Q&A

• Years as a professional 7 years
• Who / What inspires you? I am inspired by anyone who has the courage and inspiration in themselves to make their dreams a reality.
• 5 Items I can't live without: Toothbrush, cell phone, clean socks, chocolate and pineapple
• What is more important to you than snowboarding? The most important things in my life are my friends, family, hope, laughter, and most of all love.
• Number of years participating in your sport: 13 years
• If you could be someone famous, who would you be? I would love to be Britney Spears for a day...who wouldn't want to be Britney?
• To me, Oakley is Everlasting
• Favorite Bands: Led Zeppelin, The Cure, Black Eyed Peas, Sublime Films: Almost Famous, Pulp Fiction, The Notebook, Big Daddy, Dumb and Dumber Books: The Harry Potter books, Eat. Love. Pray TV Shows: Gossip Girl, True Blood, Top Chef, Project Runway Drink: Chai Hai Java Monster
• Do you have any other special talents (music / write / draw / paint)? I am working on expanding my cooking talent...one day I hope that it will be a talent.
• What move / trick are you working on? I am constantly working towards new tricks and goals… nothing specific at the moment though.
• When did you start your sport? I learned when I was 6 1/2
• Party animal or mellow TV on the couch? Depends on the night.
• If you were not a pro snowboarder you would be? I guess I would be a full time college student.
• How do you see yourself? Are you rebellious? Quiet? Wierd? I see myself as quirky, unpredictable type of person.
• What are the things that inspire you? Fresh snow, a crystal clear morning, good music and good company
• What is the greatest lesson that you have learned? Enjoy life now, don't wait for tomorrow...it may never come.
• What is the greatest thing you have taught somebody else? To stop waiting for things to fix themselves. Go out and do it yourself.
• What are the greatest hurdles you have had to overcome in life? Realizing and accepting that I can't control everything.
• Who is the most influential person in your life and why? My mom is my biggest influence because she is constantly by my side with just the right words to make everything okay.
• What are you passionate about and why? I am passionate about giving 110% in everything that I do because I am constantly creating my life exactly the way I want it to be.
• What interests do you have other than snowboarding and why? I love to cook because it is just so much fun to be able to create something out of nothing.
• What fears do you have? How do you deal with them? My greatest fear is fear itself. This is because I know that fear is the only thing that holds me back. I am still working out how to deal with it… someday it will come to me I’m sure. ;-)
• What are your travel essentials cell phone, clean socks, raspberry mint Orbit gum, sweet mint Orbit gum, boot heaters, camera, slippers, grape chapstick
• What book are you reading right now? Water for Elephants
• Favorite place to snowboard? Surf? Northstar and Scorpian Bay, Baja
• Best advice someone gave you: life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass, it's learning to dance in the rain.
• What is on your current music playlist? Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Lil’ Wayne, The Cure, Led Zeppelin, Britney, Bob Marley
• Favorite place to vacation: Kauai, Hawaii… my home away from home.
• Style inspiration/Icon Marilyn Monroe
• What quote best describes you? SING like no one is listening. DANCE like no one is watching. LOVE like you have never been hurt. LIVE like today is your last.
• Secret celebrity crush Chase Crawford
• Who would play you in a movie? Hopefully someone who could kick some a**.
• What is your greatest extravagence? My jewelry collection.
• What words or phrase do you most overuse? Umm and babe
• What is the quality you most like in the opposite sex? A sense of humor… and of course good looks.