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Shaun White Interview in LA Times

Inside his personal tour bus, a vehicle that will chauffeur him around Los Angeles while he plays games on a PlayStation2, watches video feeds of practice runs and listens to Led Zeppelin on the surround-sound stereo system, Shaun White is lounging on a plush sofa.

"Did you see the leopard print?" He points excitedly to his queen-sized bed in the back of the bus.

When he is not competing in skateboard events at the X Games, or signing autographs for fans, or being photographed for magazine covers, this is where Shaun White, also known as the Flying Tomato, will spend his downtime — a tricked-out tour bus courtesy of one of his sponsors.

After his gold-medal performance in the snowboarding halfpipe at the Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, White will easily be the most recognizable athlete at X Games XII this weekend.

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