:39:01
[ Groans ]
There's the back.
:39:03
I hate looking
at the whole calendar...
:39:06
'cause it'sjust, like,
you look at this whole calendar...
:39:09
and the whole thing's just covered
in red ink and you're, like,
:39:11
"Oh, I have to do all that. "
:39:13
I just try to take
the one month at a time.
:39:16
[Director]
Standby.
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I feel that when the mainstream
comes into snowboarding,
it's really good, I feel.
:39:22
Because the more money
that gets in the sport, it ends up
bringing more things back home.
:39:27
The week has been crazy.
:39:30
The mountains are taking
half their budget to make a sick park,
so kids will show up and ride.
:39:35
And I think that's one of
the coolest parts about the mainstream
coming into our sport.
:39:44
[Announcer] Shaun White,
two-time defending gold medalist.
:39:47
The man is focused.
He told me at the beginning of the week,
"I am hungry for competition. "
:39:51
We will see ifhe can get it done
and get his third gold.
:39:53
[ White ]
For me, the X-Games isjust something
for me to look forward to.
:39:57
I t's always the biggest event
of the year.
:39:59
There's so many people
that come out to it.
It's full-on live television.
:40:05
It's where snowboarding
really came to light.
:40:07
People started to watch the X-Games on TV
and started noticing faces and people.
:40:15
Snowboarding is
the heart and soul ofthe WinterX-Games,
and it was from the very beginning.
:40:19
A lot of mainstream sports critics
said these aren't real athletes,
these aren't real sports.
:40:24
But the kids, they're the ones
who have the same regard
for professional snowboarders...
:40:28
that they have for
any other professional athlete.
:40:50
When you're on a medium
like ABC's Wide World of Sports...
:40:53
and it's your run being beamed out
to 150 million people,
:40:57
Iet's face it- ifyou put it down,
it's going to change your life.