When You Get Old, It's Hard To

The Only Mental Games In Ski Racing Is The Mental Game Against Yourself. Is The Whole Goal Of Life Preserving Your Life As Long As You Can? No. The Goal Is To Enjoy Your Life, Challenge Yourself, To Sometimes Make Stupid Decisions-which Are Sometimes Fun And Sometimes Idiotic And Sometimes Just A Big Fat Mistake You Regret.

But There Was No Question In My Mind That I Was Gonna Still Go For It. I Was Still Going For The Win. I Wasn't Skiing For Second Or Third Place Today, And In The End I Think That's Probably What Got Me There.

My Grandfather Was Very Into Horse Racing, And I Found Some Of His Old Journals And Got Into It From There. It Has A Lot Of Parallels To Skiing. It's A Fun Lifestyle, Being Around The Racetrack.

From 1999 To 2003 Was The Peak Of Equipment In Ski Racing. Since Then, It's All Gone In The Wrong Direction.

I Went Through A Period At Boarding School When My Coaches Wanted Me To Switch To Snowboarding Because They Thought I Was No Good At Skiing. I Was Too Skinny. I Had Terrible Technique. They Were Saying I Should Be A Snowboarder, And Luckily, I Resisted.