A different kind of family, I guess. Mom went to nursing school after having five kids, and Dad is a road construction foreman. Pretty cool people. I guess you call them hippies. They met at a music festival in Colorado. Dad was leaning against a tree, playing a flute, and Mom walked by and caught his eye. That's the way they tell the story. |
Being able to be [in Turin] with all the other Olympians from around the globe is pretty exciting. But also to be there with my snowboarding team representing the U.S. is awesome. |
Family is the foundation of everything. This is a family thing. I got my no-fear attitude from my brothers from back when we used to bounce on the trampoline or go to the skate park. |
Hang it on the wall, is that a good thing to do with it? I'll probably take it up to our house in Vermont. I'll probably just staple it to the wall. |
I could feel it, being caught up with the energy and emotion of the whole scene here. |
I don't know what I'll do with my gold medal. Maybe I'll staple it to a wall. Is that a good thing to do with it? |
I don't think I'm going to change. I'll just keep smiling. So maybe I'll get my teeth whitened. |
I don't think I'm gonna change. Maybe smile a little wider, get my teeth whitened for the cameras. |
I dreamed it. But I just never thought it would play out so soon -- you know, like, Olympics, gold. It's amazing. |
I felt so good, just really relaxed, which is something kind of hard to achieve in, you know, the Olympics. It was good. I had fun. |
I guess I was kind of distracted at the beginning. But then I chilled out and made it. |
I just kind of felt the same standing up there. It's like, ?Here we go again, another run on the pipe ? but at the Olympics.' I just felt super positive. |
I wanted to step it up and go as big as possible and totally represent my brothers who have helped me throughout my career. Thank you, family. And thanks, too, for all that Vermont maple syrup. That's what does it, you know. |
I wanted to try to go as big as I could and tweak my grabs hard. |
I was kind of bummed for her, because she had it right in her hand. |