Some people find driving challenging but are great motorbike riders nonetheless. Every person has their preferences. But let’s look back to when Shaun White picked up a Lamborghini over his snowboard.

When White returned home from his Winter Olympic debut in 2006, winning the gold in halfpipe, he became an instant celebrity among sports enthusiasts. Moreover, the snowboarder found himself swarmed by brands to get him to sign endorsement deals with them.

Did Shaun White have an accident out of the snowboard?

Money started to pour in for the snowboarding GOAT after returning from his first Winter Games. The first two items on his shopping list included a house and a sports car. However, the three-time Olympic medalist decided to put the house on hold and skip straight to the sports car on his list.

Moreover, the car that the five-time Olympian decided to purchase was the Lamborghini, a Murciélago at that!

Before buying the beast of a car, he was driving a Lexus IS 300, which lacked the power of his new car. However, he ended up giving his old car to his sister.

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With no cars to drive other than the Lamborghini, White had no choice but to commute in his new car. However, he was not accustomed to handling such a powerful engine. Therefore, he lost control and crashed his new car within a month.

What did he have to say about the incident?

Looking back, White said, “My first car was a Lexus — an IS 300. So I went from that. I ended up just giving that car to my sister, and I went from there to the Murciélago (LP640). Straight into the Lamborghini, and then straight into a tree.”

The snowboarding GOAT slammed his brand new premium car into a tree. Previously, the Olympian revealed that he did not get the car “to be that cool guy.”

“I was just fascinated. It was something I never imagined in a million years I’d own,” he added.

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Whatever the case, the car proved too powerful for White. He could achieve great speeds and had even done it before. But that is only while he is on his snowboard. Perhaps, he was just awestruck at the speed the car could reach and could not react accordingly, thereby losing control.