Forbes has an online article about the highest paid stars in ‘Action Sports‘, and I’m guessing you could have a pretty good guess at the list. The confusing part of list is their classification of ‘action sports’, for some reason a motocross rider like Chad Reed doesn’t meet the criteria, but Travis Pastrana does. What the fuuuh is action sport? Two observations from me, I was surprised Kelly doesn’t make more and I now understand why Shaun has his own private halfpipe. Check after the cut for a summarized list or here for the article.

1. Tony Hawk – $12M

2. Shaun White – $9M

3. Ryan Sheckler – $5M

4. Travis Pastrana – $3

4. Kelly Slater – $3M

6. Laird Hamilton – $2.5M

7. Paul Rodrigeuz – $2M

8. Danny Kass – $1M

8. Dave Mirra – $1M

8. Travis Rice – $1M