"The most logical thing to do was to break up before they ended up hating each other or entering into a loveless marriage.”
To call these “difficult times” is a vast understatement. As I type, professional surfers are being forced to surf repechage rounds in El Salvador, the English Interclub Surfing Championships remains cancelled due human waste in the lineup and Shaun White and his fiancee Nina Dobrev have just announced they are going their separate ways.
Love, of course, buoys when we are low and the decorated Olympic snowboarder and his Bulgarian actress have long floated surfers, who have a distinct lack of star coupling in our own ranks. It is wonderful that Jack Robinson and Jordy Smith are in loving marriages, that Griffin Colapinto has found the gal of his dreams, but, and again, there hasn’t been a real power duo since Kelly Slater dated Gisele Bundchen or, I suppose, Gabriel Medina’s rumored fling with soccer stud Neymar Jr.
White, who is friends with Slater, and Dobrev, who appeared in the CW’s The Vampire Diaries for six years, fell in love during those wild pandemic times and became engaged last year though it is now all over.
A source close to the couple shared that the halfpipe specialist wanted children while the thespian wanted to focus on career.
“Shaun is retired and has had his last Olympics, he was very ready for marriage and kids and all that comes from that,” the insider explained. “Nina was on board but also very interested in seeing where her acting career was going to go, as that was and is very important to her. He was gearing up to be a father and wanting that life. As much as they had the same ideals and wanted to enjoy the same ride, they naturally couldn’t come together on a common goal and that was the strain on their relationship.”
At the end, “They had an incredible time with each other, but since they weren’t nurturing what they had and growing it into something more, the most logical thing to do was to break up before they ended up hating each other or entering into a loveless marriage.”
But a possible third way? Simply dating forever, mirroring the greatest ever surfer’s personal choice.
In any case, its all over for now, surfers left bereft and bored.
Condolences.
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I always thought his music was overly simplistic for my rarified tastes. They could’ve introduced another couple of instruments in there. Just drums and a guitar got a bit monotonous.
Maybe a clarinet, or oboe?
Perhaps an accordian?
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Nina’s dilemma:
pursue fame & fortune in the depths of hell…….or have Shaun Whites babies?
tough choice.
Oh is it? Thanks a lot Schaler.
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incredible poo stance, her instructor must’ve been a brazzo
Nina, call me. I’ll support your journey to Hollywood superstardom!
There’s a good chance White is already a father anyway.
Considering that he was in Hawaii with Harry Sussex and the O’Brien cousins 9 months before red headed Toa Lee Miller was born…
Some lucky bastard will soon get to have a poke with her, for the very first time. Nina has always been one of my favourite names, likely because of a local uber-hottie.
Either that or because it was the name of one of Columbus’ three ships that brought Europeans to these warmer climes.
The old time honoured Beachgrit don’t be Beachgrit post.
If Chas did what Gila is requesting they would have to rename this place to SurfGrit. Adjacency, not 1 cm closer, is what these boys do.
Might have to start screenshotting his posts so everyone can enjoy after he deletes. Are we sure this isn’t B__ M_____ in disguise?
Ben didn’t delete anything. Gila while he goes at it in the moment. He does reflect and asks himself do I really feel this? is this worth my time or even necessary? then self moderates. I respect that approach here and in life in general.
Ben definitely did a few times but I was kidding about the comparison. Dick Crazy’s middle of the night comments are typically pretty entertaining. Everyone should enjoy via screenshot.
Soo much for doing the White thing…
Nobody could love Shaun more than Shaun loves himself.
If dude wants a kid or 5…needs to find another TomatoHead anyway.
Though apparently redheaded men are very popular with Asian women, especially with the part Chinese Californian ones who don’t want bald sons…
Last time I saw Mr White I was walking my then young daughter in her stroller along the sidewalk off Poinsettia in Carlsbad. From a distance I see a white lamborghini heading my way as it slowly pulls over and comes to a stop next to me. Mr White proceeds to roll down the passenger window and was nice to say hello and proceeds to tell me he is on his way to Vegas for Tony Hawks birthday party. Last I heard he ended up wrapping the lambo around a tree.
*cactus?
Do you happen to personally know Shaun ?
Or is it in his character to randomly stop and tell strangers his plans for the weekend ?
did you not read the article?
“he (shaun) was very ready for marriage and kids”
he saw the baby stroller and wanted to see if the tot would be impressed with him going to Tony Hawks party in a Lambo.
Yes, at the time I knew Shaun. I always spoke more to his mom as I had zero interest in snow boarding. I do recall him telling me he didn’t like the snow.