WATCH: Shaun White reminisces his first X Games gold in skateboarding vertical, a pivotal milestone in his illustrious career

Shaun White recalled the first gold he achieved at the X Games in skateboarding vertical. This feat in 2007 carved a path to success for the 37-year-old former professional skateboarder and snowboarder.

Shaun White didn't restrict his career to just one sport, thus making waves in both snowboarding and skateboarding arenas. White is the only athlete in snowboarding history with a record number of X Games and Olympic golds in any discipline. Moreover, by competing and winning in two different sports in the X Games, he became the first athlete to have pulled off this feat.

In his snowboarding career, he competed at the Winter X Games since 2002 and never walked home without a medal. In the snowboard slopestyle, White was the first male athlete to secure a one-discipline quadruple win streak, which broke for a bronze in 2007.

On the other hand, 2007 was more special for him from the skateboarding point of view. He had competed in the X Games, only to win his first gold in the vertical. On his Instagram handle, the retired snowboarder reminisced about his first gold at the X Games that he added to his wall of fame.

"Taking you back to 2007 - my first @xgames gold medal in skateboarding vert. This was such a massive milestone for me at the time and pivotal part of my skateboarding career," Shaun White captioned.

In 2009, a film "Don't Look Down" was made to document White's journey through the year building up to the Olympic podiums. He picked a clip from that movie to pair with the caption, featuring him skateboarding without a breakoff in the Los Angeles skate park.

Shaun White didn't realize the weight of his Olympic wins initially

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Shaun White was 19 years old when he first raced at the Olympics. He has three Olympic gold medals in half-pipe snowboarding and five Olympic appearances.

In an interview with Fox News Digital, the 37-year-old shared how he did not come to terms with the gravity of wrapping red, blue, and white around him until he went back home to receive praise.

"It was amazing. I really had the honor to do that five times, which is wild. To be honest, I didn’t really get it the first time I went to the Olympics. I was like, cool, I’m here, I’m trying to win this, you know? Me, me, me, which [is] what the sport is. It’s like my tricks, my practice hours, my competition, my runs, my whatever, my sponsors, all these things, and then you get home and you realize, after I won the Olympics, people were like, ‘You did it. You made America proud, you made us proud," said White.