and should probably re-read it. That is probably the first interview that actually personalized Shaun in the last 10 years.

Exactly.

 

[john doe]

More like a parade of androgynous dudes wearing skinny jeans.

So a fashion show is mentioned and you instantly think of dudes in tight pants instead of hot chicks and hot chicks interested in fashion. I think we know where your interests lay.

 

[j.gnar]

that article/intreview is really a estament to how awesome Pat Bridges is. he single handedly made me feel retarded for hating on Shaun White, which is something probably no other human being is capable of. very, very interesting stuff in there....specifically the Frends crew piece. it really gives you a sense of how much drama and bullshit pro snowboarders have to deal with and how many people demonize SW for being the best

 

[jtg]

So a fashion show is mentioned and you instantly think of dudes in tight pants instead of hot chicks and hot chicks interested in fashion. I think we know where your interests lay.

LOL I get it, you're saying I'm a gay, right! :eusa_clap:

 

[Jed]

Great interview, honestly whoever manages Shaun White's PR should have had him doing things like this long ago. So much of the hate he receives is because he closes himself up and doesn't make himself personable.

He may not like it (and from the sounds of the interview he would rather not have this responsibility) but his fame puts a lot of power in his hands to affect the future of our sport. It's really up to him what he does with that power, it's his life after all, but as BA said, I really hope it's not more scooters.

Funny reading about the frends crew. I've ran into them once in NZ and what I remember from the experience is one of the Mitrani's riding around Snow Park NZ snaking and cutting people off as if he owned the park. Was not impressed.

 

[BoardChitless]

Hater's hate. Chit happens in elementary school too.

When you are young - it's the best to be the best.

When you mature - it's not always best to be the best.

As far as Shaun's leather hipster look, I don't care for it. From a marketing stance it's ingenious, but techincally, maybe there is more to it than we think.

I personally always root for Scotty Lago & Horgmo, but Shaun is still the chit in my book... He's done so much for the sport.

Hater's just hate. Hope Shaun gets gold next month, but I would rather see my favorite Horgmo top the podium even tho that would mean one less Gold/medal for the US and one for Norway.

Hater's will always hate the best, and they only care about the chit they care about in their daily chitty lives.

Shaun White is the chit.

 

[BurtonAvenger]

Funny reading about the frends crew. I've ran into them once in NZ and what I remember from the experience is one of the Mitrani's riding around Snow Park NZ snaking and cutting people off as if he owned the park. Was not impressed.

That was more than likely Jack. He does the same shit here all while pushing his bullshit agenda for his crappy headphone company and crew.

 

[Casual]

that was good, probably the longest thing i've read in 6 years

LOL... same.

Great interview, honestly whoever manages Shaun White's PR should have had him doing things like this long ago. So much of the hate he receives is because he closes himself up and doesn't make himself personable.

I'd have to agree with this. Personally I never gave a shit about SW (the person), that has nothing to do with my dislike. I just don't think he has good style and I've seen a lot of comps where he did a so/so run and somebody else did an impressive run with more style/harder tricks and SW got a 97 while the other guy got a 92. That was just frustrating to watch, like his name came with a 5% bonus on any run he did. I've never felt he wasn't talented or didn't put in the work.

Off the hill I never paid any attention to what he did or who he was, the interview was definitaly a different perspective on him and I liked it.

 

[snowklinger]

I did say no to rollerblades because I just had to morally draw a line.

finally reading this, favorite quote so far.

Scooters are awesome.

 

[Argo]

I liked his feelings on rollerblading. Lol

 

[Logan14]

(all about the competition, not the love of the activity)

I will never understand why competing and wanting to be the best suddenly means that he isn't doing it for the love of it. He's clearly a driven guy (someone who is continuously in the positions SW is in is obviously driven) so he could turn his attention to a fair range of lines of work to earn money, yet he still comes back to snowboarding.

 

[CassMT]

after seeing Mcmorris choke at xgames the other day i think SW also has a damn good chance to medal in slopestyle at Sochi...and imo the Superpipe gold is a lock, he thrives under pressure and mcmorris is just a kid with the weight of all canada's hopes on him

i could give a shit about all the fanboy/hater noise, i just like to see awesome riding

 

[snowklinger]

with the weight of all canada's hopes on him

I'm curious what this weight consists of.

3 fully geared up yak-riding mounties?

Kegs of maple syrup?

Kegs of yellow fizzy beer?

The awesomeness of all the Whiskey movies or just Strange Brew?

Poutanen's hottub?

TT's Cabbage Patch doll collection?