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An Open Letter to Shaun White
Dude, I’ll be honest, I haven’t been following your career as much as I
probably should, given I now operate a blog about snowboarding. But
when I saw you tear up the US Snowboarding Championships on TV I decided to find out a bit more about you.
First, I Googled “Shaun White”. That took me to shaunwhite.com. Dude, what is that
thing? I’m all for online simplicity but man, that thing has to go.
It’s got close to no information on you, hasn’t been updated since
January, and is written in the third person the whole time, which is
kind of creepy. Do you have a ghostwriter?
Thinking I was clearly missing something, I used the Overture Keyword Suggestion Tool
and discovered close to 70,000 people a month search for derivatives of
your name. Among the more popular queries was “Shaun White
Myspace.com”, so I headed to Myspace.com to find your site. Suffice to
say the only Shaun White sites I could find were not worthy of a
snowboarding champ, and not even worth the outbound link.
Am I missing something here?
You need an online presence that promotes yourself, even if you’re an
introvert. A way to provide some information on yourself and connect
with your fans. It will only make you a bigger name.
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not all shaun white sites suck…if you had done any searching at all you would have discovered the biggest fan site…white-wahpah.net! ^_^ (heaven on earth) and that one most certainly does NOT suck…all of shaun’s biggest fans hang out at that site…also, shaun is too busy to make his myspace super-fantastic…either way it isnt intended for fans the way that tony hawk’s is…its his PERSONAL myspace, so he probably doesnt care if it represents himself to his fans in a good way or not because i dont believe he realizes that almost every single one of his fans has it because most of them respect him enough not to annoy him with millions of messages…also, there are hundreds of fake ones made by weirdos that distract from his real one because most people assume his would be more decorated than it is…but any real fan who knows who he hangs out with and such can easily find his myspace…
so basically…WHITE WAHPAH!!!!!! <3 the greatest website ever!
^_^
P.S. how do you know where to send a letter to shaun? not even the white-wahpah gals know that
P.S.S. SHAUN ROCKS!!! ^_^
Shaun white’s site, shaunwhite.com, is created by shauns manager, who is also his brother, Jesse. Therefore it is not written by Shaun himself so it is not written in third person. Jesse often travels on the road with Shaun to all of his events making it impossible for him to upkeep the site with their busy schedule. In less then a month, shaun has been in at least 3 magazines that I know of, had several interviews and photoshoots, had the X-Games, appeared on Jimmy Kimmel, participated in the Dew Action Sports Tour’s Right Guard Open and won(not to mention he has to practice for the upcoming Vans Invitational of the tour), like at all Dew Action Sports Tour stops he also had a few press conferences, and he moved into a new house. Because of this hectic schedule, it is impossible for them to focus on managing fan sites, especially when so many fans seem content with their own fan-made sites such as white-wahpah. On top of that, Shaun White is a big enough name in action sports that he does not need to associate himself with fancy websites in order to become more famous. He already IS famous and a regular household name. In addition, most action sports lovers are not the type to waste their lives away on the internet googling Shaun White. They are much more likely to be there live and anyone who has ever been to any sort of action sports event or seen one on TV knows who he is. Anyone who hasn’t isn’t into action sports and wouldn’t know who Shaun White is enough to google him. Therefore, there really is no need for him to have fancy websites for any reason except crazed fangirls, who are creative and knowledgable enough to make their own.
http://www.myspace.com/shauny_white
Hey, this is Joseph nie runin the x-games this year if i was the judge i would od let u of had a 100. But my brother is a snowboarder and hes good but idk about tricks. Im a good skiier and my dad and brother and my other brothe and i are going to vail colorado next easter march 2008 wanna come? Redskinssmoss89@aim.com
shaun i have been following ur career forever. it seems like u went pro before you were born. anyways congrats keep up the good work, we love you man!
Burtons 2007/2008 Team Video, “Thanks In Advance”, is out featuring Shaun White and the rest of the Burton team having adventures in the North Cascades, Winter Park and Mt. Baker.
Thanks In Advance and over 100 other snowboard vids can be purchased online at http://www.AllyVideo.com
shaun you should are really good and you know that, but stop the attitude its killing your rep….ive heard from a couple people who met you that your a dick to people who look up to you
[...] 2006, I wrote an open letter to Shaun White about the deplorable state of his website (it eventually became a surprisingly popular article). [...]
Burtons 2007/2008 Team Video, “Thanks In Advance”, is out featuring Shaun White and the rest of the Burton team having adventures in the North Cascades, Winter Park and Mt. Baker.
Thanks In Advance and over 100 other snowboard vids can be purchased online at http://www.AllyVideo.com