This Olympic experience has meant so much to me. Itās hard to put it all in a short caption, but Iāll say these things:
1. If you wouldāve asked me 2 years ago if I would be here today, I wouldāve just laughed but then taken a long pause. If you wouldāve asked me 5 years ago, I wouldāve said that the only snowboard competitions I will do for the rest of my life are banked slaloms. If you wouldāve asked me 11 years ago, I wouldāve told you Iām never touching a snowboard again. So to be here today, I am grateful and I am proud of myself.
2. The event didnāt go as I had planned and I didnāt execute on the vision I have been cultivating for the last year and a half. That feels like a loss that I will allow all the time and emotions to process. A lesson will come out of the disappointment and hard lessons from the past are exactly what got me here today, so Iām excited to see where this one will bring me in the future.
3. Thank you for EVERYONEāS love and support leading up to this and t...