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PREPARATION TO HIS RESEMBLANCE
TO A SEAN PENN CHARACTER IN
"FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH."
>> IT WAS A TIME LIKE "GO
AMERICA," I WAS LIKE WHAT?
I FELT LIKE YOU GUYS ARE FAMILY.
WE DON'T EVEN KNOW EACH OTHER
BUT YOU'RE HERE, THANKS!
>> YOU'RE NOT THE HARD-CORE,
ATHLETE TYPE THAT WE'RE USED TO
SEEING.
YOUR ROUTINE THE NIGHT BEFORE
YOUR BIGGEST DAY OF COMPETITION,
YOU DIDN'T GO WORK OUT OR
VISUALIZE YOUR RUN OR ANYTHING.
WHAT DID YOU DO?
>> I WAS EATING SNACKS WATCHING
THE OPENING CEREMONIES,
CHOCOLATE, ONION RINGS AND CHIPS
AND STUFF.
THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF
SNOWBOARDING.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE SOME MEGA
ATHLETE, LIKE WORK OUT ALL THE
TIME.
>> Reporter: I DO HAVE TO STOP
YOU ABOUT THE ONION RINGS
BECAUSE YOU MADE ONE OF MY
FAVORITE PHOTOS OF THE OLYMPIC
GAMES, THE OLYMPIC RINGS OUT OF
YOUR ONION RINGS.
>> IT JUST MADE SENSE.
IT JUST MADE SENSE.
>> YOU'VE HAD GREAT TWITTER
PHOTOS, YOU IN THE BOLSHEVIK
HAT.
I NEED SOME MORE OF THE SAGE
DICTIONARY.
>> FIRST AND FOREMOST WE GOT
SPICE.
>> WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
>> IT PRETTY MUCH MEANS ANYTHING
YOU WANT IT TO MEAN.
CAN YOU BE JUST LIKE, OH, YOU'RE
SPICE OR THAT TRICK WAS SPICY,
MAN.
>> BETWEEN THE VOCABULARY, YOU
GET A LOT OF JEFF SPICOLI
COMPARISONS GOING ON.
>> I GOT A LOT OF THEM.
>> YOU DIG THAT?
>> I'M DOWN.
I DO KNOW THE MOVIE AND IT'S
"FAST TIMES AT SOCHI," YOU KNOW?
>> WHY IS IT IMPORTANT FOR YOU
TO MARCH TO YOUR OWN BEAT?
>> IT HOW I WAS RAISED.
I WAS NEVER ON A TEAM EARLY OR
HAD COACHES GROWING UP.
IT WAS MY AND MY BROTHER AND MY
FRIENDS AND WE DID WHAT WE
WANTED TO.
THAT'S JUST WHERE I CAME FROM,
MARCHING TO MY OWN TUNE.
>> AND YOU APPROACHED YOUR EVENT
IN A KNEW WAY, YOU SAID, HEY,
MAYBE I'LL JUST TRY THIS TRICK
I'VE NEVER TRIED BEFORE EVER.
THIS IS THE OLYMPICS.
WERE YOU WORRIED YOU WEREN'T
GOING TO BE ABLE TO LAND IT?
DID YOU THINK ABOUT THAT?
>> HONESTLY, I DIDN'T THINK
ABOUT LANDING IT OR THROWING IT
REALLY.
>> MOST PEOPLE PLAN WHAT THEY'RE
GOING TO DO IN THE OLYMPICS.
>> THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF
SNOWBOARDING.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A SET OUT
RUN AND YOU CAN BE CREATIVE AND
YOU CAN STILL TAKE HOME A GOLD
MEDAL.
>> YOU WANT TO SHOW OFF THE
MEDAL?
>> I WOULD LOVE TO.
>> HOW DOES IT TASTE?
>> IT DOESN'T TASTE THAT GOOD
ACTUALLY.
NEWS FLASH.