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SHAUN WHITE, SNOWBOARDING'S HOTTEST STAR, IS SET TO BLOW UP IN SKATEBOARDING, TOO

By Allison Glock

Thursday, February 14, 2008

Shaun White wants to go to the prom. He doesn't have a date or a tuxedo. He doesn't even really attend high school, at least not when he's traveling, which is most of the year. Even so, Shaun has this idea that the prom is something he should do, that he needs to immerse himself in the whole cheeseball, heartbreaking, hunch-punch, cover band wonder of it all, just to be like every other 16-year-old suburban kid for a night - the kids who aren't world-class professional snowboarders living in a C ...

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