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" I've reached my goal with snowboarding. "
Shaun White
Goal
Snowboarding
Reached
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" I know my family and I would always go up to the mountains just for fun. We always skied. Then, all of a sudden, my brother started snow boarding. Older brother thing, I had to do what he was doing. So I started snow boarding. "
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" Usually the thing that signifies that I'm done with the winter and all that is that I start skateboarding. "
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Song
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" When I was 12 years old, I was hanging out with 23-year-olds. I was into cartoons and Pokemon, and they're all talking about girls. It was a strange way to grow up. "
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Skateboarder
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