: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.
:41:04
If you throw down the hottest run,
you're going to be on SportsCenter.
:41:08
- SportsCenter.
- [ Cheering Continues ]
:41:29
You getting nervous orwhat?.
I'm sweating it.
:41:35
[White ]
It's pretty intense.
:41:36
I train most the year just to
be able to go there and do mything...
:41:39
and do the best that I can
at that event.
:41:42
It's the one that
I think about the most.
:41:51
You talk to anybody
from mainstream America
who wants a piece of snowboarding,
:41:55
the first question is,
What was your place in the X-Games?
:41:58
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