The Olympics are kind of weird. You have to be on a team. That's cool if you're a skier. But in snowboarding, you just want to be your own person.

Meeting actors and TV personalities is one thing, but I just feel like meeting musicians is the coolest.

Everywhere I go I buy new music shirts.

If skating got into the Olympics, I would be tempted to hold off on shredding for a year and just skate, to make that my new goal. In that sport, I'm still the underdog.

Having the balance to be able to stay on the board in skating and surfing gives you all-around much better balance.

I always tell people that our sports aren't that dangerous.

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.