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Highlights from Shaun White’s epic snowboarding career

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United States' Shaun White performs a maneuver in the half-pipe finals at the Snowboard FIS World Cup at Whiteface Mountain in Lake Placid, N.Y., Saturday, March 5, 2005. White placed first in the event.
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United States Shaun White sails through the air in his second run to take the gold medal for the Men's Halfpipe Snowboard competition at the Turin 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Bardonecchia, Italy Sunday, Feb. 12, 2006.
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United States Shaun White makes his first run in the finals of the men's halfpipe snowboard competition at the Turin 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Bardonecchia, Italy, Feb. 12, 2006.
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United States snowboard gold medalist Shaun White is overcome with emotion during the medal ceremony for the men's halfpipe snowboard event at the Turin 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin, Italy Sunday Feb. 12, 2006.
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Gold medalist Shaun White, center, from the United States, waves from the podium with silver medalist Daniel Kass from the United states, left, and bronze medalist Markku Koski from Finland after the Men's Halfpipe Snowboard competition at the Turin 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Bardonecchia, Italy Sunday, Feb. 12, 2006.
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Snowboarder, Shaun White of Carlsbad, Calif. slides into the bottom of the superpipe with his hand raised, after winning tonight's competition on Sunday, Jan., 27, 2008, at the Winter X Games at Buttermilk Ski Area near Aspen, Colo.
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Snowboarder Shaun White, of Carlsbad, Calif., holds up his snowboard after taking a victory in the superpipe on Sunday, Jan., 27, 2008, at the Winter X Games at Buttermilk Ski Area near Aspen, Colo.
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Shaun White of Carlsbad, Calif., gets big air above the crowd during the finals of the men's halfpipe at the Burton U.S. Open Snowboarding Championships, Saturday, March 22, 2008, at Stratton Mountain Resort in Stratton, Vt. White won his third consecutive U.S. Open halfpipe championship.
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Champagne and sparkling cider flies as men's halfpipe winners, first place Shaun White, center, and second place Mason Aguirre, right, blast third place Kevin Pearce, left, with champagne during the awards ceremony at the Burton U.S. Open Snowboarding Championships, Saturday, March 22, 2008, at Stratton Mountain Resort in Stratton, Vt.
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Shaun White gets air during the Men's Snowboard Slopestyle at the Winter X Games 13 at Buttermilk Ski Area, near Aspen, Colo., Jan. 24, 2009.
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Snowboarder Shaun White looks back up to the superpipe and score board to find that he has won the men's snowboard superpipe competition at the Winter X Games at Buttermilk Ski Area, near Aspen, Colo. on Sunday, Jan., 25, 2009.
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Shaun White from Carlsbad, Calif. uses his snowboard to launch himself through the snow out of the superpipe during the men's superpipe competition at the Winter X Games at Buttermilk Ski Area, near Aspen, Colo. on Sunday, Jan., 25, 2009. White won the event.
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Shaun White, from Carlsbad, Calif., holds up the gold medal he won at the men's snowboard slopestyle at the Winter X Games 13 at Buttermilk Ski Area, near Aspen, Colo., on Saturday, Jan., 24, 2009.
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Shaun White, of Carlsbad, Calif., competes during the snowboard superpipe men's elimination round at the Winter X Games at Buttermilk Mountain outside Aspen, Colo., on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010.
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Shaun White, of the United States, competes in the men's halfpipe final in the men's halfpipe at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Feb. 17, 2010.
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Olympic champion Shaun White of the United States reacts following the men's snowboard halfpipe competition at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Feb. 17, 2010.
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Shaun White, of the United States, removes his handkerchief as he competes in the men's halfpipe competition at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Feb. 17, 2010.
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Olympic champion Shaun White of the USA reacts following the men's snowboard halfpipe competition at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010.
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Olympic champion Shaun White, left, and Scott Lago of the USA react following the men's snowboard halfpipe competition at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010.
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United States gold medalist Shaun White reacts during the men's halfpipe medal ceremony at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010.
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Shaun White competes in the men's halfpipe finals at the U.S. Open Snowboarding Championships in Stratton, Vt., on Saturday, March 10, 2012.
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Shaun White of the United States takes a jump during a snowboard slopestyle training session at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, prior to the 2014 Winter Olympics, Feb. 4, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia.
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Shaun White, of the United States, looks at the scoreboard after competing in the men's snowboard halfpipe final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia.
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Shaun White, of the United States, hits the edge of the half pipe during the men's snowboard halfpipe final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Feb. 11, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia.
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Shaun White, of the United States, celebrates winning gold after his run during the men's halfpipe finals at Phoenix Snow Park at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Feb. 14, 2018.
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Gold medal winner Shaun White celebrates after the men's halfpipe finals at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Feb. 14, 2018.
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Men's halfpipe gold medalist Shaun White, of the United States, bites his medal during the medals ceremony at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Feb. 14, 2018.
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Shaun White, of the United States, celebrates his gold medal after the men's halfpipe finals at Phoenix Snow Park at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Feb. 14, 2018.
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Shaun White, of the United States, celebrates winning the gold medal in the men's halfpipe finals at Phoenix Snow Park at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018.
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Shaun White, of the United States, is shown after his third run in the snowboarding halfpipe finals, Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021, during the Dew Tour at Copper Mountain, Colo.

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