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" It sucks. When you're a woman in sports, people want you to show some skin. "

Gretchen Bleiler

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" What snowboarding has always had and the Olympics has not touched is that spirit, that original spirit of creativity and athletes standing up and having a voice and being innovative. But I guess what the Olympics has done is provided a platform for that spirit, and that's what I see as being a really positive thing. "

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" I'm very competitive. "

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" Meditation isn't necessarily this magical experience where we don't ever have thoughts. "

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" It's okay to feel nervous before a competition because it means you care about doing well. "

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" When I started snowboarding, I was looking for success to bring me identity. I still love to win, but at the same time, I don't need the X-Games to show me who I am. "

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" I've had cumulative concussions and realized that's something you carry with you. "

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" The programs I do with my trainer are amazing for overall strength and have a major focus on building my core. We do a lot of unique exercises that shake up the nervous system, which builds my balance and propreception. That's really important for my sport. "

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" We need more balance in the world - more balance of the feminine and the masculine. "

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" As pro snowboarders, skiers, etc., we all know that what we do is risky. "

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" I care about the way I look, and I want to look my best. My regime isn't crazy. For my face, it's just sunscreen because foundations and tinted moisturizers rub against my neck warmer. But I do like eyeliner, mascara, and a little color on my lids. "

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" I don't have too strict a diet. "

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" For me, vision is just about the most important thing. So goggles play a huge role in my sport. I come to the competition with a bunch of different goggles and tons of different lenses in multiple tints. The weather can always be changing, and you have to have the right thing to make sure you can see perfectly. "

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" I've gotten to work with some amazing brands that, in many cases, market to female consumers. "

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" After the Winter Olympics in 2006, I realized I had a platform to speak about causes that were important to me - and people would listen. "

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" When you start to find balance, then you start to ask more important questions, like, 'Who am I really?' That's when you start seeing that every single person around you is a human being just doing the best that they can. "

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" As a professional snowboarder, my goal is to educate and create awareness around the issues we're facing with climate change. "

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" If you take minutes a day to take care of your mouth, the odds are you'll take the next steps needed to take care of your whole body, like exercising and eating healthy. It's a building block for other healthy habits. "

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" While everyone's purpose may be different, with social media we all have that platform to create the change we want to see in the world, and I spend a lot of time encouraging others to step up and use theirs. "

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" Mission makes athlete-specific products. I always use their sunscreen - it's an anti-sting formula, which is huge for me because it doesn't burn my eyes when I'm snowboarding in warmer temperatures. "

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" Eliminate the energy vampires in your house. Connect all of your appliances to power strips and turn them off they're when not in use. "

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" I think snowboarders have a unique experience when it comes to the Olympics because we have a pretty frequent competition circuit in addition to the games. So it's not a sport where your big moment is just once every four years. "

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" Everyone has different things they like in terms of board setup. The grind of the board and how it's waxed - you want to make sure that the speed of the board is right for the conditions of the halfpipe. And then there's the edges and the bevel of the edge. "

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" Core training is so important. "

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" I'm on the road a lot, but I eat healthy whenever I can with foods that don't contain pesticides. "

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" I'm so grateful for all the experiences I've had; the life lessons I've learned along the way are just completely invaluable. "

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" When you're up on the hill, and you know you're as strong as you can be, you're more willing and able and confident to go and do bigger and harder and more technical tricks. "

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" Change can be uncomfortable and scary. But I believe change exists to teach us to appreciate and enjoy the right now. "

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" The Olympics have always been very special to me. "

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" As a professional snowboarder, my livelihood obviously depends on snow. And for me, traveling around the world, chasing the snow, I see the effects of climate change first hand. You can tell the difference. "

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" Sometimes in life, when we really want something, we can approach it in a way that might actually be closing us off from achieving it. "

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