Shaun White is actually one of the safer people on the snow board circut. I saw a program on today actually about how he built his own half pipe in colorado and put one of those safety foam pits in just to make training for flips and such safer. I don't like how snowboarding is becoming a contest to see who can do the most dangerous thing on the pipe though. It seems like these guys want to out do each other on the danger factor instead of focusing on doing established (and safer) tricks proficiently.