The 'Future Boy' Is Now [Cont.]
Shaun White and the X Games come of age
by Scott Willoughby
Where would you like to see action sports go in the future?
I think in the future I’d love to see action sports go to where something like baseball has. But instead of baseball stadiums, we just get huge skate parks that are built in the stadium. Thing is, a lot of guys want to keep skating core [hardcore/pure] and all that. The way I see it, yeah, keep some core aspects to it, but big sponsors like Target in the end send big money back to the core and build more parks and ramps so we don’t get in trouble skating down the street and stuff. But I definitely think both sports are on their way to becoming huge things.
Do you get harassed for street skating?
Oh yeah. Skating with my brother, we get harassed by security guards all the time. One time we were snowboarding handrails in Utah, and somebody called the cops, and a guy showed up and was like, “I think I know you.” We ended up making buddies with the cop, and we took photos and stuff, and he let us finish hitting the rail.
Try to imagine yourself at 30. What do you see?
At age 30? Man, I just really hope to be like Tony [Hawk], my main influence. He’s still skating and still doing what he wants to, still having fun. That’s a tough one, 30?
Okay, how about 40?
I’ll have kids and stuff and be like, “I used to shred.” It’s going to be crazy.