The kids are smart and are terrific listeners. They are learning something on jump after jump. It's obvious they're having a blast.

Maybe it's sheer athleticism, but that's not quite it. Aspen kids are on skis for so much of their life. When they put on jumping skis, they are just big skis. They are not intimidated and handle it beautifully. They are fearless.

It looks dangerous, but this is a very safe sport. That's a really hard thing to explain to people. If parents knew how safe this was and if kids came out and found out how much fun and what an amazing rush this is, I'd like to think we'd have a lot more jumpers.

The kids who have weapons in the community - we want to have an appropriate response. We want them to know it's not OK to carry them around in the community.

It was like -- oh my God, I can't believe it. So everybody came out and there were kids lying on the ground, running all over the place.

The kids have taken big steps. Last year it was learning they could win. This year it was knowing they could win.