We'll never know our full potential unless we push ourselves to find it.

Don't hurry, don't worry, and don't forget to smell the flowers.

Now you're gonna take beatings. It's written in our DNA, you know. You're gonna go down. You get up, it's that simple.

What you ride and how you choose to ride is such a dynamic part of what this contest [ Ultra Natural] is built for.

Pretty much everywhere we went we had crazy weather. I think Russia was probably one of the toughest places for us weatherwise, but even Alaska, the last three years have been somewhat subpar when you look at historically how Alaska can shape up.

I realized pretty quickly just how big and aggressive some of the mountains were down in Nagano Prefecture.

Inevitably it's always a set-up; you go somewhere, bring your own expectations, you think you have an idea of what you want to do but then the minute you get there everything changes, so trying to work with people who are able to ride in a lot of different conditions, sub-par conditions, people who are able to make the most of any situation.