I was sponsored when I was about seven by Burton Snowboards.

Generally, I'm a pretty mellow guy.

You can only jump so far until you break your leg. You can only land so hard until something explodes.

Skateboarding is training, but I don't think of it as training. It's fun.

I know my family and I would always go up to the mountains just for fun. We always skied. Then, all of a sudden, my brother started snow boarding. Older brother thing, I had to do what he was doing. So I started snow boarding.

There's always room for improvement, but the judges are looking for big airs and stylish tricks.

You show up at the Olympics, and you're no longer you; you're an American Olympian. You're part of this greater whole, and the individual doesn't matter.