Nina Dobrev Celebrates 'Shauntana' for Boyfriend Shaun White's 38th Birthday

Mar. 15, 2025

Nina Dobrev and Shaun White in March 2024.Photo:Steve Granitz/FilmMagic

Steve Granitz/FilmMagic

Nina Dobrevis continuingShaun White’s birthday celebration with a Western twist!

On Saturday, Sept. 7, the actress posted pictures from her Olympic boyfriend’s 38th birthday festivities. “Montana celebrating Shauntana aka @shaunwhite 🤠,” Dobrev, 35, captioned theInstagrampost.

White also posted several pictures and videos from the trip on his ownInstagrampage, featuring lasso-twirling and axe-throwing. “Gone country 🤠,” the gold medalist wrote.

Days before the couple and their friends escaped to Montana,Dobrev posted a sweet birthday tributefor White, filled with silly selfies and date-night moments.

“It’s so hard to go through years of photos and narrow down the ones to post for your birthday,” Dobrev wrote on Sept. 3.

“There are too many photos, too many adventures, too much laughter, too many cute moments, too many trips, too many inside jokes, too many memories and of course way too many photos that are too inappropriate to post,” she continued.

Dobrev concluded her post: “I love to too much birthday boy 🤍 @shaunwhite.”

The couple first met in late 2012 when they briefly crossed paths at an awards show. Not until 2019 did they officially meet and get to know each other over dinner. White and Dobrev went Instagram official during the COVID-19 pandemic with a hilariousInstagram video, and have been together since.

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White’s western-themed birthday celebration comes months after Dobrev suffered severe injuries following adirt bike accident in May. She tore her ACL and her meniscus, and had a fracture in her tibial plateau.

Shaun White and Nina Dobrev in July 2024.Pascal Le Segretain/Getty

Pascal Le Segretain/Getty

She took her first steps without crutches in late July, andgave fans a detailed updateon her recovery in an Instagram post.

Days later, Dobrev told PEOPLE that she was"a little ahead of schedule" in her recovery. However, “it is still a very long process,” she added.

source: people.com