“Winning X games gold was a dream of mine since I was 16 but results and winning medals has never really been why I wanted to keep doing it, I don’t still compete just because I want to win a
“I think for me was just the team of people I had around me, and I think I could’ve relied on my family more and friends and not be afraid to ask for that support. A big thing I learned
“I was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis about a month and a half before the Sochi Olympics. And I had a really hard 7 months before that where I was undiagnosed and still trying to train and ride. I was getting
“I use to ride half-pipe and it got inducted the year I started snowboarding so I when I was about 14,15 I really wanted to go to Torino and then to Vancouver. When Vancouver got announced that was really when
“My proudest moment in the sport was definitely winning X Games in 2016. It was my 10th year in Aspen and I have 3 bronze and 2 Silvers so I was kind of getting to that point where I was
“I think that’s a big part of it for me, that the sport is always changing, there’s always something new to learn and there is a new way to do something, like something as simple as changing your tweak or
“It was something we did as a family every weekend, it was kind of how I grew up I guess. I grew up in Vancouver Island and my family just always went up the mountain on weekends. I was skiing
“What motivates me is how happy it makes me feel. Whenever you go out and smash a session it always makes you feel really good, like you never regret a workout so I think that’s what keeps me motivated. Like
“The person who inspired me to start working out is my mom. She’s 46 and she works out every single day, even though it’s only half an hour every day but she does it. She never forced me to do
“I’ve been working out since last April. I think I just had it easy in high school when I did absolutely nothing, my body was fine I guess and I felt fine? My whole life I was kind of just