Shaun White isn't usually one for taking criticism. He makes an exception for Bud Keene

Keene up at Hood, getting interviewed for Shaun White's Project X

Bud Keene (just to the right of Shaun White) in Torino, Italy, with the 2006 U.S. halfpipe team

Bud Keene is U.S. national freestyle development coach as well as Shaun White's personal pipe coach

...Olympic-sized halfpipe ain't cheap, but Red Bull happily threw down nearly $500,000 for Shaun White's private U-ditch in Silverton, Colorado, complete with a foam pit and only accessible by...

COPPER MOUNTAIN, CO - DECEMBER 12: Shaun White of the USA competes during the men's finals of the US Snowboard Grand Prix on...

...to the public the rest of the time. Click here for a clip of Louie Vito, Shaun White, and other riders training. Here, James Frederick finds some time for himself in the Copper pipe...

...programs, regardless of age. Don't worry young shredders, if a helmet is cool enough for Shaun White, then it's cool enough for you

...You the man." "No, you the man." Frank 151's Craig Wetherby pointing fingers with Shaun White

...store off Spring Street in SoHo -- packed full of new gear for the season. Teams peeps Shaun White, Jussi Oksanen, Mads Jonnson, Kelly Clark, and Freddy Kalbermatten all came through for the NYC screening...

Frank 151 photo editor Craig Wetherby and the big man on campus, Shaun White

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...to the theater within their Lake Forest, California headquarters. On the snowboarding focused day, they flew Shaun White in for the extravaganza aboard one of the Red Bull helicopters to greet 200 screaming fans...

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Shaun "El Tomate Volante" White

This is Shaun White being overly dramatic at the X Games in 2007. I don't dislike him or anything...