Touring Next For Olympic Snowboarder Shaun White

Before you read on let this serve as a spoiler alert if you plan on watching The Winter Olympics on tape delay tonight -stop reading now if that’s the case. With that out of the way, today two-time gold medal winning snowboarder Shaun White competed in Sochi for a chance to take home his third halfpipe gold. However White failed in his mission as he placed fourth. What interests us is what’s up next for the world class snowboarder/skateboarder.

[Photo by Michael Kaiz]

At a press conference held after his event, White told reporters he’s ready to focus on music:

Shaun White: “I need a little break from snowboarding for a while.” Says he’s going to go on tour with his band.

— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) February 11, 2014

White plays guitar in the rock band Bad Things, a band that released their debut album last month. You may recall that Bad Things performed at last summer’s Lollapalooza with Perry Farrell.

Take a listen to Bad Things’s single, “Anybody”:

We’ll soon see whether White truly intends to focus on music or if he was just voicing his disappointment at today’s results.

[via Bleacher Report]