It's so hard to see one of your friends fall, and it's a reminder that you have to be on and in the zone.
— Hannah Teter
I grew up with a special-needs brother, and the separation from other kids is so extreme. We've got to break down those barriers.
I try to incorporate quinoa in unique and fun ways into most meals.
Action sports is just in a new era: thinking outside the box, being creative, and inventing new things. I just think people dig that. It's a new way of being an athlete.
I still want to look good while training hard and throwing down.
Surfing waves of water or clouds of powder snow is the best feeling on earth.
When the Olympics comes around, it seems like every country is against each other, but we're all buddies out here. It's about giving feedback to fellow riders and letting the riders feed off each other.
When I see somebody fall in practice or get hurt, it almost makes me want to cry.
It was a no-brainer to get the Unified snowboarding race into X Games.
I've been blessed to have enough to buy organic and have a house in Tahoe.
I decided I want to represent the U.S. and show what snowboarding's all about.
I've always wanted to make an impact.
The Special Olympics motto, 'Let me win, but if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt,' really speaks to me because it embodies exactly what I have pursued in my life. Really, that's all any of us can hope for - a chance to be brave and to pursue a dream.
Growing up with four older brothers, we were into everything! They started snowboarding when I was just a tiny button, and I loved watching them shredding in the backyard. After seeing them compete in a few contests, it was all over. I idolized the sport from day one.
Shaun White and Danny Kass were obsessed with trading Olympic pins. I bet they can say 'pin' in every language.
I'm motivated to keep going to keep making a difference in people's lives.
I don't overcook, because you lose what's good in the food.
I always get super stoked to go to the Open, because it's in my home state. I get to stay in my parents' house and get to eat pancakes.
Beauty, to me, is about being healthy and strong, both physically and mentally, and Shiseido products arm me with the protection and style I need.
I am a huge fan of quinoa, not only for its health benefits but because it tastes the best out of all the grains.
It seems like an obligation if you have it so good. You have to spread the wealth.
Snowboarding is about having fun, pushing one another creatively, and not putting anyone down along the way.
Riding is my passion, but a very close second is sun, sand, and surf.
You want everybody to see snowboarding as it should be, looking phenomenal with everybody doing what they know how to do.
The Unified races are so much fun and take you back to the roots of why you started snowboarding. It makes you feel grateful for all that you have.
I think people forget that it doesn't take a big donation to help someone, just a lot of little donations.
I didn't know football was so big. Obviously, it's huge in the United States.
Every human life is worth so much.
I've always felt really lucky and really privileged with my life, how I grew up, and the opportunities I've had.
I hope that as a professional snowboarder, Olympian, and now, a Global Ambassador for Special Olympics, I will be able to change perceptions about people with intellectual disabilities.
My goal from the beginning was, if I ever hit it it big, I would give back. And that continues to be my goal moving forward.
I've been striving for attention my whole life. Now I have it.
Maple syrup makes you strong!
When you surround yourself with nature, it's really powerful.
Children International is bringing a lot of hope to families who start out with nothing. They have nothing. Then Children International comes in, puts them in school, gets them what they need.
I am thrilled to be working with Shiseido and to be representing their incredible suncare, skincare, and makeup lines.
It's great to have the opportunity to reach out to people that don't know much about snowboarding so they can see it and get stoked on it.
Americans are pretty next level with snowboarding. We have the best training facilities, the best coaches that push us to the next level.
The concept of bettering yourself at the disadvantage of others is out the door, and the new one is to help one another while helping yourself.
The sun rays are more powerful at high altitudes and the snow bounces the rays right back up at you. Shiseido sun care products are epic for protecting me and not irritating my skin.
I'm trying to do more inverts and corked-out rotations that you don't see at the girls' level. I want to be more creative.
When I discovered Special Olympics and saw how it integrates these athletes into programs that change the whole way they see themselves and how they perform, it blew my mind. I wanted to be involved.
I love riding halfpipe. This is an amazing job to have.
I grew up in Vermont, so we didn't really have a TV, growing up, or a football team.
You don't really get the full grasp of something until you see it for yourself.
I have been so inspired by the Special Olympics athletes that I have been so fortunate to meet, and I am excited to continue my involvement in the Special Olympics Movement.
I come from a close-knit family, and I have four older brothers that have inspired me in so many ways.
Fourth is the worst position to finish. You just missed the podium.
Funny how one halfpipe run can change your life.
I'm moving into a yurt in the woods near my parents' home in Vermont.
