Just How Much Does Shaun White Get Paid?

Forbes Magazine has put together a list of the Highest-Paid Action Sports Stars and 3 snowboarders make the cut. 

Shaun White is the second highest paid behind Tony Hawk. They estimate that he makes around $9 million a year. Since we know Shaun drives a Lamborghini this is not a big surprise. Danny Kass and Travis Rice also make this list in a three way tie for 8th place, with estimated annual earnings of around $1 million.

Forbes estimated that some top pro women like Torah Bright, Hannah Teter, and Gretchen Bleiler make around $750,000 year. Not enough to make the cutoff.

One of the more interesting points in this article is that action sports athletes make most of their money through endorsements. The big snowboarding contests top out at around $30,000 for first place. If you were a golfer you'd be looking at a cool million bucks. 

Shaun White, whose sponsors include Burton, Oakley, Red Bull and HP, out earns every pro baseball or football player in endorsement money except Peyton Manning. That's probably why Shaun's got bodyguards these days.

Forbes'  Top 10 Highest Paid Action Sports Athletes

1. Tony Hawk - $12 Million
2. Shaun White - $9 Million
3. Ryan Sheckler - $5 Million
4. Travis Pastrana - $3 Million
4. Kelly Slater - $3 Million
6. Laird Hamiltion - $2.5 Million
7. Paul Rodriguez - $2 Million
8. Danny Kass - $1 Million
8. Travis Rice - $1 Million
8. Dave Mirra - $1 Million