Snowboarding is about having fun, pushing one another creatively, and not putting anyone down along the way.

The concept of bettering yourself at the disadvantage of others is out the door, and the new one is to help one another while helping yourself.

The sun rays are more powerful at high altitudes and the snow bounces the rays right back up at you. Shiseido sun care products are epic for protecting me and not irritating my skin.

When the Olympics comes around, it seems like every country is against each other, but we're all buddies out here. It's about giving feedback to fellow riders and letting the riders feed off each other.

You want everybody to see snowboarding as it should be, looking phenomenal with everybody doing what they know how to do.

I'm trying to do more inverts and corked-out rotations that you don't see at the girls' level. I want to be more creative.

When I see somebody fall in practice or get hurt, it almost makes me want to cry.

The Unified races are so much fun and take you back to the roots of why you started snowboarding. It makes you feel grateful for all that you have.

When I discovered Special Olympics and saw how it integrates these athletes into programs that change the whole way they see themselves and how they perform, it blew my mind. I wanted to be involved.

It was a no-brainer to get the Unified snowboarding race into X Games.