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| Name: |
Shaun Murray |
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House of Style or Murdog |
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Mission Viejo, CA
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| Age: |
33 |
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28/04/76 |
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Male |
Sponsors:Nautiques, Hyperlite, Fox, Reef, Jetpilot, Zero Off Speed Control, Performance Ski and Surf, The Boarding School, Detention 2012 Wakeboard Instructional Series
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| Stance: Regular |
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| Web: www.theboardingschool.com |
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Shaun was born in Southern California in 1976, Shaun learned to ski in San Diego Bay when he was four. At 11 his family moved on a lake at Lake St Louis, MO. It was there, with the encouragement of his older brother Chris, that Shaun tried his first Skurfer. In the summer of ’94, Chris snagged a job teaching at Benzell’s (now WWC) for both Shaun and himself. It was there, with daily practice, that Shaun’s style began to emerge. Basically self-taught, Shaun went back to St Louis for the Pro Tour stop and won the amateur challenge.
The following summer he began trying to qualify on the pro tour. Each try got him closer to the final rounds, but it wasn’t until the Portland stop that he made the finals. He placed an amazing fifth and showed the TV crowd what was to finally be called the Bel Air. Following that stop, Hyperlite offered him a contract. After qualifying for finals at World’s that year, he asked his parents if he could “take a semester off.” They agreed and the rest is history. Shaun’s riding steadily improved with his signature fluid style.
He has won the World Championship 4 times, including the Expression Session in 1996 where he rode in his Elvis costume with live rockets attached to his belt. Shaun is always ready to try something new and is recognized as a person who has done a great deal for the sport.
Shaun started his passion for coaching with his Detention video that has a cult like following. Through working with students at the camp over the past 4 years Shaun has refined a lot of his methods and will soon be releasing his new Detention DVD’s, and passing on his legendary skills and humor that he is known for.
When not at the camp Shaun is with his wife Kerri and usually up to something crazy. He is known for building crazy things in his yard to launch off of one way or another. There is never a dull moment when Shaun is around. Shaun is a real “Hey Watch This” guy, except he usually doesn’t give the warning! |
