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.

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

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

I'm surprised it's illegal, because in our sport, it would be pretty minimal health risks, and it would actually make it safer for the athletes, because you'd have less chance of making a mistake at the bottom and killing yourself.

A huge adrenaline rush is usually followed by a pretty low point.

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.