I saw a bunch of kids trying to do tricks, hitting rails, and I wanted to get into it. I got some twin-tip skis and that made a big difference.

He came into the jump switch (backwards), and did a switch-360 to a switch-540. He entered the up-box going switch and did a 540 over the battleship rail. That was by far one of the best runs in the whole thing. It made the place go wild.

He went big and landed everything.

It was pretty sweet. Big Sky Board Sports was with us the whole way. Simon Elston helped coach our team.

I try to tell the kids, I'm not trying to run away from where I came from,

That extra year, the kids need it. Their brain hasn't matured. Sometimes I relate this to trying to pour a gallon bottle of milk into a pint and it just overflows -- they can't take in all that information.