Shaun White known for his big air moves, has a natural finesse for making his cab 7's and frontside 900's look easy. It was his huge amplitude on the powder that not only helped him into the pro ciruit, but also got him sponsored by burton at the age of 13. Despite what many people must think after what happened during this winter's X game competition, Shaun White is a classic boarder with a style all his own. WX 2005 was his comeback after a painful 5 months of rehab due to a Torn ACL took him out of last season's superpipe.

Shaun, or The Flying Tomato as he is sometimes called by fans, opened up his runs with a series of 900's and 720's but most of his competition threw out 1080's at the beginning of their run, and in the end, risk is what get's the points. But Shaun White isn't discouraged. With the Summer X games coming up next, and several Snowboarding and Skateboarding competitions in between, he's going to be too busy carving up that snow and street to bother worrying about the past. One of the main reasons Shaun does so well in contests is because he's calm and doesn't worry about the pressure, he goes out there and has fun, and that's his secret to winning! Well that and some grid-iron practicing, he knows how to have a good time, and get the job done without letting the pressure get to him, in fact, I don't Shaun even knows how to worry!

My bet is by the end of February, he's going to be top tomato and WX will be a minor blip on his radar. Shaun White is a veteran boarder at the age of 18, a ripping Skater and a pretty good guitarist too. With a unique attitude all his own, you can bet The Flying Tomato will be flying for many more years to come!