It's a huge meet, and you see some great competition. If you do well, it helps your confidence for next year.

It was cool to see snowboard competition in something as mainstream as the Olympics.

International companies may think twice before bidding, because any bid has to be automatically referred to the competition commission. And any offer would mean an offer to cut prices.

At some level, our competition is everybody.

I got sick of being ripped off by judges. I wanted a sport where there was direct competition; where it was up to you.

I was coming into Australia to get my confidence back and the rhythm of competition. I'm surprising myself a little bit. It's been very quick for me.