SHAUN WHITE IS NOT GOLDEN

Like many of Us We are fixed to the TV when the Olympics are here every 4 years and one or two personalities stand out that we tend to cheer for and most important admire. During the Winter Olympics the Young man with the crazy Red Hair and reckless abandonment who glided down the slopes in snowboarding event winning Olympic Gold Medals was someone I truly admired (UNTIL NOW).

  Now that his snowboarding years are over he is touring as a guitarist in a band called  Bad Things.  It is a perfect name for what has become of him and the way he treats fans and an attitude that is holey than Thy. There were 3 of us waiting outside a small venue by his bus waiting to ask for an autograph and patiently stood there with our umbrellas in the rain. He came out of the bus  and walked quickly past us even with our requests for an autograph or just a picture which fell on deaf ears. Well we thought MAYBE he did not hear us. When he came back for sound check and in short ear range again we asked nicely and not even a look. When I told his girl in the band that one of these pictures were for my patients, she said " He is in sound check" Baloney. 

 When I spoke to the lead singer and told that we were not very happy that he is acting like a total Ass , he responded " We cannot do anything  or say anything". I guess who is running this show.  He is so filled with ego and appears to have not to much respect for true fans. Also is not a very good guitar player almost robotic as I have been told by 2 that saw his opening act. Now I know some may think maybe he thought we were not fans or he was having a focused moment before the show but there is more evidence that he will never have many of our respect ever again.  One young man waited for him to come out after the show and again refused to even acknowledge him but man some smart remarks for him waiting there. Also when he did some work for Oakley Sunglasses his ego was uncontrolled, so this is a growing pattern. Maybe someone will show him this blog and maybe he will wake up that his autograph is worth nothing unless you have fans that admire and respect you for who you are. He has nothing from any of those who I talk to so what you see on TV is not what you get in person.