Notable:
Shaun White, who received the ESPY award for Best Action Sports Athlete for 2003 and double gold medals from Winter X 2003, is only 16-years old and is now a professional athlete in two board sports: Snowboarding and Skateboarding. Oh, and he also took 1st at Global, the U.S. Open Slopestyle, the Arctic Challenge Slopestyle, the Nippon Open Halfpipe and finished the season ranked #1 in the World Snowboarding Federation Slopestyle--all in 2003.

Quote:
"I feel like being away from skating [to snowboard] got me so much more into it. I have this drive when I start skating again to learn all these tricks. Right away I can pick up on a bunch of new tricks."