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Shaun White, a three-time Olympic snowboarding champion, has been in love with his girlfriend, Nina Dobrev, for nearly the past three years. In May 2020, the famous Vampire Diaries actress announced their relationship on Instagram. Since then, their admirers have seen them having fun together everywhere on beaches or snowy mountains.

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From time to time, Shaun has addressed why he thinks Nina is his best companion. White and Dobrev share the same interest and love for snowboarding. Once Shaun recalled a stunning memory of the couple together.

Shaun White recalls memory with Dobrev

During an interview with US MagazineShaun stated how his girlfriend amazingly snowboards. In addition, he addressed himself as a bad teacher when it came to teaching snowboarding. He stated, “What’s been great is she can snowboard well because I’m not the best teacher.”

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Adding a glimpse of their love, he recalled their first ride together. Shaun said, “For some reason, I can do it, but I just have a really hard time explaining it how. I remember our first riding day together. I was like, ‘OK, I’m getting ready for her to be falling,’ and I zipped down the mountain, and I turned around. I was like, ‘Oh gosh, I hope she’s OK.’”

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He shared his worries when he thought Nina fell off while snowboarding. He added, “I’m sitting there for a minute, and I was like, ‘Uh-oh. Do I unstrap and walk up? Maybe she fell. I’m the horrible guy that just took off.’ She had passed me during my run somehow. Going way faster than me. She was already waiting at the chairlifts.” It shows how Nina’s skills have astonished the three-time Olympic gold medalist. Meanwhile, Dobrev is, without a doubt, Shaun’s biggest fan of surfing the snowy mountains. Even when he retired from snowboarding, she continued to encourage him.

Perfect snowy match

Before the couple started dating, they first connected at the awards ceremony in 2012. However, as they again connected in 2019 and crossed each other’s way. Since their meeting in 2019, they have shared the same love sparkle with the same interests. In addition, in 2020, Shaun and Nina were spotted in Malibu cycling together.

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After the couple made their relationship official, they gained a lot of fans who followed their relationship goals. Nina often encourages Shaun to try different experiments with his outfits when Halloween is nearby. Recently Shaun celebrated his birthday wearing a high-tech future-based outfit.

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