The ESPY nominations are out, and for our purposes here, they are fairly uninspiring selections insofar as surprises are concerned.  In the Men's Best Action Sports Athlete Category we have the names Disney wants, namely Shaun White, Kelly Slater, James Stewart, and Ryan Sheckler.  On the female side, things are ever-so slightly more interesting: We have Sarah Burke, Torah Bright, Maya Gabeira (3x Billabong XXL award winner) , and Ashley Fiolek the deaf motocross rider I told you about some weeks back.*  If, for some queer reason, you feel inclined to go over and vote for your favorite athlete, you can do so at this website: http://promo.espn.go.com/espn/specialsection/espys2009/

*I am not sure how Steph Gilmore was excluded from this list.