I can kind of picture what I want to do and my body just does it. You feel your way through a trick. I close my eyes sometimes.

You have to be prepared to take a spill.

My dad got me a huge board when I was little. He loves to surf. He suited me up and sent me out on this huge wave. I went under, and when I came out and the board hit me in the face. So I said, I never wanted to do this again. I stayed away until I was 13.

When the pressure's on, I always seem to go bigger and land everything better.

If you do a trick and it doesn't work out, that can stick with you. I like to go back, nail the trick, and, 'OK, I'm cool, it's all good.'

It's a pretty heavy thing that happens to me when I'm at competitions. I get so sucked in, I can't really turn it off.

I can kind of picture what I want to do and my body just does it. You feel your way through a trick. I close my eyes sometimes.