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ASPEN, Colo. — The calendar was a less-than-friendly reminder for Shaun White, a 30th birthday this year for an athlete whose sport favors the young. A haunting Olympics was another.
And a mockumentary, of all things, started the snowboarding icon down a road of change these past three years.
Part re-evaluation, part evolution, White’s journey since the Sochi Games brings him to a new place as he looks toward a potential fourth Olympics. Since that disappointing fourth-place finish in 2014, the world’s most famous rider has changed his approach off-snow and developed a consistency across his endeavors that has him ready to embrace ones ahead.