I wasn't your average kid. I was signing autographs in Japan at 12.

Some suggestions for you :

Trick names are so ridiculous!

Cement doesn't give as much as snow.

It's hard to just kinda get some privacy and do your own thing.

I'm on the road a lot so when I get some time to relax I definitely take advantage.

I usually eat a pretty big steak the night before I compete.

You take a crash, you get back up and next time you succeed and that's a great feeling.

You show up at the Olympics, and you're no longer you; you're an American Olympian. You're part of this greater whole, and the individual doesn't matter.

Snowboarding's tough, because you've got to go to the mountains. For me, I love the skateboard season because I get to hangout at home and still be skating. I don't have to travel to Norway or Japan or these crazy places to be snowboarding.

Honestly, I feel really grateful for everything.

You can only jump so far until you break your leg. You can only land so hard until something explodes.

My mom was a waitress, and my dad was a plumber who worked for the City of San Clemente fixing mains breaks, so not too glamorous.

My dad, he's the rocker.

Skateboarding is training, but I don't think of it as training. It's fun.

I'd like to date, but I'm not really in a position to meet girls.