Who is Shaun White

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Shaun Roger White (born September 3, 1986 in Carlsbad, California) has been a notable competitor in professional snowboarding since he was 9 years old, but is also known for being a professional skateboarder as well. He was born with Tetralogy of Fallot, a congenital heart defect for which he endured two open-heart operations; one operation at six months, and the second at 12 months.Sports Illustrated Sports Illustrated: Double Ripper. July 7, 2003. Retrieved January 5, 2009

White stands 5' 8.5" (1.73 m) tall. He rides regular stance, twelve and negative three degrees on his board.TTR World Tour Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour: Shaun White. 1 2006. Swatch TTR. 12 March 2008 He is known for his shock of red hair, for which he has become known as "The Flying Tomato." Addressing his perception of the nickname, Rolling Stone magazine wrote, "he used to embrace it, even wearing headbands with a flying-tomato logo, but he has grown tired of it....