Halfpipe style comes home

Shaun White, the professional snowboarder and skateboarder, and his brother, Jesse, have designed boards and performance clothing and gear for Burton, and what they call "off-mountain" clothing for Target, for more than three years. Last week, Target introduced his latest endeavor: the Shaun White home collection, a line of bedding, lighting and home accessories inspired by skating, snowboarding, travel, music and art.

Though only 25, the two-time Olympic gold medalist has already owned three homes. But while his tastes may have matured since he bought the first one, the youthful energy of skate and snow culture is still evident in his home furnishings.

Q Tell me about the house you owned that was featured on "MTV Teen Cribs."

A I bought that home when I was 16. I was in high school in a different area, we went in and were like, "I'm making a good living and I want to pursue my schooling, but I can't under these conditions" -- in the sense that I wasn't around and I needed extra help to get my work done. So I bought that home, which was in a different school district with a charter school that was more understanding of my situation. It was right on the beach, so I could go surf every day, and closer to the skate park, which I thought was awesome.

Q That's awfully young to own your own house.

A It was with my family. I mean, I'm 16, I don't want to live alone. Everybody moved in and settled down, and nobody wanted to leave because it was so great. I still have that house. It's one of those places I'll never get rid of, and my family is still in that area.

Q Did you clean it up for the show? It was surprisingly neat.

Q What about the house in the "60 Minutes" interview?

A When I turned 19, after the first Olympics I won the gold and I was like, "Man, I can move out, I can live on my own." People my age are normally off to college, and I just won the Olympics and I'm like, "Let's go pick out a house." Originally I wanted something at the ocean, but "MTV Cribs" mentioned what city the house was in, so people were coming by all the time, writing stuff in chalk on the sidewalk like "Shaun, take me to prom," or coming to the door every single day. To have privacy, I bought a house in Rancho Santa Fe [Calif.]. I was 20 at this point, and the house was way out of my league.

Q How?

A Size: It was out of my ability to manage. It had six or seven rooms and a pool house and was on 3 acres. I moved in there with a mattress. The house was empty, and when houses are empty, there's that crazy creaking noise, like bones are settling. So I'm 20 and living on my own in this massive home, and I didn't understand that you can't just go out and get furniture. At least not stuff that you really want. It's going to take six to seven months to show up. Finally it shows up, and I'm so excited, and it's the wrong color. It was an ongoing nightmare.

Now I know what I want in a home. I moved up to Los Angeles and did the opposite. I got a smaller home right in the area I wanted with the subtle wish list of "Oh, it would be cool to have a pool, to have a little view." So, yeah, I was excited to move up and start fresh with this house in Los Angeles. If you could pick a home that represents me the most, it would be this one.

A You go into Target and you realize that there's that whole other half of the store. I had no idea! Man, it's not just video games? Spatula set? Yes! I got crockpots, I had panini makers and all these things. I was losing my mind.

Q You design everything with your older brother, Jesse. How do you divide the responsibilities?

A First we sit down and talk about what we feel comfortable making and what would align with what I am doing the most. Then we narrow that down, and from there, obviously, I always try to take a different stance on things. The traditional thing people would think of was me doing an air or skating on bed sheets. Like "Toy Story," the Woody bed. That's an old-school way of doing things. We took the opposite direction of doing crazy and fun prints and stuck with colors that represent us or stood out or were bestsellers from the clothing line.

Q That monster piggy bank is pretty cool.

A My brother happened to draw that hairy blue monster -- it was on one of the tees, and it sold amazing. Everybody gravitated to it, so we thought we should do more with him, create an ongoing thing. He's our guy. I like being able to have things that identify you in a brand without blatantly showing a logo.