In honor of the upcoming Winter Olympics, we’ve chosen to highlight five swoon-worthy men from Team USA.
Shaun White (Snowboarding)
Discipline: Halfpipe
Hometown: Carlsbad, CA
College: California State University of San Marcos
Best Attribute: His hair (equally cute short as it was long)
Fun Fact: Already a two-time Olympic gold-medalist in snowboarding, but he’s also a professional skateboarder
Bode Miller (Alpine Skiing)
Discipline: Downhill, Slalom, Giant Slalom, Super G, Super Combined
Hometown: Carrabassett Valley, Maine
Biggest Challenge on the road to the Olympics: Overcoming his major knee injury last year
Heart of Gold: He is the founder of the Turtle Ridge Foundation, a non-profit for adaptive and youth sports program that holds the annual fundraising events BodeBash and BodeFest
Jared Goldberg (Alpine Skiing)
Discipline: Downhill
Hometown: Salt Lake City, Utah
College: Westminster College
When he’s not skiing: He surfs, mountain bikes, and rock climbs
Part-time Blogger: He writes about his skiing adventures on his blog http://www.jaredgoldbergskier.com/
Greg Bretz (Snowboarding)
Discipline: Halfpipe
Hometown: Mammoth Lakes, CA
Favorite band: The Beatles
Hidden talent: “Sweet talking girls”
A Child Prodigy: Greg got his first snowboard when he was 5 years old and was competing by age 10
Gus Kenworthy (Freeskiing)
Discipline: Halfpipe, Slopestyle
Hometown: Telluride, CO
His 2013 Breakthrough Year: 20 competitions, his first X-Games medal, and second place at Olympic venue halfpipe World Cup in Sochi
Hobbies: Skateboarding
Favorite Mountain to Ski: Whistler Mountain in British Columbia