SHAUN WHITE

There are plenty of skills I've learned from playing video games. It's more interactive than watching TV, because there are problems to solve as you're using your brain.

The hardest thing about skateboarding is consistency: The slightest flick of your foot or gust of wind can send your board flying, so it's really anybody's game out there.

Snowboarding's tough, because you've got to go to the mountains. For me, I love the skateboard season because I get to hangout at home and still be skating. I don't have to travel to Norway or Japan or these crazy places to be snowboarding.

I trip walking down the stairs, but I can skate them probably.

I can't stay away from Chinese food. I really love that stuff.

You take a crash, you get back up and next time you succeed and that's a great feeling.

You know the best thing about competition? There's this whole strategy game, and when it all works out its like solving that hard math equation. You finally get the answer and you're so happy.

There's always room for improvement, but the judges are looking for big airs and stylish tricks.

I wear black skinny-fit jeans - I can't get away from them. It's funny because I wore baggy jeans for ages, then one day my friend convinced me to try on a skinny pair and I thought they were great.

Skateboarding helps a ton with balance, precision, with air awareness... it gets your senses to be spot-on and it's also a great way to take my mind off things.

We all started snowboarding in the beginning as a family just to be closer together, go on trips. It was our soccer, but instead of Dad yelling at me from the sideline he is there riding with me and hitting the jumps even before I am hitting them.

Skateboarding is training, but I don't think of it as training. It's fun.

I was a monster, a problem child.

I couldn't do my homework if my room wasn't clean. And it has carried on now that I am older, in a very freakish way.

I'm on the road a lot so when I get some time to relax I definitely take advantage.

I've always been under the impression that it would be such a bummer to be in a peaceful place like Hawaii or the tropics and be stressed about catching waves.

Surfers have the most attitude.

I know my family and I would always go up to the mountains just for fun. We always skied. Then, all of a sudden, my brother started snow boarding. Older brother thing, I had to do what he was doing. So I started snow boarding.

Cement doesn't give as much as snow.

I get e-mails from mothers asking me to call their daughters for a date. I have a great life.

You can only jump so far until you break your leg. You can only land so hard until something explodes.

I totally forget about snowboarding in the summertime.

I've reached my goal with snowboarding.

The boarding I do is pretty strenuous and because I'm so active I really don't have to work out too often.

I can't really describe a trick as much as I just feel it.