Bud Keene
Bud Keene
age-and-aging compete event freestyle level racing remarkable ride
Lindsey is remarkable in this day and age. To compete in any two disciplines, particularly two so different in that one is a freestyle event and one is a racing event, it really is remarkable that she's able to ride at a world-class level in both.
energy negative shook
We just shook it out and got all the negative energy out.
close future pressure wide
Mason's future is wide open. He reacted very well to the pressure and was so close to getting on the podium.
awareness gym
I wouldn't say that they're gym rats. But there's an awareness that these things are important.
highest
This was snowboarding at its highest level. It was unbelievable.
ages came family four married matter opportunity planned sons
This was planned all along. I've been married 20 years and have two sons ages 14 and 9. So when this opportunity came my way we had a big family meeting. I said that I'd give it four years, no matter what the outcome, and then come back home.
best easy establish goals hop immediate love pipe rapport reason riders themselves
It's easy for me to establish an immediate rapport with riders ? I can hop in the pipe and ride, I've been there before. I do it for the same reason they do: the love of the sport. My goals are the same as theirs. I want for them what they want for themselves and that's the best that they can do.
came feet goals high kelly landed last run sweep
We set some high goals. We wanted to sweep everything. We came really close. If Kelly had landed on her feet on that last run we would have swept.
build free instead letting pressure standing staring
We did free runs, nonstop. Just me and him. We just went snowboarding. We just went up, we made turns, we slashed. Instead of standing up at the top, letting pressure build staring into the pipe, we went out and had some fun.
absolutely best bit grace grand pushed riding rode season seen threw throwing
The rescheduling threw us all off. Everyone was a bit groggy this morning, but the riding was unbelievable. Gretchen rode as well as I've seen all year, throwing with grace and precision. This Grand Prix season has really pushed every U.S. rider. It's absolutely been the best riding I've seen in any contest.
denying talked tried
As much as we tried to downplay it, there was no denying the pressure. We talked about it.
good homemade love needed salad
They did salad different over there. I just needed a good homemade salad. I love salad.
huge kelly limits pushed riding super
Kelly really pushed the limits of women's riding by going huge and super technical.
coming crap heads scare
We're in the heads of the other teams. We're coming in here like a freight train, and we scare the crap out of everybody.