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TOGETHER. >> I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT.
>> I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT. THANKS, KYLE.
THANKS, KYLE. >> A NEW SPORT IS BEING INCLUDED
>> A NEW SPORT IS BEING INCLUDED IN THE WINTER OLYMPICS.
IN THE WINTER OLYMPICS. IT'S CALLED SKI SLOPE STYLE AND
IT'S CALLED SKI SLOPE STYLE AND ITS MOST BASIC LEVEL, IT'S
ITS MOST BASIC LEVEL, IT'S SKIING WITH TRICKS.
SKIING WITH TRICKS. AS IT'S BECOME MORE POPULAR, ONE
AS IT'S BECOME MORE POPULAR, ONE SKIER FROM INDIANA HAS BECOME
SKIER FROM INDIANA HAS BECOME SOMEWHAT OF A SPOKESMAN FOR THE
SOMEWHAT OF A SPOKESMAN FOR THE SPORT, EXPLAINING WHAT IT IS AND
SPORT, EXPLAINING WHAT IT IS AND HOW IT'S CHANGING.
HOW IT'S CHANGING. GRETCHEN FRAZEE REPORTS HE'S NOW
GRETCHEN FRAZEE REPORTS HE'S NOW IN SOCHI AND HOPING TO BRING
IN SOCHI AND HOPING TO BRING HOME THE GOLD.
HOME THE GOLD. >> 19-YEAR-OLD NICK GOEPPER GREW
>> 19-YEAR-OLD NICK GOEPPER GREW UP SKIING HERE IN LAWRENCEBURG,
UP SKIING HERE IN LAWRENCEBURG, INDIANA, JUST A FEW MILES WEST
INDIANA, JUST A FEW MILES WEST OF CINCINNATI.
OF CINCINNATI. IT'S NOT THE KIND OF PLACE THAT
IT'S NOT THE KIND OF PLACE THAT YOU EXPECT A MAJOR SKIER TO COME
YOU EXPECT A MAJOR SKIER TO COME OUT OF.
OUT OF. >> I TALKED TO A COUPLE OF
>> I TALKED TO A COUPLE OF NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED COACHES
NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED COACHES AND THEY SAID TO ME, MANY
AND THEY SAID TO ME, MANY GOEPPER, YOU HAVE THREE STRIKES
GOEPPER, YOU HAVE THREE STRIKES AGAINST YOU.
AGAINST YOU. I SAID, WHAT'S THAT?
I SAID, WHAT'S THAT? HE'S FROM THE MIDWEST, NUMBER
HE'S FROM THE MIDWEST, NUMBER ONE.
ONE. NUMBER TWO, HE'S FROM THE
NUMBER TWO, HE'S FROM THE MIDWEST AND NUMBER THREE, HE'S
MIDWEST AND NUMBER THREE, HE'S FROM THE MIDWEST.
FROM THE MIDWEST. >> BUT NICK GOEPPER WAS
>> BUT NICK GOEPPER WAS DETERMINED, PERFECT NORTH SLOPE
DETERMINED, PERFECT NORTH SLOPE MANAGER, TIM DAHL SAYS HE HAS
MANAGER, TIM DAHL SAYS HE HAS BEEN WATCHING NICK SKI SINCE HE
BEEN WATCHING NICK SKI SINCE HE WAS 12 YEARS OLD.
WAS 12 YEARS OLD. HE SAID NICK WOULD COME OUT
HE SAID NICK WOULD COME OUT EVERY DAY THIS WAS SNOW ON THE
EVERY DAY THIS WAS SNOW ON THE GROUND AND SKI FOR HOURS.
GROUND AND SKI FOR HOURS. >> EVERYBODY KIND OF GETS A
>> EVERYBODY KIND OF GETS A LITTLE CHUCKLE OUT OF THE
LITTLE CHUCKLE OUT OF THE MIDWESTERN GUY COMING FROM A SKI
MIDWESTERN GUY COMING FROM A SKI AREA 400-FOOT OF VERTICAL DROP,
AREA 400-FOOT OF VERTICAL DROP, BUT THAT'S A GREAT THING.
BUT THAT'S A GREAT THING. THAT WAS AN ADVANTAGE FOR HIM
THAT WAS AN ADVANTAGE FOR HIM THAT HE COULD MAKE LAPS AFTER
THAT HE COULD MAKE LAPS AFTER LAPS.
LAPS. GOEPPER SKIS AT PERFECT NORTH
GOEPPER SKIS AT PERFECT NORTH WHEN HE COMES HOME BUT HE SPENDS
WHEN HE COMES HOME BUT HE SPENDS TIME AT LARGER SLOPES ON THE
TIME AT LARGER SLOPES ON THE EAST AND THEST WEST COAST.
EAST AND THEST WEST COAST. WHEN HE WAS 11 YEARS OLD,
WHEN HE WAS 11 YEARS OLD, GOEPPER WON FIRST PLACE IN AN
GOEPPER WON FIRST PLACE IN AN AMATEUR COMPETITION, AND STARTED
AMATEUR COMPETITION, AND STARTED GETTING SPONSORS.
GETTING SPONSORS. HE'S QUICKLY BECOME THE ATHLETE
HE'S QUICKLY BECOME THE ATHLETE TO WATCH, JUST TWO WEEKS AGO HE
TO WATCH, JUST TWO WEEKS AGO HE WON THE GOLD MEDAL IN THE X
WON THE GOLD MEDAL IN THE X GAMES AND HE'S FAVORED IN THE
GAMES AND HE'S FAVORED IN THE OLYMPICS.
OLYMPICS. BUT IN AN INTERVIEW WITH BALL
BUT IN AN INTERVIEW WITH BALL STATE UNIVERSITY BEFORE HE LEFT
STATE UNIVERSITY BEFORE HE LEFT FOR SOCHI, GOEPPER SAID SOME IN
FOR SOCHI, GOEPPER SAID SOME IN HIS SPORT AREN'T THRILLED ABOUT
HIS SPORT AREN'T THRILLED ABOUT BEING IN THE OLYMPICS EVEN
BEING IN THE OLYMPICS EVEN THOUGH THIS MEANS THE SPORT AND
THOUGH THIS MEANS THE SPORT AND ITS ATHLETES ARE GAINING
ITS ATHLETES ARE GAINING INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION.
INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION. >> IT'S THE FOUNDATION OF OUR
>> IT'S THE FOUNDATION OF OUR SPORT, WE WERE KIND OF REBELS
SPORT, WE WERE KIND OF REBELS AND WE WANTED TO BREAK AWAY FROM
AND WE WANTED TO BREAK AWAY FROM OTHER SKIING AND KIND OF THE
OTHER SKIING AND KIND OF THE REGIMENTED, YOU KNOW, THE RULES
REGIMENTED, YOU KNOW, THE RULES AND RESTRICTIONS, BUT, YOU KNOW,
AND RESTRICTIONS, BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF, YOU KNOW,
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, CONTROVERSY, I GUESS WITHIN THE
CONTROVERSY, I GUESS WITHIN THE INDUSTRY BECAUSE NOW THAT IT'S
INDUSTRY BECAUSE NOW THAT IT'S IN THE OLYMPICS, THERE'S A
IN THE OLYMPICS, THERE'S A STEREOTYPE THAT, YOU KNOW,
STEREOTYPE THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE IS GOING TO THE
EVERYONE IS GOING TO THE OLYMPICS IS JUST TURNING INTO,
OLYMPICS IS JUST TURNING INTO, LIKE, ROBOTS.
LIKE, ROBOTS. >> EVEN IF THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE
>> EVEN IF THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO QUESTION WHETHER GOMER AND
WHO QUESTION WHETHER GOMER AND OTHER SLOPE STYLE ATHLETES
OTHER SLOPE STYLE ATHLETES SHOULD COMPETE IN THE OLYMPICS,
SHOULD COMPETE IN THE OLYMPICS, GOEPPER'S FAMILY SAYS THEY ARE
GOEPPER'S FAMILY SAYS THEY ARE BEHIND HIM 100%.
BEHIND HIM 100%. HIS MOTHER, FATHER AND THREE
HIS MOTHER, FATHER AND THREE SIBLINGS ARE MAKING THE TRIP TO
SIBLINGS ARE MAKING THE TRIP TO SOCHI AND HIS DAD SAYS THE TRIP
SOCHI AND HIS DAD SAYS THE TRIP WILL BE WELL WORTH IT, NO MATTER
WILL BE WELL WORTH IT, NO MATTER WHAT THE OUTCOME.
WHAT THE OUTCOME. >> WE TAKE THIS ONE DAY AT A
>> WE TAKE THIS ONE DAY AT A TIME.
TIME. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN AND WE WILL ENJOY IT WHILE WE
AND WE WILL ENJOY IT WHILE WE CAN.
CAN. >> THE OLYMPIC SLOPE STYLE
>> THE OLYMPIC SLOPE STYLE COMPETITION IS BEING HELD ON
COMPETITION IS BEING HELD ON THURSDAY WHERE GOEPPER WILL
THURSDAY WHERE GOEPPER WILL COMPETE AGAINST 32 OTHER