Talk about a hard challenge right there. ... If you ever tried to ski when you're wasted, it's not easy.

When I landed off that jump, I hooked an edge. It was pretty abrupt. I lifted my ski up and when I did that it kicked the tail in, and it was gone. Obviously, the save was a good one -- it's hard to stay up when you lose a ski at that speed.

I had to think about ankle torsion, where the screws are on the ski, how that affects the forces going into the ski and how the ski bends, your leverage points. It was a challenge. I was having the greatest time, making the mistakes, crashing.

From 1999 to 2003 was the peak of equipment in ski racing. Since then, it's all gone in the wrong direction.

He started with the ski team on Big Mountain, right along with Tommy.

People think coming in under the radar is like being a fighter pilot and actually coming in under the radar. It's a completely ridiculous idea to come in under the radar. It's the Olympics; everyone is on the radar here.