Shaun White admits itch to return to competitive snowboarding is 'always there'

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Shaun White retired from competitive snowboarding following a fourth-place finish in the halfpipe event at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

White was only in his mid-30s when he decided to step away from the spot he dominated for so long. He won three gold medals at the Olympics dating back to 2006 in Italy, not to mention the 10 X Games gold medals he racked up during his illustrious career.

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Shaun White of the United States in action in the Men's Snowboard Halfpipe Final at Genting Snow Park during the Winter Olympic Games on Feb. 11, 2022 in Zhangjiakou, China. (Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images)

With the trend of great athletes possibly second-guessing retirement, White admitted in an interview with Fox News Digital that the itch to return to snowboarding is "always there."

"It’s just kind of maintaining this sort of like, well, ‘you stopped for a reason.’ And I spoke to a lot of athletes and they were just like, ‘It never goes away,’" he said. "You’re like watching TV and (say) I could’ve made that catch. They’re just like that’s just embedded and ingrained in your for so many years of doing it. But there’s like this amazing life waiting for you outside of that."

White said he picked the brains of some famous athletes about how they look at their careers when they are off the field or out of the pool.

Shaun White arrives for The Albies hosted by the Clooney Foundation at the New York Public Library in New York City on Sept. 28, 2023. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

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