Gracing the pages of the December issue of Transworld Snowboarding is a Burton ad of Shaun White doing a textbook handplant. The photo was shot by legendary photog Blotto, and is a throwback to the old days when ads were shot in a "tight crop" format. Burton recently released a behind-the-scenes video of the making of the ad and it's pretty dang interesting. Blotto and crew spent the day at Northstar-at-Tahoe getting shot after shot of Shaun head-banging and hand-planting on a quarterpipe.

Tight crop, tight pants, tight handplant- What could be better?



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For this edition of Moody Monday, we get into the Halloween spirit and bring you you six super scary ski and snowboard slams caught on camera. Nothing like a few death-defying crashes to start your Monday off right. From rail-bails, pipe face-plants, massive avalanches and exploding ankles, these videos are sure to spook you.

PMS #1: Darrah's Leap of Faith



PMS #1: Darrah's Leap of Faith from peepshow on Vimeo.

Darrah Reid-McLean slams hard while filming for Peepshow Films in Minnesota. We're pretty sure her scream was heard around the world.

Shaun White's Face Slam



Shaun had a little face time with the lip of the superpipe during his practice run at Winter X Games. He slams so hard that his helmet explodes off his head and then flips backwards into the bottom of the pipe.

Tanner Hall's Ankle Blowout



Tanner Hall comes up short and explodes on the landing of Chad's Gap. His fall was so explosive it was like his boots were packed with dynamite.

Bridgett Mead Falls Thousands of Feet in AK



Pro ski racer Bridgett Mead loses a ski during a race and crashes down thousands of feet of rocky terrain in Valdez, Alaska. Seriously scary.

James Siever's Rail-Bail Head Smash



James Sievers from Steamboat Springs, Colorado bails off a rail and busts his head. His smashed up, bloodied head is a good reminder to wear your helmets kiddies.

Three Skiers Trigger Massive Avalanche



Avalanches are super scary. These three skiers trigger a massive slide and get swept down a mountain for thousands of feet. "There's no outrunning the monster."

Happy Halloween! Go get spooky.

Pierre Luc-Gagnon got the better of Shaun White once again as he won the Dew Tour Championships in Las Vegas this past weekend. With the win PLG earned his third overall Dew Cup Title.

The rivalry continues for these two as they have squared off in three finals this year. PLG holds the advantage over White with two wins on the Dew Tour but Shaun won the big one at X Games 17.

PLG's winning run of a kickflip body varial 540, 720, switch heelflip 360 and a nollie heelflip indy 360 earned him a 92.00, just enough to hold of White's 91.50.

"I'm so excited to win the Dew Cup again," said PLG following his win. "This is what I'm working for all year. I'm glad it's over, I've been nervous all day. Now I get to relax and stop growing gray hair."



Bucky Lasek who sat in second place in the overall standings coming into the event finished in third in both the championships and the over Dew Cup standings.

Skate Vert Final Results
1.Pierre-Luc Gagnon 92.00.
2. Shaun White 91.50.
3. Bucky Lasek 88.50.
4. Pedro Barros, Brazil 84.50.
5. Andy Macdonald 83.50.

The overall Vert Dew Cup comes down to the last event of the season in Las Vegas as the three-headed vert monster which includes Bucky Lasek, Pierre-Luc Gagnon, and Shaun White battle it out for the title.

Defending Dew Cup champ PLG has the overall season lead with 190 points over Bucky Lasek heading into the Dew Tour Championships in Las Vegas this weekend.

Lasek is eight points behind with 182. If Bucky comes out on top in Vegas he'll collect his fourth Dew Cup. "I just fell short on one last trick before I was going to bring my last three tricks that were new and technical," he said after finishing third in Salt Lake.

Not too far behind sitting in third with 172 points is Shaun White, who collected his first and only vert Cup in 2007. In order to secure the Cup this year, he needs to win in Vegas and PLG must finish third or lower.

"I'm not out here to beat Shaun, I want to win," Gagnon said. "Whether he gets second or third, I'm just trying to win the contest. I just got to worry about what I want to do. I can't stop the way Shaun or Bucky or anyone is skating. All I can do is better myself to skate better at each event. If you start worrying about other people, it throws your focus off."

White said winning the Cup this season would be unreal.

"Just coming off these pretty heavy snowboard seasons, they take their toll on me," White said. "It's a whole different set of tricks and style of competing. So when I show up here it's extremely refreshing, but it's still frustrating. I got to relearn old tricks, I got to make up new tricks. I got to put it all together and hope to win. But the goal obviously is taking the whole Cup."

Watch the drama unfold on Sunday, October 16 on the ramp above the pool at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino or live on NBC.

Photos courtesy of Alli Sports.

Understandably Shaun White is squeezing out as much money as possible while his fame is at an all-time high. His celebrity status and marketability expands well beyond his traditional sports in which he's made his name. Recognizing the fact he's only 25 with more than three quarters of his life still to live who can blame him for trying to earn as much money as possible while he's still on top.

Earlier this week he made headlines by being the only pro skateboarder to land on Forbes magazine's Top 10 Sports Athlete Brands with an estimated value of $7 million.

Recently Shaun parted ways with large Action Sports sponsors like Red Bull to pursue more traditional larger mainstream sponsors such as driving cars with BF Goodrich and chewing gum with Stride.

His latest business venture has him partnering with D6 sports to develop Shaun White Supply Co. At the Dew Tour Las Vegas, SW will be announcing the launch of his all new line of action sports products. This hard goods line will include skateboards, bikes, protective gear, scooters, ramps, rails and action sports training aids.

That's right, soon you'll be able to buy a Shaun White BMX Bike, or a Shaun White Stunt Scooter.

It's understandable what Shaun is trying to do, but stunt scooters and BMX bikes? There's little doubt this line will be successful, especially with middle America but don't expect the hard-core BMXers to stop buying Haro or Hoffman bikes for a cheaper bike endorsed by a snowboarder/skateboarder. But the kids in middle America will be over these products as they are designed to be affordable as well as endorsed by SW.

Has SW gone too far this time? Has he moved too far from where he came from?

Not sure, but a famous philosopher once uttered this great piece of advice "Don't hate the player, hate the game" -Snoop Dogg