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All good.
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Kevin, can you say your name
and sport for me?
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Yeah. Kevin Pearce,
and I'm a snowboarder.
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What are you thinking about
Vancouver?
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Are you getting excited yet
about being an Olympian?
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You know, it's cool to have people
saying that you're an Olympic hopeful.
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I think it says a lot and super
excited to be going for it this winter.
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Now the new 22-foot wall at
the compound, how's that going?
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Will it affect your performance?
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The new 22-foot half-pipes have kind of
changed the way that we get to snowboard...
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and the way that there's
so much more airtime...
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and there's so much more, you know, just
overall time because the walls are bigger,
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that you really have more time
to think about what you're doing...
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and being able to do bigger
and cooler tricks.
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And it's definitely
changed snowboarding.
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It's gonna be the first time that we see
it in the Olympics with the 22-foot walls.
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And I think people are gonna be
blown away at what they get to see.
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- Bring it!
- Oh, it's a battle today.
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All right, come on.
Let's get going here.
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Okay, now this looks good.
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I'm getting thrown down.
Oh, watch this.
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Fabio's here.
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Fabio.
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Get in here.
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Join us. Yeah.
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Our parents believed in us really.
They've given us a sense of...
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Belonging.
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Yes. Thank you, David.
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First day of practice.
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Hey, what up? Kevin Pearce.
Just hanging. Frends Crew.
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It's day one. Aspen.
We got the pipe to ourselves.
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Are you ready?
Are you scared?
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Yes! Ohh!
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There's a curb
in the bottom here.
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How is it?
Oh, a bit frustrating.
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There's a curb.
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It didn't feel as good
as I was hoping, to be honest.
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Curb your enthusiasm
at the bottom?
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Yeah.
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It's a little bumpy
on this wall, but...
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We're out here training
for the Winter Games 2010.
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Road to Vancouver right now.
This is the road.
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This is the road we're taking.
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I don't know if it's
the correct road, but...
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Fly out to Colorado, get
word it's the best pipe ever cut.
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It's a pretty big disappointment
when you show up.
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Are we going or are we staying?
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I really don't think there's
any point of staying here.
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Let's just decide right now.
Rock, paper, scissors, shoot.
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Rock, paper, scissors, shoot.
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We're going to Park City.
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Going to Park City tomorrow.
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Yee-haw!
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The conclusion of the one-day
Aspen trip... the pipe sucked.
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And we're out. Peace. Whoo!
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Oh, fucking happy!
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Jack, right, bitch!
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What kind of pie is that?
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♪ Don't break me ♪
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Rock, paper, scissors, shoot.
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Now stay with us, Kevin.
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You're good, Kev. All good.
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♪ I know places we can go,
babe ♪
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You guys did awesome.
All right?
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♪ I know places we can go,
babe ♪
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♪ No, the high won't
hurt you here, babe ♪
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Yeah. It's sick.
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♪ I know places we can go,
babe ♪
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He caught his toe edge
and just... boom... like that.
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Like so fucking hard.
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And no hands to cover his...
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No hands to cover his face,
and then he hit.
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And right away... right away
I fucking knew that it was bad.
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♪ ...bring you down, babe ♪
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Should say a prayer.
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Say a prayer is all you can do.
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♪ No, the highs won't hurt you
there, babe ♪
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American snowboarder Kevin Pearce remains
in critical but stable condition tonight...
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after a training accident
yesterday in Park City, Utah.
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Pearce was considered a favorite
to make the U.S. Olympic team.
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♪ I know places we can go,
babe ♪
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♪ Coming home
Come unfold, babe ♪
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♪ And the high won't fade here,
babe ♪
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♪ No, the high won't
hurt you here, babe ♪
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♪ So come lay here, babe ♪
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♪ And wait ♪
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♪ Now won't you lay ♪
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♪ And wait ♪
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♪ Babe, on me ♪
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♪ I know places we can go,
babe ♪
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♪ Coming home
Come unfold, babe ♪
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Come on, Kev.
Come to Dada. Come on.
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How old is he, Mummy?
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Almost 11 months.
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Eleven months.
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Kevie, you're gonna fall.
Don't do that.
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That's my Kevie. He's on
the go all the time.
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♪ I'm going up the country ♪
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This is Kevin Pearce.
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He's one year and one week old.
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And his biggest problem is he
doesn't really know how to get down.
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So when he gets up there,
he's just a little bit upset.
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♪ I'm going, I'm going where
the water tastes like wine ♪
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Hi, Daddy.
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♪ I'm going where the water
tastes like wine ♪
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♪ We can jump in the water
Stay drunk all the time ♪
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Oh, yeah!
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♪ I'm gonna leave this city
Got to get away ♪
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Did you get that?
Mm-hmm.
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♪ All this fussing and fighting
Man, you know I sure can't stay ♪
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♪ Now, baby,
pack your leaving trunk ♪
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♪ You know we've
got to leave today ♪
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♪ Just exactly where
we're going I cannot say ♪
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♪ But we might even leave
the U.S.A. ♪
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♪ 'Cause there's a brand-new
game that I want to play ♪
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♪
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Oh, shit! Ohh!
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♪
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A little bit bigger
than I thought.
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I'd go faster, dude!
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How old are you, Shaun?
Nine.
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Now, Shaun, every time I've
seen you ride the half-pipe,
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which I saw you at camp,
and I've seen you...
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I saw you boarding last year
at the U.S. Open.
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You absolutely amazed me.
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Now I want to know specifically,
how do you do those lovely 360s?
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Well, you got to
crank your arms back,
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and then once you, um,
hit the wall,
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swing 'em forward.
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And then once this goes,
then your legs will follow.
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I was born with a heart defect.
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So I had a couple of surgeries
when I was just one years old.
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They said I wasn't going to
be good at sports.
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But, um, you put that obstacle in
front of me and I want to overcome it.
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I was competing
in the amateur events,
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and I was winning everything
every single year.
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And it got to the point
where I was getting, like,
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vibes from the families and the kids
and the people I was competing against.
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And it wasn't fun anymore.
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I went pro when I was 13 and
everybody was in their, like, mid-20s.
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I was trying to, like, play Pokémons
and stuff while everybody's out partying.
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And I just didn't fit in.
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I met Kevin when I was
about nine, 10 years old...
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at the U.S. Open in Vermont.
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It was, like, this tradition.
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And it was myself, Kevin.
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And this was a basketball game
that would take place.
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And it just became,
like, our thing.
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Every single year, we'd all get
together and just have a great time.
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We'd go to the candy store...
sugar plums. We'd do those things.
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I was always focused
on Kevin's brother.
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'Cause I thought his brother
was the one to beat at the time.
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And Kevin just kind of
came out of left field...
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and did the younger-brother
move and became the better rider.
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Yeah.
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That's so easy.
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So what do you think about that?
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I didn't even think I flipped.
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I would say Shaun was much
quicker to kind of get...
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get the recognition
and the success.
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Whereas Kevin didn't have that
at an early age.
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So he was purely doing it
for the love of the sport,
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and because he saw his
older brothers doing it.
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At just eight years old,
Kevin point-blank confronted...
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board-making pioneer
Jake Burton.
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I asked him if they'd
make me a kids' board...
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because there was
no such thing at the time.
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And then, uh, a couple of weeks
later, he came back with this.
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When I was 18 and he was 15,
he persuaded my parents...
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and somehow got his teachers to allow
him to move out to Mammoth with me.
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And that really allowed him
to snowboard full-time.
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In eighth grade, I started
taking the winter term off.
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And for the last three years,
I was able to homeschool,
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where I did a lot of school
in the summer...
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and all winter I was able
to just snowboard.
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He would be up before everyone,
out the door before everyone,
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and sometimes riding whole days
without us,
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because it wouldn't be
good conditions.
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And he would continuously
do that, day after day.
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And he worked harder
than anyone.
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And I think that
paid off for him.
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Kevin Pearce, raised on
maple syrup, sharp cheddar,
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weaned on the hills of Vermont.
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This guy right here
is slaying it.
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Seventeen years old
in snowboarding.
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It's all about what
you're able to deliver.
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And, uh, Pearce is man-size
on his delivery.
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Kevin Pearce came out of
nowhere taking the win there.
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Kevin Pearce, you're 17 years
old, out here doing the slopestyle.
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You went up against some
big competition today.
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The last couple of years it was,
like, you'd go on these trips...
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and, like, you gotta
pull out your schoolbooks.
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And it's so hard to be focusing on
snowboarding and focusing on school.
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And so it's a big weight off the
shoulders to be done with high school...
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and just, like, to have
that part of your life over.
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Here he comes.
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Very accomplished slopestyle,
half-pipe as well.
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It's a quarter-pipe rider.
Whoa!
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- Oh, shazam.
- Wow!
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Great 540 right here.
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Yes!
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This is the tightest run
we've seen yet.
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This whole year's been pretty
insane. It started off in New Zealand.
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I won that.
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And then from there
it got pretty crazy.
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Another of the new crew
dazzling pipe fans...
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all over the world
this season...
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is Kevin Pearce.
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Pearce has it all... the McTwist,
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a 900, a 1080
and astonishing amplitude.
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There's definitely
a lot of danger in it,
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especially when you start getting
these 22-foot half-pipe walls.
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You get rewarded by the judge
by the higher you go.
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'Cause it's so difficult
to do those spins high and...
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The first time I came here, I
didn't make it through pre-qualifiers.
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And last year
I made it to finals.
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So I've been happy on how far I've
come since I've started with the U.S. Open.
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Let's give it up
for Kevin Pearce!
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This whole Frends Crew...
it's just this group of kids...
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that we got rolling together.
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Traveling
and having a great time.
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Danny, Mason, Jack, Luke,
Scotty.
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Shaun's with us a bunch of
the time, which never hurts.
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Took the "I" out of it. Kind of
makes sense. No "I" in "Frends."
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Having that group of kids that
really get along makes it a huge help.
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Come on, Kevin!
You're Snowman! Yeah!
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Frends.
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Back to the men's
half-pipe finals...
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here at the second event of three
stops for the U.S. Snowboard Grand Prix.
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What are you all doing up here?
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The final standings...
Kevin Pearce... Yes!
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When I was 19, that was the Olympic year.
It's 2006.
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And, uh, everything I competed in
I won. I had an undefeated season.
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Whoo!
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Shaun White gets that much closer
to realizing his gold medal dreams.
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And this is where
Shaun wants to be.
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Shaun lighting it up
with a frontside 1080.
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All he needs to do
is land this last trick.
239
00:15:49,715 --> 00:15:51,781
An immaculate run
from Shaun White.
240
00:15:51,817 --> 00:15:54,268
Shaun White...
incredible execution.
241
00:15:57,823 --> 00:16:01,775
And a visibly elated
Shaun White.
242
00:16:01,810 --> 00:16:05,796
Competing against Shaun is
basically competing against a robot.
243
00:16:05,831 --> 00:16:08,765
It's like playing chess on the
computer and setting it to "expert."
244
00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:10,534
You know, you'll never win.
245
00:16:10,569 --> 00:16:14,421
And he proved that by winning every
single contest of the Olympic year.
246
00:16:14,456 --> 00:16:20,127
And then the following year at the Nippon
Open in Japan, the miracle happened...
247
00:16:20,163 --> 00:16:23,964
and Shaun White was not
on the top of the podium.
248
00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:25,415
It was Kevin.
249
00:16:25,450 --> 00:16:28,985
Shaun White from
the United States on course.
250
00:16:33,159 --> 00:16:35,092
Oh, my God! Oh, my God!
251
00:16:35,128 --> 00:16:38,679
Kevin Pearce from
the United States on course.
252
00:16:46,072 --> 00:16:48,438
And when I heard Kevin
beat Shaun,
253
00:16:48,473 --> 00:16:51,208
it was just like,
"Wow! Did Shaun fall?"
254
00:16:51,243 --> 00:16:55,512
It was like, "No, Shaun landed his
run and Kevin landed a better run."
255
00:16:55,547 --> 00:16:58,365
That was just, like,
"Wow. That's insane."
256
00:16:59,802 --> 00:17:02,303
Well, I thought that
there was only two runs,
257
00:17:02,338 --> 00:17:05,339
so I gave it my everything
in the second run.
258
00:17:05,374 --> 00:17:07,474
And-And, uh, that's all right.
259
00:17:15,518 --> 00:17:17,467
Shaun got salty about it.
260
00:17:17,502 --> 00:17:20,170
He was all wasted, like,
after the contest.
261
00:17:20,206 --> 00:17:23,574
And, like, me and Danny and
Kevin were all, like, sharing this room.
262
00:17:25,311 --> 00:17:28,190
Shaun kind of got a little pissed
off with a fire extinguisher...
263
00:17:28,214 --> 00:17:31,882
and a little beer out of the
vending machines in Japan.
264
00:17:31,917 --> 00:17:35,503
We get up there and, like, both
the rooms are, like, cracked open,
265
00:17:35,538 --> 00:17:39,740
and there's just, like, fire
extinguisher shit, like, everywhere.
266
00:17:39,775 --> 00:17:43,076
Like, dude, on my, like... I
had, like, a relatively new Mac...
267
00:17:43,112 --> 00:17:45,078
that was just, like, fucked.
268
00:17:45,114 --> 00:17:47,781
So, Shaun, if you see this,
you owe me a fucking computer.
269
00:17:48,718 --> 00:17:50,467
So at that time,
270
00:17:50,502 --> 00:17:52,769
Kevin was actually living
at Shaun's house,
271
00:17:52,805 --> 00:17:58,175
and Shaun called up his mom, and he told his
mom to put Kevin's stuff on Shaun's front porch,
272
00:17:58,210 --> 00:18:01,144
including $30,000 in yen.
273
00:18:01,180 --> 00:18:06,083
And so after that, it was just this kind
of competitive blood between the two.
274
00:18:06,118 --> 00:18:08,596
It was like, "All right, you want to
kick me out of your house?"
275
00:18:08,620 --> 00:18:11,488
I'm gonna take this out
on you in snowboarding.
276
00:18:11,523 --> 00:18:13,118
Are you guys...
You guys are friends?
277
00:18:13,142 --> 00:18:15,976
Let's not... Let's not talk
about that part. All right.
278
00:18:16,011 --> 00:18:19,479
That side of things. We
don't need him in the show.
279
00:18:19,514 --> 00:18:21,114
It's all good.
280
00:18:21,150 --> 00:18:23,783
No, we don't...
I don't want to talk shit.
281
00:18:23,819 --> 00:18:26,586
Moving on. Um...
282
00:18:26,621 --> 00:18:28,989
No, we're not very
good friends at this point.
283
00:18:29,024 --> 00:18:32,259
Oh, really? Okay. That's
cool. We can skip it.
284
00:18:32,294 --> 00:18:34,561
I was just trying
to get a feel for...
285
00:18:35,831 --> 00:18:38,265
Just grab... Just...
I'm just talking.
286
00:18:38,300 --> 00:18:40,067
Yeah.
It's cool.
287
00:18:40,102 --> 00:18:43,904
I'm not trying to, like, pick...
No, no, no. No, I know.
288
00:18:45,140 --> 00:18:46,573
Kevin Pearce versus...
289
00:18:46,608 --> 00:18:49,910
Shaun White.
290
00:19:00,089 --> 00:19:04,358
So Kevin started winning
all the big-air contests,
291
00:19:04,393 --> 00:19:06,059
slopestyle contests,
292
00:19:06,094 --> 00:19:07,811
half-pipe contests.
293
00:19:07,846 --> 00:19:12,783
He beat Shaun. It was kind of
like this miracle year for Kevin.
294
00:19:12,818 --> 00:19:15,163
And we were just kind of like,
"Where did that come from?" You know.
295
00:19:15,187 --> 00:19:17,799
'Cause he was always, like... You
know, we were all neck and neck with him.
296
00:19:17,823 --> 00:19:20,240
And then all of a sudden, he
kind of just flipped a switch...
297
00:19:20,276 --> 00:19:22,393
and was like,
"All right. Game on."
298
00:19:31,487 --> 00:19:34,454
I remember going to
Munich Air and Style.
299
00:19:34,490 --> 00:19:37,174
And we were paired up
the first round.
300
00:19:37,210 --> 00:19:39,409
I landed, like, the best
trick I could do.
301
00:19:39,444 --> 00:19:41,745
And then Kev outdid me.
302
00:19:41,780 --> 00:19:44,581
And it was just, like,
Kev's gonna kill it.
303
00:19:44,616 --> 00:19:46,317
Gravity!
304
00:19:52,140 --> 00:19:57,144
He was making so much money. He was making,
like, 400 G's or something like that...
305
00:19:57,179 --> 00:19:58,746
in, like, three months,
you know.
306
00:19:58,781 --> 00:20:00,480
It's like... It's sick.
307
00:20:06,438 --> 00:20:08,605
I couldn't... I'm...
308
00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:12,442
Kevin Pearce, U.S.A.
309
00:20:30,913 --> 00:20:33,141
Heavy drop. Then after Shaun,
he did that front 12.
310
00:20:33,165 --> 00:20:35,182
So I knew I had to step it up,
and it worked out.
311
00:20:35,217 --> 00:20:40,437
Kevin Pearce,
Burton European Open winner.
312
00:20:47,179 --> 00:20:51,581
Look at this... style, amplitude
and technical perfection.
313
00:20:53,318 --> 00:20:56,352
For a while there, it was just
this, like, back and forth.
314
00:20:56,388 --> 00:20:58,355
We would see each other
at competitions.
315
00:20:58,390 --> 00:21:02,325
And it was just great to know
that he was pushing it as well.
316
00:21:03,929 --> 00:21:06,029
You know, we both had...
We shared the same talent.
317
00:21:06,064 --> 00:21:08,949
It was such a rare thing and
such an exciting time for us.
318
00:21:10,385 --> 00:21:12,636
Bottom of the European Open,
half-pipe finals.
319
00:21:12,671 --> 00:21:14,287
Just finished up the third run.
320
00:21:14,322 --> 00:21:17,607
I was able to put that one down.
Shaun was in first and just, uh...
321
00:21:17,643 --> 00:21:19,626
just snuck in there.
322
00:21:19,661 --> 00:21:22,028
Whoo! I'm happy, man.
Great day. Great day.
323
00:21:29,638 --> 00:21:31,605
8,248.
324
00:21:31,640 --> 00:21:34,375
Holy shit.
All right.
325
00:21:35,795 --> 00:21:37,928
Holy shit! Did you
read the caption?
326
00:21:37,963 --> 00:21:42,231
"This is not Shaun White, but
Kevin Pearce might be just as good."
327
00:21:42,267 --> 00:21:43,366
Ha!
328
00:21:43,401 --> 00:21:46,119
What?
That is so sick.
329
00:21:47,973 --> 00:21:50,858
This kid, he has given
Shaun a run for his money.
330
00:21:50,893 --> 00:21:54,394
Here we go.
Giant frontside air.
331
00:21:54,429 --> 00:21:57,948
Here's a big McTwist.
Stomps that down.
332
00:21:57,983 --> 00:22:01,000
Cab 1080. Beautiful stomp.
333
00:22:01,036 --> 00:22:04,203
The crowd is starting to
ramp up in volume.
334
00:22:04,239 --> 00:22:06,005
♪
335
00:22:06,041 --> 00:22:09,142
The bar has been set.
336
00:22:09,177 --> 00:22:13,196
Shaun White, right now
about to take his final run.
337
00:22:13,231 --> 00:22:16,500
Kevin Pearce trying to stay
calm, cool and collected.
338
00:22:16,535 --> 00:22:19,702
But he knows that Shaun
is out for blood.
339
00:22:19,738 --> 00:22:22,506
Here he goes. Here comes
10. What he had problems on.
340
00:22:22,541 --> 00:22:25,175
There it is.
Pearce's 10s were bigger.
341
00:22:25,210 --> 00:22:27,294
Yeah, he did not go as big.
342
00:22:27,329 --> 00:22:30,130
What is it going to be here,
ladies and gentlemen?
343
00:22:30,166 --> 00:22:32,749
It's gonna be a nail-biter.
344
00:22:32,784 --> 00:22:35,819
There's Pearce's reaction.
Here's the score.
345
00:22:35,854 --> 00:22:39,890
A 91.66.
346
00:22:39,925 --> 00:22:42,876
I don't agree. I don't
agree with that at all, but...
347
00:22:42,911 --> 00:22:45,695
I just think Kevin's
was a little bit better.
348
00:22:45,731 --> 00:22:49,165
You know what, though, we were
so gunning for you, man.
349
00:22:49,201 --> 00:22:50,601
So gunning for you.
Thanks.
350
00:22:50,636 --> 00:22:52,347
When's the next time
you can just beat this guy?
351
00:22:52,371 --> 00:22:54,449
Hey, I beat him last week.
That's not good enough for you?
352
00:22:54,473 --> 00:22:56,485
I know. I want you to beat
him week. Come on, he's good.
353
00:22:56,509 --> 00:22:58,858
The week after? I know...
I'm working on it.
354
00:23:03,848 --> 00:23:05,482
Going into the Olympics,
355
00:23:05,517 --> 00:23:09,519
Kevin was the main rival
for Shaun.
356
00:23:09,554 --> 00:23:13,406
That's... That's, I think, what made
Olympics so important for Kevin,
357
00:23:13,442 --> 00:23:16,726
was that he was the guy
to beat Shaun White.
358
00:23:16,762 --> 00:23:19,263
Shaun took it
to that next level...
359
00:23:19,298 --> 00:23:24,467
and had an entire bowl from the
mountains that they avalanched.
360
00:23:24,503 --> 00:23:26,586
So all the snow
came to the bottom.
361
00:23:26,622 --> 00:23:30,907
They flew everyone out there in a
helicopter, dug this pipe in the middle of...
362
00:23:30,942 --> 00:23:33,210
I mean, it was
the radest thing ever.
363
00:23:33,245 --> 00:23:38,915
Like two million dollars' worth of snow
moving and avalanches and heli costs.
364
00:23:38,950 --> 00:23:42,920
And then no one was allowed
to ride it but Shaun.
365
00:23:42,955 --> 00:23:47,791
I knew that I was gonna be expected
to do so much media and so much stuff,
366
00:23:47,826 --> 00:23:49,521
that I'm, like, "Hey,
we should build a half-pipe..."
367
00:23:49,545 --> 00:23:52,779
Where I can actually go ride
without dealing with people.
368
00:23:52,815 --> 00:23:54,498
And the very last minute,
we're, like,
369
00:23:54,533 --> 00:23:57,233
"Hey, let's get some sort of
foam pit or something like that."
370
00:23:57,269 --> 00:23:59,002
Let's just try something new.
371
00:23:59,037 --> 00:24:02,205
'Cause a lot of the guys in the
motorcycle world are doing that.
372
00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:04,708
As soon as we heard about it,
we're just like, "Oh, great."
373
00:24:04,743 --> 00:24:06,743
Like as if he wasn't
good enough.
374
00:24:06,779 --> 00:24:08,578
Shaun takes it very seriously.
375
00:24:08,613 --> 00:24:10,947
He had his girlfriend sign
a nondisclosure agreement...
376
00:24:10,983 --> 00:24:14,217
to not let anybody know about
the tricks he was learning.
377
00:24:14,253 --> 00:24:18,405
Then Kevin was, like, "Well, now we
need to go build a private half-pipe..."
378
00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:21,841
And learn all this tricks if we want to even,
you know, be on the same level with him.
379
00:24:21,876 --> 00:24:25,178
And then Kevin signed with Nike.
380
00:24:25,214 --> 00:24:29,115
They promised, like, "Okay,
we'll make a pipe happen for you."
381
00:24:29,150 --> 00:24:32,035
And Kevin invited all of us.
382
00:24:32,071 --> 00:24:35,638
And that was the really big
difference between him and Shaun.
383
00:24:35,674 --> 00:24:38,975
Kevin is, like, a friend,
384
00:24:39,011 --> 00:24:44,647
and Shaun's this machine athlete
who has one goal only, and that is to win.
385
00:24:47,803 --> 00:24:50,470
We're out here in our
little secret location...
386
00:24:50,505 --> 00:24:54,657
building a half-pipe
for Kevin Pearce.
387
00:24:54,693 --> 00:24:57,844
Kevin was the first person to
bring the air bag to snowboarding.
388
00:24:57,879 --> 00:25:01,131
What I was imagining
is we just cut it...
389
00:25:01,166 --> 00:25:02,866
cut that right there... Mm-hmm.
390
00:25:02,901 --> 00:25:05,735
And just set the bag there
so these are 22.
391
00:25:05,770 --> 00:25:09,673
He had this vision of building a half-pipe
and then cutting off the end of it...
392
00:25:09,708 --> 00:25:11,440
and putting an air bag
at the bottom.
393
00:25:11,476 --> 00:25:13,477
The way progression is
and evolution,
394
00:25:13,512 --> 00:25:17,630
the sport has evolved to the point where
it's getting so ridiculously dangerous...
395
00:25:17,666 --> 00:25:21,251
that it's necessary to have
a foam pit and an air bag...
396
00:25:21,286 --> 00:25:24,654
to be able to learn these tricks
without getting seriously injured.
397
00:25:24,690 --> 00:25:29,759
Every mountain has one now, but that
was a crazy concept to us at the time.
398
00:25:29,794 --> 00:25:32,462
It was literally a Chuck fest.
399
00:25:32,497 --> 00:25:36,566
And, you know, like anything you could think
of in your head, you would try on this air bag.
400
00:25:36,601 --> 00:25:40,437
It just opened up
a whole new spectrum of tricks.
401
00:25:40,472 --> 00:25:44,674
There's a trick me and Kev were trying to
really dial down was that cab double cork.
402
00:25:49,665 --> 00:25:51,498
Moving forward in this year,
it's gonna be...
403
00:25:51,533 --> 00:25:55,234
it's gonna be crazy seeing, you know,
how much half-pipe riding changes.
404
00:25:55,270 --> 00:25:57,649
And it feels like if you don't
have one of those double corks,
405
00:25:57,673 --> 00:25:59,267
that you're not really
gonna have a chance.
406
00:25:59,291 --> 00:26:01,958
Kev tried the cab double corks
into that air bag...
407
00:26:01,993 --> 00:26:06,946
probably a hundred times before he felt like
he had the motion to try them in the half-pipe.
408
00:26:08,449 --> 00:26:10,950
And then he tried it
in the half-pipe...
409
00:26:10,985 --> 00:26:15,005
and, like, fell super hard
but went back up.
410
00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:17,573
That whole week was just
dedicated to learn new tricks.
411
00:26:17,609 --> 00:26:19,575
You know, the goal was
to learn some double corks.
412
00:26:19,611 --> 00:26:21,311
And, you know,
we got a couple down.
413
00:26:21,346 --> 00:26:23,858
And then, you know, this was one
of the last days that this happened.
414
00:26:23,882 --> 00:26:27,217
As you can see here,
it was, uh...
415
00:26:27,252 --> 00:26:29,719
it was pretty bad,
but I was lucky.
416
00:26:37,529 --> 00:26:38,929
You all right?
417
00:26:38,964 --> 00:26:41,030
It ended up being
a pretty severe break.
418
00:26:41,066 --> 00:26:44,033
You know, I had all these plans
trying to get ready for the Olympics,
419
00:26:44,068 --> 00:26:46,736
and it's kind of slowed it down,
but we still got some time,
420
00:26:46,772 --> 00:26:49,606
so it shouldn't be a problem
moving forward.
421
00:26:51,376 --> 00:26:54,795
So then, from that summer, you know,
that was just all, like, recovery for Kev.
422
00:26:54,830 --> 00:26:56,830
So Kev was, like,
biking a bunch.
423
00:26:56,865 --> 00:27:00,049
He was down to, like...
like three percent body fat.
424
00:27:02,354 --> 00:27:03,670
Ah, it's not gonna happen.
425
00:27:03,705 --> 00:27:05,471
Like, he looked, like,
a crackhead, you know.
426
00:27:05,507 --> 00:27:07,941
He was just, like... Ahh...
Just, like, so strong.
427
00:27:10,011 --> 00:27:13,679
The whole pressure of the Olympics
and the hype that was on Kevin, like,
428
00:27:13,715 --> 00:27:17,984
as the top pick for the Olympic
team, was just getting to Kevin's head.
429
00:27:18,020 --> 00:27:21,521
So Kevin, instead of getting a
snowboard coach, he got a mental coach,
430
00:27:21,556 --> 00:27:26,609
because he figured he knew snowboarding
more than any other snowboard coach did.
431
00:27:26,644 --> 00:27:29,930
So he'd be fine on his own
without one.
432
00:27:29,965 --> 00:27:31,876
His mental coach would
get into his head...
433
00:27:31,900 --> 00:27:36,453
and just make Kevin feel like he
is Hercules and can do anything.
434
00:27:37,889 --> 00:27:40,607
We all wanted to do well,
but not like Kev did.
435
00:27:40,642 --> 00:27:44,427
Like, he really wanted it, and
he really was working for it,
436
00:27:44,463 --> 00:27:46,929
with everything he ate,
he was just, like...
437
00:27:46,965 --> 00:27:50,433
I would eat a pint of ice cream at
the end of the night or something.
438
00:27:50,468 --> 00:27:52,986
- Kev might look at me, like...
- nope.
439
00:27:55,157 --> 00:27:58,191
You fucker...
440
00:27:58,226 --> 00:28:01,494
I'm really packing it on.
Oh, look at the fat kid.
441
00:28:01,529 --> 00:28:05,548
I'm all stressed out. I-I eat
when I'm stressed out, okay?
442
00:28:07,619 --> 00:28:09,064
How do you deal with pressure?
443
00:28:09,088 --> 00:28:11,938
I guess I try to block it
out as much as I can and...
444
00:28:13,675 --> 00:28:17,077
focus on the things
that matter...
445
00:28:17,112 --> 00:28:20,013
and...
446
00:28:20,048 --> 00:28:23,449
try and not focus on...
447
00:28:23,485 --> 00:28:27,487
worrying to much about
beating everyone else or...
448
00:28:30,058 --> 00:28:31,624
falling.
449
00:28:31,660 --> 00:28:33,760
Don't like to
think about falling.
450
00:28:37,782 --> 00:28:40,016
I think Aspen's going to be
a huge opportunity for us...
451
00:28:40,051 --> 00:28:43,703
if we can make that pipe happen
and just have our crew riding there.
452
00:28:43,738 --> 00:28:45,488
I've been trying
those double corks.
453
00:28:45,524 --> 00:28:47,490
They've just been giving me
the hardest time.
454
00:28:47,525 --> 00:28:51,177
I don't feel that confident yet, so,
uh, that's kind of been a battle for me.
455
00:28:51,213 --> 00:28:54,047
There's a curb
in the bottom here.
456
00:28:54,082 --> 00:28:55,599
We're going to Park City.
457
00:28:55,634 --> 00:28:59,669
From Colorado, we ended up
driving to Park City.
458
00:29:02,907 --> 00:29:05,175
It was perfect.
The pipe was great.
459
00:29:05,210 --> 00:29:09,879
The weather was great. It was my brother's
birthday. Everyone was feeling great.
460
00:29:27,265 --> 00:29:29,749
Ohh!
461
00:29:30,735 --> 00:29:33,570
Jack's not going to want this.
462
00:29:37,476 --> 00:29:38,875
So it's New Year's Eve.
463
00:29:38,910 --> 00:29:40,743
It's a sunny day.
Everything's perfect.
464
00:29:40,778 --> 00:29:43,779
Did our stretching.
Kev rode his bike.
465
00:29:43,815 --> 00:29:47,717
I'm on the bike. And, uh,
it feels good, you know?
466
00:29:47,753 --> 00:29:51,388
Everyone woke up a little
hungover, except me. I was training.
467
00:29:51,423 --> 00:29:53,823
And, uh, yeah,
the pipe was good.
468
00:29:53,858 --> 00:29:57,260
Way better than Aspen. Sorry,
Aspen. But it sucked over there.
469
00:29:57,296 --> 00:30:00,830
And, uh, the day's only
gonna continue to get better.
470
00:30:02,300 --> 00:30:05,201
I was sitting at the top
of the half-pipe with Kevin.
471
00:30:05,236 --> 00:30:08,654
It was the first doubles that
we were gonna try in a long time.
472
00:30:08,689 --> 00:30:11,357
I remember both of us
being super nervous.
473
00:30:11,393 --> 00:30:14,527
And, uh, we were just nervous.
474
00:30:14,562 --> 00:30:17,264
You know, it's always scary to
do the first double cork, you know.
475
00:30:17,299 --> 00:30:21,367
So me and Kevin do, like, a
little rock, paper, scissor, shoot.
476
00:30:22,336 --> 00:30:25,572
And Kevin lost,
so he dropped in.
477
00:30:26,508 --> 00:30:29,842
Kevin tried the trick.
478
00:30:29,878 --> 00:30:32,345
Came very close.
479
00:30:32,381 --> 00:30:38,652
We look up and I see Kevin
do his cab double cork...
480
00:30:38,687 --> 00:30:42,622
and just not catch anything
but his face.
481
00:30:45,294 --> 00:30:47,093
And I happened to look up,
482
00:30:47,128 --> 00:30:48,295
and I'm just like,
483
00:30:48,330 --> 00:30:49,979
"Oh, my God. That was so bad."
484
00:30:52,083 --> 00:30:56,252
It was a perfect storm of a fall. It's,
like, it couldn't have been any worse.
485
00:30:56,287 --> 00:30:58,154
I started hollering
for a ski patrol.
486
00:30:58,189 --> 00:31:00,756
I said, "Hey, like, we're gonna
need a helicopter up here."
487
00:31:00,791 --> 00:31:03,393
I'm up there at the top
of the half-pipe,
488
00:31:03,428 --> 00:31:06,462
and I'm like,
"All right, Kevin, get up."
489
00:31:07,365 --> 00:31:09,098
He was just out.
490
00:31:09,134 --> 00:31:12,368
You know, he was...
Blood coming out of his mouth, his nose.
491
00:31:12,404 --> 00:31:15,671
Kevin is just like shaking, like
when you pull a fish out of water.
492
00:31:16,941 --> 00:31:19,042
So we all just started
talking to him.
493
00:31:19,077 --> 00:31:22,111
"Stay with us, Kevin. We're here.
We're here. It's gonna be all right."
494
00:31:23,881 --> 00:31:26,060
We had to, like, put a tube down
his throat so he could breathe...
495
00:31:26,084 --> 00:31:29,002
'cause he wasn't breathing
on his own.
496
00:31:42,767 --> 00:31:44,144
Do you know...
What are they saying?
497
00:31:44,168 --> 00:31:48,104
Well, we went up there.
His eye was totally swollen.
498
00:31:48,139 --> 00:31:50,740
Uh, they said they blew...
he blew his pupil out,
499
00:31:50,775 --> 00:31:53,776
which is the sign of
a massive head trauma.
500
00:31:53,812 --> 00:31:55,812
Um...
501
00:31:55,847 --> 00:31:58,047
it's... it's just
not looking good, man.
502
00:31:58,083 --> 00:32:01,617
He's... He's been out for
30 minutes, knocked out.
503
00:32:03,221 --> 00:32:05,989
I was in our house in Vermont,
and the phone rang.
504
00:32:06,024 --> 00:32:09,325
And it was my friend Ty. And
he was at the pipe, and he said,
505
00:32:09,360 --> 00:32:10,994
"Kev had a bad fall."
506
00:32:11,029 --> 00:32:13,162
And he was like,
"You need to be here."
507
00:32:17,868 --> 00:32:21,904
The worst was the doctor called
while I was still in Norwich and said,
508
00:32:21,939 --> 00:32:25,708
"We need to put an extraventricular
drain in your son's head,
509
00:32:25,743 --> 00:32:27,943
and we need your permission
to do that."
510
00:32:27,979 --> 00:32:30,696
And I had no idea
what he was talking about.
511
00:32:35,019 --> 00:32:37,086
Okay. All right.
512
00:32:37,122 --> 00:32:40,756
Okay. Thank you so much. Bye.
513
00:32:42,260 --> 00:32:47,796
So they say that he...
514
00:32:47,832 --> 00:32:49,865
They're gonna do the hole,
and then they put, like,
515
00:32:49,900 --> 00:32:53,169
a thing that, like, sucks out all
the blood and the fluids or whatever.
516
00:32:53,204 --> 00:32:54,437
Yeah.
517
00:32:54,472 --> 00:32:56,105
And then they're gonna
take him out of...
518
00:32:56,141 --> 00:32:59,408
They're gonna...
The sedation will be off,
519
00:32:59,444 --> 00:33:01,110
and they're gonna
try to wake him up.
520
00:33:01,146 --> 00:33:04,447
They don't know if he will
wake up or if he won't wake up.
521
00:33:04,482 --> 00:33:08,618
And then they won't really know how
much damage is done to the brain...
522
00:33:08,653 --> 00:33:10,186
for another three to five days.
523
00:33:10,222 --> 00:33:14,557
So we won't be able to see him
till his family gets there.
524
00:33:14,592 --> 00:33:17,126
We flew through the night.
We got into Salt Lake...
525
00:33:17,161 --> 00:33:21,263
I remember driving through the street to
the hospital, and it was New Year's Eve.
526
00:33:21,299 --> 00:33:23,666
Walking into his room...
527
00:33:29,808 --> 00:33:34,276
you could just tell from... I mean, he didn't
look like... he didn't look like Kevin.
528
00:33:34,312 --> 00:33:38,381
He had 30 tubes in him,
and he looked like he was dead.
529
00:33:41,953 --> 00:33:45,288
Just seeing him there
lying there was...
530
00:33:45,323 --> 00:33:49,025
was by far the worst thing that's ever
happened... that I've ever seen or...
531
00:33:49,061 --> 00:33:51,127
It was just...
532
00:33:51,163 --> 00:33:55,465
There was no... It was
just numbing. It was just...
533
00:33:56,834 --> 00:33:59,685
That... You know, that boy
who could do anything.
534
00:34:01,323 --> 00:34:03,873
And the nurse said, "It's
really okay to touch him."
535
00:34:03,908 --> 00:34:06,142
And it was really lucky
that she said that...
536
00:34:06,177 --> 00:34:09,645
'cause I wouldn't have known if
that was okay or not to touch him.
537
00:34:13,084 --> 00:34:15,951
I remember the doctor saying, "Do
you want to come see the scans?"
538
00:34:15,987 --> 00:34:19,489
So we sat down in the middle of the
night looking at these computer images...
539
00:34:19,524 --> 00:34:21,791
that really
didn't mean anything.
540
00:34:21,826 --> 00:34:24,227
We had no idea
what was gonna happen.
541
00:34:24,262 --> 00:34:29,432
Whether he was gonna live or die. Or if
he did live, what his life would be like.
542
00:34:29,467 --> 00:34:34,069
I would constantly watch the drip
which monitored the pressure in his brain.
543
00:34:36,140 --> 00:34:41,110
And, you know, the doctors had
said if the fluid is clearer it's better.
544
00:34:41,145 --> 00:34:44,981
And I would just for weeks
just watch that fluid.
545
00:34:47,752 --> 00:34:51,354
I think it was an e-mail
from somebody saying,
546
00:34:51,389 --> 00:34:54,123
"You need to be prepared...
547
00:34:54,158 --> 00:34:57,961
for the Kevin who comes back
not to be the same Kevin."
548
00:35:05,536 --> 00:35:09,672
Get well, Kevin. Snowboard as
soon as you can. You're great.
549
00:35:09,707 --> 00:35:11,574
And I'm a good fan of you.
A big fan.
550
00:35:11,609 --> 00:35:13,770
We're holding your sign during
this competition. Let's go.
551
00:35:13,794 --> 00:35:15,027
Holding it proud.
552
00:35:15,062 --> 00:35:17,430
This is Shaun, Kevin.
We miss you here, man.
553
00:35:17,465 --> 00:35:18,947
We're all pulling for you.
554
00:35:18,983 --> 00:35:20,628
Hard to ride the pipe
without you.
555
00:35:20,652 --> 00:35:22,380
Just want to tell you
I love you, buddy.
556
00:35:22,404 --> 00:35:24,248
- This one's for Kev.
- Miss you out here.
557
00:35:24,272 --> 00:35:26,350
- We love you, Kev.
- - Kevin, stay strong.
558
00:35:26,374 --> 00:35:28,141
So I hope you get well soon.
559
00:35:28,176 --> 00:35:30,204
We know you can pull through.
We're rooting for you.
560
00:35:30,228 --> 00:35:32,708
- We love you tons.
- - I love you, buddy.
561
00:35:47,011 --> 00:35:48,545
After how many days?
562
00:35:57,822 --> 00:36:00,556
Making moves.
Making progress.
563
00:36:01,559 --> 00:36:04,360
As he started to
make any recovery...
564
00:36:04,395 --> 00:36:09,565
I mean, I'll never forget when I was sitting
with him and I was holding his hand...
565
00:36:09,601 --> 00:36:12,735
and he moved his finger
in the palm of my hand.
566
00:36:12,770 --> 00:36:16,572
And we were like, "Yes!" Like,
"He just... He moved his hand."
567
00:36:16,608 --> 00:36:18,474
You know, and then
he'd open his eyes.
568
00:36:18,510 --> 00:36:20,342
But you could tell,
like, he wasn't...
569
00:36:20,378 --> 00:36:23,713
He'd open his eyes, but it was
as if he wasn't even looking at you.
570
00:36:26,250 --> 00:36:28,351
How you doing?
571
00:36:31,288 --> 00:36:34,974
You know, and then he would pinch with his
right hand, but his left hand wouldn't work.
572
00:36:35,010 --> 00:36:37,709
So then we were, like,
you know, is he paralyzed?
573
00:36:37,745 --> 00:36:39,946
And then he'd get
a blood clot in his arm.
574
00:36:39,981 --> 00:36:43,715
You know? So it was just
constantly new hurdles to get over.
575
00:36:46,520 --> 00:36:48,487
There was very little change.
576
00:36:48,522 --> 00:36:53,059
And then after that, it felt like there was,
like, this amazing ladder of progression.
577
00:36:55,196 --> 00:36:58,764
He still wasn't talking, but I would
play a few of his favorite playlists.
578
00:36:58,799 --> 00:37:01,733
And then I played
"The Believer" by Neil Young...
579
00:37:01,769 --> 00:37:05,054
and he started mouthing
the lyrics.
580
00:37:05,089 --> 00:37:07,823
We were like, "Yes!" Like he's
somewhat aware of what's happening.
581
00:37:07,859 --> 00:37:13,346
Like he's... he's able to sing this song
which we didn't even know he was listening to.
582
00:37:20,622 --> 00:37:22,533
Do you really take precautions?
583
00:37:22,557 --> 00:37:25,391
You learn how to crash. You
wear helmets. You wear padding.
584
00:37:25,426 --> 00:37:27,426
You wear... You know,
you do what you got to do,
585
00:37:27,461 --> 00:37:29,562
but you kind of learn along
the way how to handle it.
586
00:37:29,597 --> 00:37:31,592
Okay, but sometimes
accidents happen.
587
00:37:31,616 --> 00:37:33,761
Right. Absolutely. And we're
all thinking about Kevin Pearce.
588
00:37:33,785 --> 00:37:36,563
We actually heard that there was
a little bit of movement there.
589
00:37:36,587 --> 00:37:39,789
Uh, that he was able to do some
movement today. That was the latest word.
590
00:37:39,824 --> 00:37:44,460
Show that you can stand.
Push up. Extend, extend, extend.
591
00:37:45,496 --> 00:37:47,730
Good. Tighten up
the bum cheeks.
592
00:37:50,234 --> 00:37:51,634
Hold your head up.
593
00:37:51,669 --> 00:37:55,004
Chest up. Chest up.
This part, Kev. Up. Yep.
594
00:37:55,039 --> 00:37:56,405
Up. Look up.
595
00:37:56,440 --> 00:38:00,542
Now don't overextend. Just
stand up nice and tall, okay?
596
00:38:00,578 --> 00:38:03,579
We were there
at the hospital, and...
597
00:38:03,615 --> 00:38:08,784
another family, very like our family,
had a son who had a skiing accident.
598
00:38:08,820 --> 00:38:13,322
So they were constantly asking us
questions about where Kevin was...
599
00:38:13,357 --> 00:38:16,325
and what he was going through
and was he improving here and there?
600
00:38:16,360 --> 00:38:20,128
And we were fortunate to always say, "Yeah,
like, every day has been an improvement."
601
00:38:20,164 --> 00:38:24,500
Unfortunately, um, he didn't
make it. His name was Mark.
602
00:38:25,970 --> 00:38:28,537
It's... I... It's just a total
luck of the draw, I think.
603
00:38:28,573 --> 00:38:31,640
There's no reason. I mean, he was in
the same hospital with the same team...
604
00:38:31,676 --> 00:38:35,244
and had a wonderful family.
605
00:38:35,279 --> 00:38:37,630
He had all the same things
that Kevin had.
606
00:38:46,090 --> 00:38:50,593
Oh. You know, we were sharing
the same waiting room with them.
607
00:38:50,628 --> 00:38:54,480
We were sharing food with them,
you know. And then...
608
00:39:09,930 --> 00:39:12,064
Kev, another great day, huh?
609
00:39:14,168 --> 00:39:16,302
Did you have a great day today?
610
00:39:16,337 --> 00:39:17,903
A good day.
611
00:39:17,938 --> 00:39:19,972
A good day. Yeah.
612
00:39:23,077 --> 00:39:24,710
It's been a great day.
613
00:39:24,745 --> 00:39:26,545
A great day.
614
00:39:32,853 --> 00:39:34,487
Kevin Pearce is a miracle man.
615
00:39:34,522 --> 00:39:37,156
Look at this, Kev.
"Pearce be with you."
616
00:39:37,191 --> 00:39:39,258
Pearce be with you.
617
00:39:39,294 --> 00:39:42,428
You got some fans, don't you?
618
00:39:42,463 --> 00:39:43,862
These boys.
619
00:39:43,898 --> 00:39:46,299
These boys?
These boys.
620
00:39:46,334 --> 00:39:47,899
You got some fans.
621
00:39:49,437 --> 00:39:51,470
Do you have a nickname?
622
00:39:51,506 --> 00:39:53,339
Do you know your nickname, Kev?
623
00:39:53,374 --> 00:39:55,307
I don't.
624
00:39:55,343 --> 00:39:56,609
You don't?
625
00:39:56,644 --> 00:39:58,844
K.P.
K.P.
626
00:40:00,731 --> 00:40:02,865
Yeah, I would be
completely lying...
627
00:40:02,900 --> 00:40:04,833
to say that Kevin's injury
hasn't affected me.
628
00:40:04,869 --> 00:40:06,902
I mean, I think about it
quite a bit.
629
00:40:06,938 --> 00:40:09,783
I mean, I was standing there before
the Olympics trying to learn these tricks,
630
00:40:09,807 --> 00:40:11,540
and Kevin's in the back
of my mind.
631
00:40:11,576 --> 00:40:13,676
I couldn't...
I couldn't shake it.
632
00:40:13,711 --> 00:40:17,123
And everywhere you would look there was these
stickers, like, you know, "I ride for Kevin."
633
00:40:17,147 --> 00:40:19,848
You know, I just...
634
00:40:19,884 --> 00:40:24,453
You know, I couldn't really
escape this... this feeling of, like,
635
00:40:24,488 --> 00:40:28,523
you know, "Well, what if?"
636
00:40:28,559 --> 00:40:31,927
What if I'm gonna crash
on this next hit?
637
00:40:31,963 --> 00:40:34,063
Last night, there was
a heart-stopping moment...
638
00:40:34,098 --> 00:40:38,701
when America's snowboarding superstar
Shaun White endured a scary crash.
639
00:40:40,604 --> 00:40:45,107
Snowboarding superstar Shaun White,
on a practice run at the Winter X Games,
640
00:40:45,143 --> 00:40:49,695
launching a double McTwist 1260
and coming up frighteningly short.
641
00:40:49,731 --> 00:40:51,664
It's been a wild night for me.
642
00:40:51,699 --> 00:40:56,419
I mean, hitting my head didn't help
anything. And I've been seeing stars.
643
00:40:59,824 --> 00:41:01,556
How are you feeling?
644
00:41:03,628 --> 00:41:05,794
You want to cry?
How come?
645
00:41:08,332 --> 00:41:10,132
You do.
646
00:41:15,073 --> 00:41:16,572
How are you?
647
00:42:11,211 --> 00:42:12,978
After David was born,
648
00:42:13,013 --> 00:42:16,031
the midwife said, "We need to tell
you that your baby has Down syndrome."
649
00:42:17,735 --> 00:42:20,369
And I just didn't know
if I could do it.
650
00:42:20,405 --> 00:42:24,423
Say "Hi, Rosie.
This is David."
651
00:42:24,458 --> 00:42:26,308
I remember a doctor
coming in and said,
652
00:42:26,344 --> 00:42:30,279
"You know, kids with Down syndrome
do really well in the Special Olympics."
653
00:42:30,314 --> 00:42:32,748
And I remember thinking
that is so great.
654
00:42:32,783 --> 00:42:37,019
And that was, like, so important
to me to hear something positive.
655
00:42:37,055 --> 00:42:39,188
Good morning.
What morning is it?
656
00:42:40,691 --> 00:42:42,635
So David is going to be
competing in the...
657
00:42:42,659 --> 00:42:44,860
What events today
in the Special Olympics?
658
00:42:46,697 --> 00:42:48,731
Downhill... Downhill
on the chairlift. Yep.
659
00:42:48,766 --> 00:42:52,068
Whoa! This is Pia Pearce,
the mother of the Olympian.
660
00:42:52,103 --> 00:42:56,238
Good morning. It is my pleasure to
be with David Pearce this morning...
661
00:42:56,274 --> 00:43:00,909
as we prepare for the Special
Olympics of the year 2000.
662
00:43:00,945 --> 00:43:05,347
This is the great skier in the
history of the Quechee Club.
663
00:43:05,383 --> 00:43:09,151
My roly-poly... Poly.
664
00:43:14,158 --> 00:43:16,691
Very strenuous.
665
00:43:16,727 --> 00:43:18,427
Here we go.
666
00:43:18,462 --> 00:43:21,964
David's coming down. He's doing
great. Flying down the mountain.
667
00:43:21,999 --> 00:43:24,467
All right, Dave!
668
00:43:24,502 --> 00:43:27,403
That was a great run...
46 seconds, Dave.
669
00:43:28,272 --> 00:43:31,140
Yeah.
670
00:43:31,175 --> 00:43:33,708
Very fast.
671
00:43:33,744 --> 00:43:35,677
I'd say you have a medal.
672
00:43:35,712 --> 00:43:38,197
David Pearce...
a post-race special.
673
00:43:38,232 --> 00:43:40,665
From Upper Valley, David Pearce.
674
00:43:40,701 --> 00:43:43,118
All right, David!
675
00:43:43,154 --> 00:43:44,820
All right!
676
00:43:47,424 --> 00:43:48,969
The incredible thing
about David...
677
00:43:48,993 --> 00:43:51,693
is you have to put out
an enormous amount of energy.
678
00:43:51,728 --> 00:43:55,064
We always said it was like
he was equal to five children.
679
00:43:55,099 --> 00:43:59,218
But you always got back
exactly what you put out.
680
00:43:59,253 --> 00:44:01,920
I wouldn't have David any
other way than the way he is.
681
00:44:01,956 --> 00:44:05,423
I mean, I wouldn't swap him
for any child in the world.
682
00:44:05,459 --> 00:44:07,726
He is absolutely perfect.
683
00:44:07,762 --> 00:44:11,296
More medals! Yay!
684
00:44:11,331 --> 00:44:14,449
Having David has been
incredibly valuable and important.
685
00:44:15,786 --> 00:44:18,120
And the same thing
when Kevin was first hurt.
686
00:44:18,155 --> 00:44:22,191
It was really... I needed to hear all
the things that were gonna be good,
687
00:44:22,226 --> 00:44:24,459
not for people
to feel sorry for us.
688
00:44:51,139 --> 00:44:54,907
Hey, everyone. Thanks for all
your support. I'm feeling better.
689
00:44:54,942 --> 00:45:00,012
I'm walking around. Uh, I appreciate
everything that you guys have done.
690
00:45:00,047 --> 00:45:01,981
And, uh, keep it up.
691
00:45:03,700 --> 00:45:07,336
♪ Wise men say ♪
692
00:45:07,371 --> 00:45:10,990
♪ Only fools rush in ♪
693
00:45:11,025 --> 00:45:15,110
♪ Only fools rush in ♪
694
00:45:15,145 --> 00:45:18,147
♪ But I ♪
695
00:45:18,182 --> 00:45:21,266
♪ I can't help ♪
696
00:45:21,302 --> 00:45:25,220
♪ I can't help falling ♪
697
00:45:25,256 --> 00:45:26,705
And the square
and the "X."
698
00:45:26,740 --> 00:45:30,108
♪ Falling in love with you ♪
699
00:45:30,143 --> 00:45:31,287
♪
700
00:45:31,311 --> 00:45:32,511
Yeah!
701
00:45:32,546 --> 00:45:35,681
Yeah! You ain't got
nothing!
702
00:45:35,716 --> 00:45:38,717
I dropped everything
I was doing. I quit my job.
703
00:45:38,752 --> 00:45:40,619
And I was determined
to be by his side...
704
00:45:40,654 --> 00:45:43,922
for as long as it took
for him to get better.
705
00:45:43,958 --> 00:45:46,842
It felt really good, because a
lot of the times in the hospital...
706
00:45:46,877 --> 00:45:48,944
I'd see other patients
without that support.
707
00:45:50,881 --> 00:45:54,083
I knew what worked for him, and
not necessarily all the therapists did.
708
00:45:54,118 --> 00:45:58,253
So it was easy for me to say "Let's just
turn this, like, to a competitive game,
709
00:45:58,289 --> 00:46:00,655
and he'll want to do it."
710
00:46:00,691 --> 00:46:04,693
Is that the best fingering? I think
you go that way it's bigger, right?
711
00:46:07,231 --> 00:46:09,064
Oh, get in there.
712
00:46:14,572 --> 00:46:17,356
Okay, let's talk about
Shaun White and his tricks.
713
00:46:17,391 --> 00:46:20,108
We've all... We've seen the
back-to-back double corks so far.
714
00:46:20,143 --> 00:46:25,146
Representing the United States
of America, this is Shaun White!
715
00:46:25,182 --> 00:46:28,450
But the opener of his run, well,
that's not gonna be too shabby, either.
716
00:46:28,486 --> 00:46:31,487
- Oh!
- Huge straight air for Shaun.
717
00:46:31,522 --> 00:46:33,855
Setting the momentum
for the rest of his run.
718
00:46:33,891 --> 00:46:36,024
Massive double cork.
719
00:46:36,059 --> 00:46:40,396
Shaun's moves right now are so
much higher than the other riders.
720
00:46:40,431 --> 00:46:42,398
This is unbelievable.
721
00:46:48,639 --> 00:46:53,992
Shaun White just set a new bar
here in the half-pipe finals.
722
00:46:59,266 --> 00:47:00,933
What are we doing, love?
723
00:47:00,968 --> 00:47:02,867
We're watching
the Olympics, angel.
724
00:47:02,903 --> 00:47:04,586
What's Kevin doing?
725
00:47:04,621 --> 00:47:06,355
He's snoozing.
726
00:47:06,390 --> 00:47:08,190
It's very exciting.
727
00:47:08,225 --> 00:47:11,527
And Shaun White, of course,
back-to-back gold medalist.
728
00:47:11,562 --> 00:47:13,996
Repeating his feat from Torino.
729
00:47:14,965 --> 00:47:16,699
Reaching new heights
in his sport...
730
00:47:16,734 --> 00:47:19,935
and enjoying every minute
of the ride... Shaun White.
731
00:47:24,909 --> 00:47:27,076
Life in the hospital.
Kevin's really sick.
732
00:47:27,111 --> 00:47:29,144
He's having a really hard time.
733
00:47:29,180 --> 00:47:32,447
And Ellery's being
such a martyr helping him out.
734
00:47:32,483 --> 00:47:35,450
Let's get up.
I want you to get up.
735
00:47:35,486 --> 00:47:39,238
There was a skier... C.R.
Johnson... who'd contacted me.
736
00:47:39,273 --> 00:47:42,241
He had had a traumatic
brain injury.
737
00:47:42,276 --> 00:47:45,644
And all he wanted to do
was talk to Kevin.
738
00:47:45,679 --> 00:47:47,813
But Kevin was still in his coma.
739
00:47:47,865 --> 00:47:50,815
And so C.R. would just send
me, like, page-long e-mails,
740
00:47:50,851 --> 00:47:54,953
just repeating himself
and trying to be, like,
741
00:47:54,988 --> 00:47:59,374
"I want to talk to Kevin. Nobody
understands this unless you go through it."
742
00:47:59,409 --> 00:48:01,543
And then while Kevin
was still in the hospital,
743
00:48:01,579 --> 00:48:04,229
C.R. got another traumatic
brain injury and died.
744
00:48:04,265 --> 00:48:07,382
Professional freeskier C.R.
Johnson was killed yesterday...
745
00:48:07,417 --> 00:48:09,818
in a horrific fall
in California.
746
00:48:09,853 --> 00:48:13,338
He was 26. Johnson had
competed in the Winter X Games.
747
00:48:13,373 --> 00:48:17,309
He had a remarkable return to
skiing after suffering a brain injury...
748
00:48:17,344 --> 00:48:20,812
in another skiing mishap five
years ago that left him in a coma.
749
00:48:23,567 --> 00:48:25,467
I couldn't believe it.
750
00:48:28,239 --> 00:48:29,954
This is real.
It's real again.
751
00:48:32,993 --> 00:48:35,894
But that could happen
to Kevin in an instant.
752
00:48:41,051 --> 00:48:44,018
Right after the accident,
all Kevin would talk about was,
753
00:48:44,054 --> 00:48:47,555
"I want to be a pro snowboarder. I
want to go do a cab double cork."
754
00:48:47,591 --> 00:48:52,077
The trick he fell on. And that really
bummed me out, because I was, like,
755
00:48:52,112 --> 00:48:54,979
you don't know
what you've put us through.
756
00:48:56,717 --> 00:48:59,634
♪ I see problems
down the line ♪
757
00:48:59,670 --> 00:49:01,837
I mean, I'm a professional
snowboarder,
758
00:49:01,872 --> 00:49:05,006
and I didn't want
Kevin to snowboard again.
759
00:49:05,041 --> 00:49:08,644
It would just make me cry, because I
was like, "I don't want you to do this."
760
00:49:11,481 --> 00:49:13,548
♪ Was a dirt
upon your hands ♪
761
00:49:13,584 --> 00:49:17,218
On February 22, I asked
Kevin to draw a person...
762
00:49:17,254 --> 00:49:19,020
with all the parts
doing anything.
763
00:49:19,055 --> 00:49:21,556
I don't know if you can
see this person down there.
764
00:49:21,591 --> 00:49:24,459
It's not his best artwork
piece let's just say.
765
00:49:24,494 --> 00:49:27,179
On the 13th of April,
draw a person,
766
00:49:27,214 --> 00:49:28,680
and this guy's got a body now.
767
00:49:28,715 --> 00:49:31,950
Hands that go where hands go,
legs that go where legs go.
768
00:49:31,986 --> 00:49:33,885
There's still some things
we're working on.
769
00:49:33,920 --> 00:49:36,020
Definitely not more aware
of your left side.
770
00:49:36,056 --> 00:49:39,625
Your drew the right side of this guy's
face, and some things are a little off.
771
00:49:39,660 --> 00:49:42,026
But he's getting better.
He's getting there.
772
00:49:49,052 --> 00:49:50,886
Kevin, that was excellent.
773
00:49:50,921 --> 00:49:54,739
I think pretty much just your toast
just shows the progress you've made.
774
00:50:09,623 --> 00:50:11,490
♪ Don't let the darkness
eat you up ♪
775
00:50:11,525 --> 00:50:16,378
All right. That's it, baby. Three
months in Craig and I'm out. Later.
776
00:50:16,413 --> 00:50:19,514
♪ Don't let the darkness
eat you up ♪
777
00:50:22,386 --> 00:50:24,636
We're here.
778
00:50:26,006 --> 00:50:28,907
We made it. Yeeeeh!
779
00:50:28,942 --> 00:50:31,777
Kevin went back
to live in Vermont.
780
00:50:31,812 --> 00:50:36,081
At 18, it was a lot for me.
So we broke up.
781
00:50:36,116 --> 00:50:38,933
He was so good about it.
He fully understood.
782
00:50:38,968 --> 00:50:41,503
He's one of the greatest
guys I know.
783
00:50:41,538 --> 00:50:45,707
He's inspirational, hard worker.
784
00:50:45,742 --> 00:50:48,142
There's nothing bad
to say about him.
785
00:50:48,178 --> 00:50:51,696
♪ Don't let the darkness
eat you up ♪
786
00:50:51,731 --> 00:50:54,883
I wouldn't change
what went on between us.
787
00:50:54,918 --> 00:50:57,068
I wouldn't really wish it
upon anyone.
788
00:51:06,180 --> 00:51:08,363
- Hey, guys.
- Hi.
789
00:51:08,398 --> 00:51:11,849
And I'm here to talk to you guys about
the importance of wearing helmets.
790
00:51:11,885 --> 00:51:15,504
I was training for the Olympics
and hit my head really hard.
791
00:51:15,539 --> 00:51:18,384
I'm very thankful that I was wearing
one of those, and that saved my life.
792
00:51:18,408 --> 00:51:21,576
And after it first happened, I really
couldn't see anything out of this eye.
793
00:51:21,612 --> 00:51:25,114
So it was kind of scary. I thought I might
be blind out of that eye for a little bit,
794
00:51:25,149 --> 00:51:27,099
but now it's been coming back.
795
00:51:27,134 --> 00:51:29,801
I still have to wear glasses
that are kind of funny looking.
796
00:51:34,775 --> 00:51:36,557
I think that
is a great question.
797
00:51:46,904 --> 00:51:49,370
I think that in a stage
where you're recovering...
798
00:51:49,406 --> 00:51:54,643
your brain isn't at a place where it
can tell you what the right decision is,
799
00:51:54,678 --> 00:51:56,678
it's good to take
advice from family.
800
00:51:56,713 --> 00:51:59,314
How long am I gonna take
this advice for?
801
00:51:59,349 --> 00:52:00,516
Um...
802
00:52:00,551 --> 00:52:02,083
I don't know.
803
00:52:02,119 --> 00:52:04,419
How much am I gonna have to
take this advice...
804
00:52:04,455 --> 00:52:08,823
or until you guys will just let
me do my thing and trust me?
805
00:52:08,859 --> 00:52:12,361
I feel like there's no trust in
this family of what you guys...
806
00:52:12,396 --> 00:52:14,562
Whoa. of what you
guys think I can do.
807
00:52:14,598 --> 00:52:17,632
And you look at it as trust,
808
00:52:17,668 --> 00:52:19,501
and we look at it as risk.
809
00:52:19,536 --> 00:52:21,636
And they're very,
very different, Kevin.
810
00:52:22,940 --> 00:52:27,041
If you do injure yourself,
is it fair on your mother...
811
00:52:27,077 --> 00:52:28,844
and the family...
812
00:52:28,879 --> 00:52:32,714
to be put in a position of taking
care of you for the rest of your life?
813
00:52:39,656 --> 00:52:41,289
Concentrate.
814
00:52:41,325 --> 00:52:43,558
♪
815
00:52:45,795 --> 00:52:47,512
Easy squeasy.
816
00:52:50,884 --> 00:52:52,751
Yee-hoo-hoo!
817
00:52:54,154 --> 00:52:55,654
I was so scared.
818
00:52:55,689 --> 00:52:57,522
I was so scared.
819
00:52:57,557 --> 00:52:59,875
♪ Come on, come on ♪
820
00:52:59,910 --> 00:53:02,110
♪ Come on, come on ♪
♪ Come on ♪
821
00:53:02,145 --> 00:53:03,612
♪ Come on ♪
♪ Come on ♪
822
00:53:03,647 --> 00:53:05,581
♪ Come on get out ♪
823
00:53:05,616 --> 00:53:06,815
- ♪ Come on ♪
- ♪ Come on ♪
824
00:53:06,850 --> 00:53:08,217
♪ Come on ♪
♪ Come on ♪
825
00:53:08,252 --> 00:53:09,267
Ohh!
826
00:53:09,303 --> 00:53:10,835
♪
827
00:53:10,870 --> 00:53:13,571
Yo, check me out. I'm seven
months out of my injury...
828
00:53:13,606 --> 00:53:15,873
and I'm ripping around
on this Segway,
829
00:53:15,909 --> 00:53:17,742
and it is mad fun.
830
00:53:18,711 --> 00:53:21,629
Slow down, dude.
831
00:53:21,665 --> 00:53:22,997
♪ Come on ♪
Whoo!
832
00:53:23,032 --> 00:53:24,198
♪ Come on ♪
833
00:53:24,234 --> 00:53:25,600
This is the wake surfing.
834
00:53:25,635 --> 00:53:28,603
So this was my first time
ever doing it, and...
835
00:53:28,639 --> 00:53:33,808
Boom! I can't let you do that.
I will not let you do that.
836
00:53:33,843 --> 00:53:36,895
I mean, I can't advise you to
do that. You can't take the risk.
837
00:53:36,930 --> 00:53:39,431
So you've been hurt
for one year.
838
00:53:39,466 --> 00:53:45,704
Your brain is healing, but your
brain can't get injured again.
839
00:53:45,739 --> 00:53:49,240
And the major inefficiencies
from your injury...
840
00:53:49,275 --> 00:53:50,976
come from this white matter.
841
00:53:51,011 --> 00:53:54,512
These wires
can only handle so much force.
842
00:53:54,548 --> 00:53:57,515
The harder you whip your head
into the water,
843
00:53:57,551 --> 00:53:59,401
that's a concussion.
844
00:53:59,436 --> 00:54:01,186
You actually could die.
845
00:54:01,221 --> 00:54:04,873
You could have brain bleeding
that's fatal for you.
846
00:54:04,908 --> 00:54:08,109
But I kind of don't understand what
you're saying because I felt totally fine.
847
00:54:08,144 --> 00:54:11,947
And a lot of things that I'm gonna continue
to do with my life are gonna be risky.
848
00:54:11,982 --> 00:54:17,919
I understand that part of this
reevaluation may be disappointing.
849
00:54:17,955 --> 00:54:24,226
You came here because you wanted
to get permission to get your life back.
850
00:54:24,261 --> 00:54:26,794
And, you know,
we're not there yet.
851
00:54:28,365 --> 00:54:31,316
Your primary concern
was your memory.
852
00:54:31,351 --> 00:54:34,886
And what I saw
in our appointments...
853
00:54:34,938 --> 00:54:38,039
was that even during
those hour times...
854
00:54:38,074 --> 00:54:40,058
you forgot what you said.
855
00:54:41,761 --> 00:54:44,629
So, one of the approaches,
as a trial, is gonna be...
856
00:54:44,665 --> 00:54:46,948
putting you on
a memory-enhancing medicine.
857
00:54:46,983 --> 00:54:48,917
My memory obviously
doesn't suck...
858
00:54:48,952 --> 00:54:51,280
It could be your memory pill. It
obviously doesn't suck that bad.
859
00:54:51,304 --> 00:54:53,316
If I want to remember it,
I'll remember it. That's true.
860
00:54:53,340 --> 00:54:55,423
If I don't give a shit about
it, I won't remember it.
861
00:54:55,459 --> 00:54:59,160
That's exactly right. So I would say
the other thing about this medicine...
862
00:54:59,196 --> 00:55:01,562
is it makes you give a shit.
863
00:55:01,598 --> 00:55:04,148
Last time we were together
you were like, "Yeah,
864
00:55:04,184 --> 00:55:08,252
at the one year mark it's gonna be
fine for you to have a beer and whatever.
865
00:55:08,288 --> 00:55:10,221
Just obviously
don't get drunk."
866
00:55:10,256 --> 00:55:12,356
Then I kind of also felt like...
867
00:55:12,392 --> 00:55:15,309
Well, I obviously don't remember
correctly from what you guys are saying.
868
00:55:15,345 --> 00:55:19,881
It was a total one-year rehab,
869
00:55:19,916 --> 00:55:23,402
and now it's clearly
a two-year rehabilitation.
870
00:55:23,437 --> 00:55:28,089
Is that my brain not working... You guys telling
me that it was a one-year deal to have a beer?
871
00:55:30,043 --> 00:55:33,478
Or is that... Is that something I
thought, or is that something you told me?
872
00:55:33,513 --> 00:55:35,647
I think it was something
you thought.
873
00:55:37,801 --> 00:55:44,155
Ladies and gentlemen, make some
noise for our brother, Mr. Kevin Pearce.
874
00:55:46,243 --> 00:55:49,310
Because of all you,
because of all what you've done,
875
00:55:49,346 --> 00:55:53,081
so you should be very proud of yourself,
and thank you for all the love and support.
876
00:55:55,068 --> 00:55:57,785
♪
877
00:55:57,821 --> 00:56:01,056
I'm Jamie Little, joined now
by the man, Kevin Pearce.
878
00:56:01,091 --> 00:56:03,391
Hey, you're becoming
like a veteran announcer now.
879
00:56:03,427 --> 00:56:06,160
Thanks for having me. Yeah.
It's been awesome, you know.
880
00:56:06,196 --> 00:56:08,646
I can't snowboard, so I need
to stay occupied in some way.
881
00:56:08,681 --> 00:56:14,035
Well, we've watched Shaun White grow up
before our very eyes here at Winter X Games.
882
00:56:14,071 --> 00:56:17,788
Shaun White is to snowboarding
what Tiger Woods is to golf.
883
00:56:18,891 --> 00:56:20,875
Oh! Right there,
it's a Double Mickey!
884
00:56:20,911 --> 00:56:23,078
Putting it down
into the backside.
885
00:56:23,113 --> 00:56:27,966
Oh, my goodness gracious.
What about that run?
886
00:56:28,001 --> 00:56:31,786
Every single trick is a double
cork or a 1080 or a 1260...
887
00:56:31,821 --> 00:56:34,222
or just something beyond belief.
888
00:56:34,257 --> 00:56:36,491
I mean, I was
down and out for a year,
889
00:56:36,526 --> 00:56:39,026
and none of that stuff was
happening two years ago.
890
00:56:39,062 --> 00:56:42,897
And to come back and see how
far the sport has been progressed...
891
00:56:42,932 --> 00:56:45,182
in one year
is just unbelievable.
892
00:56:45,218 --> 00:56:48,553
Snowboarding is my true love.
And it's really hard to understand...
893
00:56:48,589 --> 00:56:51,468
why I would ever want to get back on
a board after what I've been through...
894
00:56:51,492 --> 00:56:54,893
unless if you really understood
the feeling I had for snowboarding.
895
00:56:54,928 --> 00:56:58,179
It's just so exciting
that I'm gonna get back to it.
896
00:56:58,214 --> 00:57:00,414
It was a couple years ago
that you got a silver medal.
897
00:57:00,450 --> 00:57:04,752
I cannot wait to see you back at it
again. I can't wait. Don't tempt me.
898
00:57:08,591 --> 00:57:10,524
I'll get back at it,
take him down.
899
00:57:10,560 --> 00:57:14,095
Tired of this shit yet?
Oh, I'm so tired of this shit.
900
00:57:14,131 --> 00:57:17,765
Let me go party. I haven't gotten
to do any fun shit this weekend.
901
00:57:17,801 --> 00:57:21,886
All I've had to do is... interviews
the whole goddamn weekend.
902
00:57:21,921 --> 00:57:24,789
Welcome back to ESPN 3D.
I'm Jamie Little.
903
00:57:24,824 --> 00:57:27,809
Sarah Burke... She's gonna
come back for the big air final.
904
00:57:27,844 --> 00:57:32,713
It's pretty cool how all these action
sports have progressed off each other.
905
00:57:32,749 --> 00:57:35,350
All the tricks came from
surfing and then skating.
906
00:57:35,385 --> 00:57:37,486
We've kind of all
inspired each other.
907
00:57:37,521 --> 00:57:41,222
Skiers now want to be doing what all the
snowboarders are doing in the half-pipe.
908
00:57:41,257 --> 00:57:46,410
And it's cool to see that after we've
followed in the skiers' footsteps for so long.
909
00:57:46,446 --> 00:57:49,281
Kevin Pearce, you've been
awesome. Congratulations, buddy.
910
00:57:49,316 --> 00:57:51,933
There we go. Another great
night. Thanks for your insight.
911
00:57:56,506 --> 00:57:58,706
Here we are.
We're at my new house...
912
00:57:58,741 --> 00:58:01,760
down here in Carlsbad,
California... Southern California.
913
00:58:01,795 --> 00:58:05,630
And I just got this house
right before my injury,
914
00:58:05,665 --> 00:58:10,268
and then I came back to life
and don't remember getting it,
915
00:58:10,303 --> 00:58:13,872
and so it was very exciting when
I came out here for the first time.
916
00:58:13,907 --> 00:58:16,307
And then I got
my roommate Haley,
917
00:58:16,342 --> 00:58:20,528
and she's really helping me out with
just everything... just my whole life.
918
00:58:20,563 --> 00:58:22,213
I'm not really...
It's hard to tell,
919
00:58:22,248 --> 00:58:25,750
but I'm not really ready or able
to live on my own yet.
920
00:58:31,608 --> 00:58:36,461
Shoot. My meds don't have
enough in 'em.
921
00:58:36,496 --> 00:58:38,429
Hey, Haley.
Yeah?
922
00:58:38,465 --> 00:58:40,648
Could you come in here
real quick?
923
00:58:41,784 --> 00:58:44,719
I need you to help me out.
I need more meds.
924
00:58:44,754 --> 00:58:46,020
Okay.
925
00:58:46,056 --> 00:58:48,156
CVS Pharmacy.
How can I help you?
926
00:58:48,191 --> 00:58:52,227
Hey, man. I was just calling to see if
my prescriptions were eligible for refill.
927
00:58:52,262 --> 00:58:53,928
Do you know what medication?
928
00:58:53,964 --> 00:58:57,849
Yeah, I got Vimpat,
Lexapro and Lamotrigine.
929
00:58:57,884 --> 00:59:00,719
Do you think you can go
pick 'em up? Yeah. Of course.
930
00:59:00,754 --> 00:59:03,971
The Lamotrigine is the main
seizure medication.
931
00:59:04,006 --> 00:59:06,941
I'm pretty sure the Lexapro
is an antidepressant.
932
00:59:11,814 --> 00:59:14,515
I'm kind of bummed that
I'm on the antidepressant...
933
00:59:14,551 --> 00:59:18,319
because I feel like
I'm not depressed, but...
934
00:59:18,355 --> 00:59:20,755
I'm not the doctor.
935
00:59:23,010 --> 00:59:26,528
The continued rehab, you know, a
bunch of deficits that I'm dealing with,
936
00:59:26,563 --> 00:59:32,667
whether it's my memory, my
attention, the confusion I have so often,
937
00:59:32,702 --> 00:59:35,503
the fatigue,
the naps I take every day,
938
00:59:35,539 --> 00:59:38,339
the "impulsitivity,"
939
00:59:38,375 --> 00:59:41,309
the organization,
the sensory overload...
940
00:59:41,344 --> 00:59:43,661
They're just kind of endless
stuff that I'm dealing with.
941
00:59:44,831 --> 00:59:48,066
We have something going on here.
942
00:59:48,101 --> 00:59:51,285
I have these full-on seizures
that are happening in my arm.
943
00:59:51,321 --> 00:59:55,590
The doctors have been very worried
about it turning into a grand mal seizure,
944
00:59:55,625 --> 00:59:59,594
because then the risk is
falling and hitting your head.
945
01:00:01,831 --> 01:00:06,600
Okay. After our visit, did you notice
anything else about your vision?
946
01:00:07,871 --> 01:00:09,336
Or not really?
947
01:00:09,372 --> 01:00:10,938
No, not really.
948
01:00:10,974 --> 01:00:13,274
To be completely honest
with you, I don't remember that.
949
01:00:13,309 --> 01:00:14,909
Oh, okay.
950
01:00:16,279 --> 01:00:19,147
And that's not good.
951
01:00:19,182 --> 01:00:20,631
What did you tell me?
952
01:00:20,666 --> 01:00:22,967
I want you to tell me
if the images...
953
01:00:23,003 --> 01:00:25,703
are getting farther apart
or closer together, okay?
954
01:00:25,738 --> 01:00:29,090
Look at the letter "D."
Do you see a single?
955
01:00:29,126 --> 01:00:30,674
No, it's two.
Two of it.
956
01:00:32,345 --> 01:00:35,463
So what we're gonna do
is surgery on both eyes.
957
01:00:35,498 --> 01:00:40,401
He has a lot of things going on. There's...
When he looks up, his eyes are shaking.
958
01:00:40,437 --> 01:00:42,603
When he looks down,
his eyes are shaking.
959
01:00:42,639 --> 01:00:46,741
That's called nystagmus, and
the surgery can't fix that problem.
960
01:00:46,776 --> 01:00:48,743
And because of the brain injury,
961
01:00:48,778 --> 01:00:52,814
his brain might have a little more trouble
adjusting to the new position of his eyes,
962
01:00:52,849 --> 01:00:56,284
and it might be more difficult for
his brain to fuse the two images.
963
01:00:56,319 --> 01:01:00,721
I think probably this is gonna
need to be more than one surgery.
964
01:01:00,757 --> 01:01:03,508
Um, because of the way
that the eye was injured,
965
01:01:03,543 --> 01:01:09,380
it's not realistic to expect single
vision in every direction of gaze.
966
01:01:13,102 --> 01:01:15,270
Hmm.
967
01:02:32,949 --> 01:02:35,984
It's all right.
You're in the recovery room.
968
01:02:36,019 --> 01:02:38,119
Relax. Kev. Kev.
969
01:02:38,154 --> 01:02:40,955
Kevin? Lay back, Kevin.
970
01:02:40,990 --> 01:02:43,575
Thank you.
Surgery's over. It's done.
971
01:03:06,899 --> 01:03:11,502
This young man was similar to
you. He's a Boulder college student.
972
01:03:11,538 --> 01:03:14,606
Hi, Grant.
This is Kevin Pearce.
973
01:03:15,709 --> 01:03:18,843
How you doing, dude?
You hanging in there?
974
01:03:20,313 --> 01:03:23,748
Grant's had an injury.
His family's very involved.
975
01:03:23,783 --> 01:03:26,083
He loves snowboarding.
Oh, yeah?
976
01:03:26,119 --> 01:03:28,620
He's a C.U. student, right?
977
01:03:28,655 --> 01:03:30,688
You used to snowboard?
978
01:03:30,724 --> 01:03:33,424
Yeah, brother.
Me too.
979
01:03:33,460 --> 01:03:35,226
Snowboarding's good stuff,
isn't it?
980
01:03:35,262 --> 01:03:36,910
Yeah.
Yeah.
981
01:03:36,946 --> 01:03:39,266
You're looking good. You got
a nice little bear there, dude.
982
01:03:40,316 --> 01:03:41,915
That's chill, huh?
983
01:03:41,951 --> 01:03:44,886
It's hard for him right now.
He's just had some surgery,
984
01:03:44,921 --> 01:03:46,454
but he's gonna get a lot better.
985
01:03:46,489 --> 01:03:48,522
Nice, man.
You come see him in a year.
986
01:03:48,558 --> 01:03:50,358
You stay positive, all right?
987
01:03:50,393 --> 01:03:52,826
Keep working hard,
and you'll get better.
988
01:03:55,264 --> 01:03:57,264
No.
989
01:03:57,300 --> 01:04:00,184
Right.
Wow.
990
01:04:00,219 --> 01:04:02,920
It's been two years.
So let's go over this.
991
01:04:02,956 --> 01:04:07,558
The M.R.I... Right here...
Do you see this black dot right here?
992
01:04:07,594 --> 01:04:10,395
Oh, yeah.
This is an area...
993
01:04:10,430 --> 01:04:14,231
that has left a scar
in that part of the brain.
994
01:04:14,267 --> 01:04:17,335
This affects your vision. It
affects the left side of your body...
995
01:04:17,370 --> 01:04:19,353
and your coordination
and your balance,
996
01:04:19,388 --> 01:04:22,373
but also that's why you feel
so forgetful.
997
01:04:22,408 --> 01:04:26,210
That's why you notice
your memory is impaired.
998
01:04:26,245 --> 01:04:28,980
How much will those go away?
999
01:04:29,015 --> 01:04:34,101
I don't believe the scars
are ever going to go away.
1000
01:04:36,105 --> 01:04:37,905
You still want to snowboard.
1001
01:04:37,940 --> 01:04:40,791
Yeah, I still want to snowboard.
I want that feeling back.
1002
01:04:40,827 --> 01:04:46,097
Medically and neurologically,
you cannot afford...
1003
01:04:46,132 --> 01:04:47,898
to hit your head.
1004
01:04:47,934 --> 01:04:51,602
It's interesting because
I feel like I know so well...
1005
01:04:51,638 --> 01:04:53,771
what I should be doing
and what I shouldn't be doing.
1006
01:04:53,806 --> 01:04:57,975
You do. And to know it
and think it is one thing.
1007
01:04:58,011 --> 01:05:02,647
To be in the moment and
disconnect thought and action...
1008
01:05:02,682 --> 01:05:05,816
that's a vulnerable area
for your type of brain injury.
1009
01:05:05,852 --> 01:05:09,737
And you take risks.
You live on the edge.
1010
01:05:09,773 --> 01:05:13,674
And that's where
the high risks come.
1011
01:05:13,709 --> 01:05:15,743
If somebody gets a concussion,
1012
01:05:15,778 --> 01:05:19,013
they're six times more likely
to get another concussion.
1013
01:05:19,049 --> 01:05:23,484
And the reason is just because a person
has some impairment in their abilities,
1014
01:05:23,519 --> 01:05:29,524
and their lifestyle's not made any
adjustments for that, and accidents happen.
1015
01:05:29,559 --> 01:05:33,327
Don't get me wrong. I really appreciate
everything that people do for me...
1016
01:05:33,362 --> 01:05:36,041
and all the support I have and all
the help I've gotten from doctors,
1017
01:05:36,065 --> 01:05:41,001
but it comes to the point where
I'm just ready to release from it all.
1018
01:05:41,037 --> 01:05:43,871
Just get me out of here.
Enough's enough.
1019
01:05:43,906 --> 01:05:46,540
And I feel like I'm coming
to that point. And I feel like...
1020
01:05:46,576 --> 01:05:49,343
I'm looking at you.
1021
01:05:49,379 --> 01:05:52,446
What your family's been through.
1022
01:05:52,482 --> 01:05:57,151
This is what you think about. You
use your intelligence and your love...
1023
01:05:57,186 --> 01:05:59,119
to make good decisions.
1024
01:06:08,397 --> 01:06:11,498
It doesn't come without injury.
1025
01:06:11,534 --> 01:06:14,518
I'm 24 years old right now, and
I've broken, you know, 23 bones.
1026
01:06:14,553 --> 01:06:19,022
♪ ♪ You've fallen once
You'll fall again ♪
1027
01:06:20,610 --> 01:06:24,879
A couple years ago I broke
my back and shattered my pelvis.
1028
01:06:24,914 --> 01:06:27,381
♪
1029
01:06:30,653 --> 01:06:34,421
And I fell from like 45 feet.
I completely blacked out halfway down.
1030
01:06:34,456 --> 01:06:39,626
I woke up in the ambulance, and they
were like, "Jason, can you hear me? Jason!"
1031
01:06:39,662 --> 01:06:41,929
And I was just like,
"My name's Mason!"
1032
01:06:43,199 --> 01:06:47,067
I fell 30 feet
into a sitting position.
1033
01:06:50,523 --> 01:06:52,490
And then my hips
kind of shifted like this.
1034
01:06:54,260 --> 01:06:57,978
The worst crash I've ever had would
probably be when I ruptured my spleen.
1035
01:06:58,013 --> 01:07:01,898
I fell off the rail and landed
pretty much directly on my chest.
1036
01:07:05,338 --> 01:07:08,639
Travis doesn't clear it.
Watch. Takes it to the gut,
1037
01:07:08,674 --> 01:07:12,593
but somehow drills his nose
in to slow him down.
1038
01:07:12,628 --> 01:07:15,613
I've hit my head plenty of
times, and it trips me out.
1039
01:07:15,648 --> 01:07:18,866
I mean, for me, I've had
maybe nine concussions.
1040
01:07:18,901 --> 01:07:22,152
I've had plenty of crashes
where I've cracked helmets open.
1041
01:07:22,188 --> 01:07:25,922
I would have been dead
if it wasn't for my helmet.
1042
01:07:48,498 --> 01:07:50,631
So there's a wire
inside my head,
1043
01:07:50,667 --> 01:07:52,666
'cause I'm on six head injuries.
1044
01:07:52,702 --> 01:07:57,655
Went from being normal... I
don't know... to really depressed,
1045
01:07:57,690 --> 01:08:02,226
severely anxious, bipolar and
alcoholism, chemical dependency.
1046
01:08:02,262 --> 01:08:06,430
My memory is really bad, and the
emotion regulation and judgment.
1047
01:08:09,585 --> 01:08:13,420
♪ Emptied out
of every thought ♪
1048
01:08:13,455 --> 01:08:17,492
So you see the guy fall, and he's laying
there in agonizing pain, and he wants help.
1049
01:08:17,527 --> 01:08:19,877
The contest coordinators...
they don't care.
1050
01:08:19,912 --> 01:08:22,029
We don't have any kind of
athlete insurance.
1051
01:08:22,064 --> 01:08:26,934
Pretty much every other sport besides
action sports get the treatment they need.
1052
01:08:26,970 --> 01:08:31,405
Say I would have, like,
crippled myself tomorrow skating.
1053
01:08:31,440 --> 01:08:33,307
I would be all out of my pocket.
1054
01:08:33,342 --> 01:08:35,926
That's what happened
to Stephen Murray.
1055
01:08:35,961 --> 01:08:40,881
I didn't even know what a
quadriplegic was until I became one.
1056
01:08:42,902 --> 01:08:47,371
They want to see people
go out there and crash...
1057
01:08:47,406 --> 01:08:51,576
because the crowds get excited
when people crash.
1058
01:08:51,611 --> 01:08:54,745
That's what the crowd loves.
1059
01:08:54,780 --> 01:08:57,881
Dirt biking... I look at 'em,
and I think, "That's crazy,"
1060
01:08:57,916 --> 01:09:00,534
but I'm sure they look at us
in the same way.
1061
01:09:02,538 --> 01:09:05,756
♪ The look on your face ♪
1062
01:09:05,791 --> 01:09:09,243
♪ The burden's on your back ♪
1063
01:09:09,278 --> 01:09:14,248
♪ The sun is in your eyes ♪
1064
01:09:14,283 --> 01:09:17,318
♪ Stretched out ♪
1065
01:09:17,353 --> 01:09:20,354
♪ Fallen wide ♪
1066
01:09:20,389 --> 01:09:24,725
♪ The light
has scorched the same ♪
1067
01:09:24,760 --> 01:09:27,495
There is gonna be times
when that...
1068
01:09:27,530 --> 01:09:29,963
one percent or that
five percent chance happens,
1069
01:09:29,998 --> 01:09:33,334
and you catch your edge
off the takeoff.
1070
01:09:33,369 --> 01:09:38,305
♪ I'm never coming back ♪
1071
01:09:41,344 --> 01:09:44,412
I mean, what I've been telling
myself ever since Kev got hurt...
1072
01:09:44,447 --> 01:09:46,947
was that shit happens.
1073
01:09:46,982 --> 01:09:50,784
There's just no apparent
reason sometimes for it.
1074
01:09:56,476 --> 01:10:01,195
Well, we're here because we really want
to talk seriously together as a family...
1075
01:10:01,230 --> 01:10:05,232
about the fact that Kevin feels like he's
really ready to start snowboarding again.
1076
01:10:05,268 --> 01:10:07,618
I'll never forget
when we got to the hospital.
1077
01:10:07,653 --> 01:10:10,171
It was the one time
I kind of broke down...
1078
01:10:10,206 --> 01:10:15,826
and felt sort of a deep sense of
responsibility for what had happened.
1079
01:10:15,862 --> 01:10:19,864
Because the pressure, once
you get into it at that level,
1080
01:10:19,899 --> 01:10:21,632
it's very hard to get out of it.
1081
01:10:21,668 --> 01:10:23,534
I mean, you get caught up in it.
1082
01:10:23,569 --> 01:10:27,104
And then there's the expectation,
and then there's all the sponsors.
1083
01:10:27,140 --> 01:10:32,076
And everybody's expecting and wanting you
to do better and better and more and more.
1084
01:10:33,445 --> 01:10:35,146
And so you push the limits,
1085
01:10:35,181 --> 01:10:39,400
and the only way to be successful
in that sport is to push the limit.
1086
01:10:39,435 --> 01:10:41,335
Everybody's having bad falls,
1087
01:10:41,371 --> 01:10:44,938
and it's just luck whether you have
what happened to Kevin or you don't.
1088
01:10:44,974 --> 01:10:49,326
So I think we should have a
conversation with Kevin here.
1089
01:10:49,362 --> 01:10:53,830
Yeah. I think we'll all have
our own feelings about it.
1090
01:10:55,117 --> 01:10:57,284
I do think if Kevin hears
our feelings...
1091
01:10:57,320 --> 01:10:58,935
more than our advice...
1092
01:10:58,971 --> 01:11:01,222
But I do think he cares
about how we feel,
1093
01:11:01,257 --> 01:11:03,490
'cause he knows how much
we've been through with him.
1094
01:11:04,460 --> 01:11:06,360
And how much
we love him. Exactly.
1095
01:11:06,395 --> 01:11:10,164
So I think if we can focus on our feelings,
that probably would be the best thing.
1096
01:11:16,605 --> 01:11:19,640
Look at who is here.
1097
01:11:20,493 --> 01:11:22,843
Look at the new glasses.
1098
01:11:22,878 --> 01:11:24,789
How they feeling? They're
good. They're really good.
1099
01:11:24,813 --> 01:11:25,862
Are they?
1100
01:11:25,898 --> 01:11:28,065
Wow. It is a family dinner.
1101
01:11:28,100 --> 01:11:32,052
Thanksgiving. Yeah. Our first
Thanksgiving dinner of the year.
1102
01:11:57,847 --> 01:11:59,479
Thank you, guys.
Welcome back, K.P.
1103
01:11:59,515 --> 01:12:02,883
Wow. Welcome back, Kev.
1104
01:12:02,918 --> 01:12:04,618
Back from the dead.
1105
01:12:04,654 --> 01:12:06,798
I think the conversation
needs to start with...
1106
01:12:06,822 --> 01:12:09,589
what your plans are
about riding on snow.
1107
01:12:11,493 --> 01:12:14,461
I feel 100% confident.
1108
01:12:16,866 --> 01:12:18,431
Not you?
1109
01:12:19,802 --> 01:12:23,386
Calling a spade a spade,
isn't it, David?
1110
01:12:26,842 --> 01:12:29,376
I don't want to
die either, Dave.
1111
01:12:29,411 --> 01:12:31,745
I don't want you...
1112
01:12:32,915 --> 01:12:34,080
I...
1113
01:12:48,998 --> 01:12:51,398
That's not what I want.
I think those are all things...
1114
01:12:51,433 --> 01:12:53,767
that I could have happen
if I fall,
1115
01:12:53,802 --> 01:12:56,103
if I hit my head
really bad again.
1116
01:13:00,176 --> 01:13:02,442
It is pretty scary.
1117
01:13:09,318 --> 01:13:12,452
You don't want me to? No.
1118
01:13:12,488 --> 01:13:15,222
But that's the bottom line, and
that's what it comes down to...
1119
01:13:15,257 --> 01:13:17,090
is I'm going to snowboard again.
1120
01:13:17,126 --> 01:13:19,627
But I have to do it
so I don't get paralyzed...
1121
01:13:19,662 --> 01:13:22,129
and so I don't die
and I don't get hurt.
1122
01:13:22,164 --> 01:13:25,315
I think you see what has
happened to some other people...
1123
01:13:25,350 --> 01:13:27,283
who have had
more than one T.B.I.,
1124
01:13:27,319 --> 01:13:30,086
and I think...
I was so surprised at Craig...
1125
01:13:30,122 --> 01:13:34,257
when they told me they do see people
with a second one and a third one.
1126
01:13:34,292 --> 01:13:37,628
I was like... I think I just never...
I thought if somebody had one,
1127
01:13:37,663 --> 01:13:42,332
why... how could they ever put themselves in
a situation where they might have another one?
1128
01:13:42,368 --> 01:13:44,902
It's really hard
for you guys to know,
1129
01:13:44,937 --> 01:13:47,171
and, I mean,
it's unexplainable...
1130
01:13:47,206 --> 01:13:52,810
to say the amount that snowboarding
does for me and the amount I love it,
1131
01:13:52,845 --> 01:13:55,979
and just the feeling it gives
me to get to be on a snowboard,
1132
01:13:56,015 --> 01:14:00,784
and I just feel like no one else in this
room has that feeling about anything.
1133
01:14:00,820 --> 01:14:04,254
Maybe Dad does
about blowing glass, but...
1134
01:14:04,289 --> 01:14:07,057
it's so different than blowing
glass, 'cause it's just...
1135
01:14:07,093 --> 01:14:12,362
It... You know what it feels like to
me, Kev? It feels like an addiction.
1136
01:14:12,397 --> 01:14:16,399
I mean, if I was
smoking every day,
1137
01:14:16,435 --> 01:14:18,969
you wouldn't feel good about me.
1138
01:14:19,004 --> 01:14:22,772
And if I said, "Well, I'll cut it
back to one cigarette a day,"
1139
01:14:22,808 --> 01:14:25,442
and then it would be
two cigarettes a day,
1140
01:14:25,477 --> 01:14:27,678
and it goes... you know, you...
1141
01:14:27,713 --> 01:14:31,899
And when can you realize
that you're clumsier?
1142
01:14:31,934 --> 01:14:36,670
And for me it's hard, because
I don't see your awareness.
1143
01:14:36,705 --> 01:14:39,155
See, and then that gets
right back to my point...
1144
01:14:39,191 --> 01:14:43,893
that you guys
just have no faith.
1145
01:14:43,929 --> 01:14:49,149
Where this is coming from is
that the more you had to deal with,
1146
01:14:49,185 --> 01:14:51,852
the worse your tremors got.
1147
01:14:52,988 --> 01:14:57,057
And when we jumped in,
or Mummy jumped in...
1148
01:14:57,092 --> 01:15:01,394
and made you rest more and
take it easy and get more help,
1149
01:15:01,430 --> 01:15:03,330
the tremors started to get less.
1150
01:15:03,365 --> 01:15:10,670
So it was... it was... We let you
go as far as we felt was really safe,
1151
01:15:10,706 --> 01:15:12,472
'cause the tremors are not good.
1152
01:15:12,507 --> 01:15:16,810
You know, after I got...
After I broke my back,
1153
01:15:16,845 --> 01:15:20,347
I can't do a lot of the tricks
I... that made it as fun for me.
1154
01:15:20,382 --> 01:15:24,134
So, snowboarding
isn't as fun as it was.
1155
01:15:24,170 --> 01:15:27,621
There's also the scenario I
just sent these guys a video of...
1156
01:15:27,656 --> 01:15:29,889
it's a guy that had one...
he's a dirt biker...
1157
01:15:29,925 --> 01:15:31,891
He was like,
"No way I'm gonna stop."
1158
01:15:31,927 --> 01:15:35,028
He had a second. Second time,
"Not a chance I'm gonna stop."
1159
01:15:35,064 --> 01:15:36,997
Third time, got another one.
1160
01:15:37,032 --> 01:15:40,117
He's forced to retire. He said, "I
guess I have to say I'm gonna retire."
1161
01:15:40,152 --> 01:15:42,264
But he can't... He's paralyzed.
He can't even say his name.
1162
01:15:42,288 --> 01:15:44,754
Yeah. He can hardly talk.
1163
01:15:44,790 --> 01:15:46,923
How many professional
football players...
1164
01:15:46,959 --> 01:15:50,627
that have had a traumatic brain
injury go back and win the Super Bowl?
1165
01:15:51,797 --> 01:15:55,832
How many is it?
None. Never happened.
1166
01:15:55,868 --> 01:15:58,935
My sense about you is you just
want to do what you want to do,
1167
01:15:58,971 --> 01:16:02,305
and you have a lot
of confidence in yourself,
1168
01:16:02,340 --> 01:16:07,044
but I think we're all talking about
this 'cause we love you so much.
1169
01:16:19,091 --> 01:16:22,876
♪
1170
01:16:47,619 --> 01:16:53,607
♪ Set your ♪
1171
01:16:54,743 --> 01:16:56,376
♪ Dreams ♪
1172
01:16:56,412 --> 01:17:01,531
♪ Where nobody hides ♪
1173
01:17:09,808 --> 01:17:14,027
All of my brothers
and my dad and myself...
1174
01:17:14,062 --> 01:17:15,946
are very dyslexic.
1175
01:17:19,768 --> 01:17:23,687
School and just day-to-day life
was very hard for us...
1176
01:17:23,722 --> 01:17:27,757
because of how severe
our learning disabilities are.
1177
01:17:29,395 --> 01:17:32,713
For me, snowboarding...
I really found it as a way out.
1178
01:17:37,135 --> 01:17:41,921
I need to use yours. This thing
doesn't... Try... You try and do it.
1179
01:17:41,957 --> 01:17:45,225
♪ No time ♪
1180
01:17:49,297 --> 01:17:52,298
Nope. Didn't make it.
1181
01:17:52,334 --> 01:17:55,702
When you blew it up, you
blew it so thin in the bottom.
1182
01:17:55,738 --> 01:17:58,438
That's why I kept saying
you can't blow it up too much.
1183
01:17:58,473 --> 01:18:02,275
'Cause when you blow through, it
blows all the glass out of the bottom.
1184
01:18:02,310 --> 01:18:05,779
There's no thickness left.
It's like paper in the bottom.
1185
01:18:07,750 --> 01:18:10,584
In school I was like a failure,
1186
01:18:10,619 --> 01:18:13,203
and at home I was a success.
1187
01:18:13,239 --> 01:18:17,891
School was really hard, but
my parents just believed in us,
1188
01:18:17,926 --> 01:18:21,778
and my father never opened
a report card.
1189
01:18:21,813 --> 01:18:25,015
My philosophy was exactly
the same as my father's.
1190
01:18:25,050 --> 01:18:30,320
He really believed in the child's
ability to know its boundaries.
1191
01:18:31,774 --> 01:18:35,758
But after the accident,
I felt very responsible.
1192
01:18:35,794 --> 01:18:39,346
There's all the money involved
and all the sponsorships.
1193
01:18:39,381 --> 01:18:41,831
It wasn't just Kevin.
1194
01:18:41,867 --> 01:18:44,968
There should be limits, I think,
just like there is in car racing.
1195
01:18:45,003 --> 01:18:48,504
And finally they had to limit the
size of the engines in the racing cars...
1196
01:18:48,540 --> 01:18:50,841
because people were
killing themselves.
1197
01:18:50,876 --> 01:18:52,976
And it's the same
in the half-pipe.
1198
01:18:53,011 --> 01:18:56,124
If you make the walls higher, which makes
it more dramatic for the spectators...
1199
01:18:56,148 --> 01:18:59,816
and the television and the
media, the athlete will go.
1200
01:18:59,851 --> 01:19:02,235
I mean, he'll push it
to the limits.
1201
01:19:02,271 --> 01:19:05,521
It's in the athlete's makeup.
1202
01:19:05,557 --> 01:19:08,142
I felt that, at some level,
1203
01:19:08,177 --> 01:19:09,943
we were all to blame.
1204
01:19:16,101 --> 01:19:17,767
♪
1205
01:19:17,803 --> 01:19:22,522
Okay, so we need to
finalize our plans...
1206
01:19:22,558 --> 01:19:25,325
for the day that Kevin
wants to get back on snow...
1207
01:19:25,360 --> 01:19:27,494
for the very first time
in two years.
1208
01:19:28,664 --> 01:19:30,864
Uh, me and Adam
talked about this earlier on,
1209
01:19:30,900 --> 01:19:33,900
and we said the 12th or 13th
was gonna work best.
1210
01:19:37,239 --> 01:19:39,606
You don't want that, Dave?
1211
01:19:39,641 --> 01:19:40,974
Not yet?
1212
01:19:49,551 --> 01:19:55,388
My amazing sponsors. They've stuck with
me through this whole journey I've been on,
1213
01:19:55,424 --> 01:19:59,776
and I gotta make sure
they all get the love,
1214
01:19:59,811 --> 01:20:02,562
whether it's Burton, Nike,
1215
01:20:02,598 --> 01:20:05,966
Volcom, AMP Energy,
1216
01:20:06,001 --> 01:20:09,386
Oakley, Frends.
1217
01:20:09,421 --> 01:20:11,070
Bam, baby.
1218
01:20:13,375 --> 01:20:15,041
Yo.
Yo.
1219
01:20:15,077 --> 01:20:17,744
Hey, do you know what stickers
I need to have on my helmet?
1220
01:20:17,779 --> 01:20:22,382
Yeah, Nike gets
a three-inch-wide sticker...
1221
01:20:22,417 --> 01:20:25,018
on the top half
of a snowboard and on helmet.
1222
01:20:25,054 --> 01:20:26,286
All right.
1223
01:20:26,322 --> 01:20:28,521
Nike, according to this
contract I'm looking at...
1224
01:20:28,557 --> 01:20:30,290
is supposed to get a sticker.
1225
01:20:30,325 --> 01:20:31,825
Is that three-inch?
Yep.
1226
01:20:31,860 --> 01:20:34,695
All right. Cool. I got
one. I'm putting it on.
1227
01:20:34,730 --> 01:20:37,297
For both snowboard and helmet.
1228
01:20:37,332 --> 01:20:39,765
Yeah, and Burton gets one too.
1229
01:20:40,935 --> 01:20:43,336
So it looks like Volcom
and Oakley don't.
1230
01:20:43,372 --> 01:20:45,738
AMP, Burton and Nike do.
1231
01:20:45,773 --> 01:20:47,874
Okay.
1232
01:20:55,367 --> 01:20:57,467
What a day.
1233
01:20:57,502 --> 01:21:00,971
Why aren't you wearing this? Can you put
this on already? You're making me nervous.
1234
01:21:01,006 --> 01:21:03,406
♪ ♪ Don't you ♪
1235
01:21:03,442 --> 01:21:05,542
with your friends.
We know that.
1236
01:21:05,577 --> 01:21:08,078
Means a lot. Know
you... Just the best.
1237
01:21:08,113 --> 01:21:09,913
♪
1238
01:21:09,949 --> 01:21:12,515
Here's Kevin!
1239
01:21:13,618 --> 01:21:15,919
This is our baby boy!
1240
01:21:17,255 --> 01:21:19,522
Wow.
1241
01:21:19,557 --> 01:21:21,825
I have thought
for a long, long time...
1242
01:21:21,860 --> 01:21:24,310
that I'm in a dream, and
that one day I might wake up,
1243
01:21:24,346 --> 01:21:30,483
and this all might be over, and it
might just all be a bad, bad nightmare.
1244
01:21:30,519 --> 01:21:33,019
♪
1245
01:21:36,241 --> 01:21:39,876
It feels like it'd be a miracle if
my brain did heal back 100%,
1246
01:21:39,912 --> 01:21:41,778
but there's been
so many miracles.
1247
01:21:41,813 --> 01:21:45,082
It's, like, why would you
not believe in that one?
1248
01:21:45,117 --> 01:21:48,751
I want to thank you guys
for getting me back here...
1249
01:21:48,787 --> 01:21:50,454
and for making this possible.
1250
01:21:50,489 --> 01:21:51,888
Huddle up.
Huddle up.
1251
01:21:51,923 --> 01:21:53,756
This is what
we've been working on.
1252
01:21:53,792 --> 01:21:57,410
This is better than anything
I could have ever imagined.
1253
01:22:03,435 --> 01:22:05,619
Kevin Pearce is a miracle man.
1254
01:22:06,755 --> 01:22:08,822
Thumbs up.
1255
01:22:12,461 --> 01:22:14,527
Let's do this, boys!
1256
01:22:14,563 --> 01:22:16,762
Whoo! Whoo!
1257
01:22:21,136 --> 01:22:22,719
Ah!
1258
01:22:24,155 --> 01:22:26,155
Looking happy over there, Kev.
1259
01:22:30,145 --> 01:22:32,579
♪ Don't you ♪
1260
01:22:36,634 --> 01:22:38,235
Oh, yeah!
1261
01:22:38,270 --> 01:22:40,103
Yeah!
1262
01:22:42,875 --> 01:22:44,824
♪
1263
01:22:53,785 --> 01:22:55,352
I'm good.
1264
01:22:55,387 --> 01:22:58,204
I definitely fell a lot, but, you
know, that's part of snowboarding.
1265
01:22:58,239 --> 01:22:59,406
Yeah, Kevin!
1266
01:22:59,441 --> 01:23:01,191
When I was a younger kid,
1267
01:23:01,226 --> 01:23:04,261
I remember thinking that, if
something bad happens to me,
1268
01:23:04,296 --> 01:23:08,030
I'm gonna be able to come back, and I'm
gonna be able to come back really strong.
1269
01:23:08,066 --> 01:23:12,519
And then it's like it happened to
me, and it's weird to have thought that.
1270
01:23:12,554 --> 01:23:14,920
♪
1271
01:23:16,424 --> 01:23:19,425
Stay with us, Kevin.
We're here. We're here.
1272
01:23:19,461 --> 01:23:21,727
♪
1273
01:23:21,763 --> 01:23:23,196
Yeah!
1274
01:23:23,231 --> 01:23:25,293
How's it feel to be back?
It feels good.
1275
01:23:25,317 --> 01:23:28,618
- I'm lucky, and I'm happy.
- The ride of a lifetime.
1276
01:23:28,653 --> 01:23:30,770
I can definitely come back
and win, and I know that,
1277
01:23:30,805 --> 01:23:33,356
but it's not gonna be easy.
1278
01:23:33,391 --> 01:23:35,975
Nothing in life now
is coming easy.
1279
01:23:36,010 --> 01:23:39,845
And I used to do a lot better,
but now I know that I can do it.
1280
01:23:39,881 --> 01:23:41,815
I just gotta fight a lot harder.
1281
01:23:47,839 --> 01:23:49,973
K.P., right before
his first banked slalom.
1282
01:23:50,008 --> 01:23:51,958
- Oh, boy. Oh, boy.
- How you feeling?
1283
01:23:51,993 --> 01:23:54,193
I'm psyched. I'm a little
nervous. I'm not gonna lie.
1284
01:23:54,229 --> 01:23:57,497
First contest back. What's
it been? Over two years.
1285
01:23:57,533 --> 01:23:59,666
Just stay on those banks.
1286
01:24:01,035 --> 01:24:03,270
Yeah, K.P.
1287
01:24:03,305 --> 01:24:05,104
Racer ready.
1288
01:24:05,139 --> 01:24:08,174
- Three, two, one.
- Goggles.
1289
01:24:08,209 --> 01:24:09,376
Go!
1290
01:24:09,411 --> 01:24:11,210
Yeah, Kevin!
1291
01:24:13,114 --> 01:24:16,015
♪ ♪ But I love you now ♪
1292
01:24:17,852 --> 01:24:22,289
♪ Love is inside you
It goes spinning round ♪
1293
01:24:22,324 --> 01:24:23,907
♪ Like a Ferris wheel ♪
1294
01:24:23,942 --> 01:24:28,778
My snowboarding is bad right now.
It is really hard.
1295
01:24:29,948 --> 01:24:32,949
I was bummed out,
and I wish I had done well,
1296
01:24:32,985 --> 01:24:38,154
but I definitely am not good enough
and not in the place that I need to be...
1297
01:24:38,190 --> 01:24:41,507
to be doing
really well in events.
1298
01:24:41,543 --> 01:24:44,377
♪ People shout
and people freak ♪
1299
01:24:44,412 --> 01:24:46,245
♪ I'm staring at the scene ♪
1300
01:24:46,281 --> 01:24:48,114
High Cascade, session two.
1301
01:24:48,149 --> 01:24:51,934
We're here. Frends Crew is up
here having a high ollie contest.
1302
01:24:51,969 --> 01:24:54,954
Oh!
Whoo!
1303
01:24:54,990 --> 01:24:56,255
Oh, yeah!
1304
01:25:01,045 --> 01:25:03,963
Is Kevin the same?
He's not.
1305
01:25:03,999 --> 01:25:07,350
He's not the Kevin
before his accident.
1306
01:25:07,385 --> 01:25:09,218
Oh, boy.
Yeah, Kevin.
1307
01:25:09,254 --> 01:25:11,621
Yeah, Kevin!
1308
01:25:11,657 --> 01:25:12,672
Oh!
1309
01:25:12,707 --> 01:25:13,940
Ow!
1310
01:25:13,975 --> 01:25:16,709
Kevin fricking
hit his head, and...
1311
01:25:16,745 --> 01:25:19,812
no matter how many years go by,
it's like...
1312
01:25:21,516 --> 01:25:26,386
You just want to shake him.
"Kevin, wake up," you know. It's like...
1313
01:25:31,092 --> 01:25:33,159
What the hell?
1314
01:25:33,194 --> 01:25:38,214
It's definitely embarrassing for us
sometimes to be out in public with Kevin.
1315
01:25:38,249 --> 01:25:39,982
No offense, Kevin.
1316
01:25:40,017 --> 01:25:42,985
But sometimes he'll just
say something inappropriate,
1317
01:25:43,020 --> 01:25:47,090
coming off as mean, like too
up-front and blunt about things.
1318
01:25:48,409 --> 01:25:50,126
He was definitely
the older brother.
1319
01:25:50,161 --> 01:25:52,829
He was definitely my older
brother and my mentor,
1320
01:25:52,864 --> 01:25:55,381
and now
it's the other way around.
1321
01:25:55,416 --> 01:25:57,383
Kevin! Kevin!
I'm telling you... slower.
1322
01:25:57,418 --> 01:25:59,886
I'm telling you...
a little bit slower.
1323
01:25:59,921 --> 01:26:02,022
Uncle Dan's
telling me what to do.
1324
01:26:02,057 --> 01:26:04,802
And maybe, you know, don't ride that
jump all the way out. Give it a little...
1325
01:26:04,826 --> 01:26:06,893
Yeah, you want to ollie before.
1326
01:26:06,928 --> 01:26:09,095
- The weather's pretty bad.
- Yeah, Kev.
1327
01:26:10,431 --> 01:26:11,765
Okay, okay.
1328
01:26:17,472 --> 01:26:19,973
The bad voice in my head says...
1329
01:26:21,109 --> 01:26:22,959
it's not gonna end.
1330
01:26:22,994 --> 01:26:27,447
I'm never gonna be able
to get rid of this pain.
1331
01:26:27,482 --> 01:26:30,466
I'm not getting past
this brain injury.
1332
01:26:30,501 --> 01:26:32,318
It's not going anywhere.
1333
01:26:32,353 --> 01:26:37,474
Two and a half years later, hearing
that your memory is at a four percent,
1334
01:26:37,509 --> 01:26:39,775
I'm not even close.
1335
01:26:39,811 --> 01:26:43,279
The worst about me now
is kind of my filter...
1336
01:26:43,315 --> 01:26:47,817
and how I come across in such a bad
way when I'm really not meaning to...
1337
01:26:47,853 --> 01:26:49,903
be mean or negative.
1338
01:26:49,938 --> 01:26:52,688
You know, I really want to be
happy, and I want to be positive,
1339
01:26:52,723 --> 01:26:56,475
and I feel like there's times that,
you know, it comes across that I'm not,
1340
01:26:56,511 --> 01:26:58,878
and I just really hate that.
1341
01:27:00,598 --> 01:27:02,899
My double vision is so bad.
1342
01:27:02,934 --> 01:27:04,934
I'll go running
on the trails out back,
1343
01:27:04,970 --> 01:27:07,770
and I will start
running into stuff.
1344
01:27:07,806 --> 01:27:11,474
And I can't, like, see where
these different trees are.
1345
01:27:12,844 --> 01:27:15,327
I just feel like,
whether it's the NFL, skiing,
1346
01:27:15,363 --> 01:27:19,131
snowboarding, skateboarding,
just like all these different sports,
1347
01:27:19,166 --> 01:27:23,420
people are hitting their heads, and
they're having serious repercussions.
1348
01:27:23,455 --> 01:27:25,939
Now to champion
freestyle skier Sarah Burke.
1349
01:27:25,974 --> 01:27:29,342
She is in critical condition right now
after an accident on a training run...
1350
01:27:29,377 --> 01:27:31,143
left her with
a traumatic brain injury.
1351
01:27:31,179 --> 01:27:33,279
It happened
on the exact same course...
1352
01:27:33,314 --> 01:27:38,852
where snowboarder Kevin Pearce
suffered a traumatic brain injury in 2009.
1353
01:27:38,887 --> 01:27:41,688
This morning, Sarah
Burke is in critical condition...
1354
01:27:41,723 --> 01:27:46,091
with her husband, Rory Bushfield,
also a freeskier, by her side.
1355
01:27:47,262 --> 01:27:49,528
The very hardest part...
1356
01:27:49,564 --> 01:27:51,397
Well, I guess, of all the...
1357
01:27:51,432 --> 01:27:52,999
was just getting the news.
1358
01:27:53,034 --> 01:27:56,202
Just was like... I just
did not want to believe it.
1359
01:27:56,238 --> 01:28:00,640
You know, I turned on my phone,
and I had a bunch of missed calls...
1360
01:28:00,675 --> 01:28:03,609
and a bunch of text... like,
"Call me now." "Call me now."
1361
01:28:03,645 --> 01:28:05,912
And it's all, like, the
people that are with Sarah.
1362
01:28:05,947 --> 01:28:08,014
I'm just like,
"No, no, no, no, no."
1363
01:28:08,049 --> 01:28:10,483
And I call, you know.
1364
01:28:10,518 --> 01:28:13,653
Felt like smashing
my cell phone, you know.
1365
01:28:13,688 --> 01:28:17,557
And then I just... I just went
as quick as I could down there.
1366
01:28:19,761 --> 01:28:22,395
She was doing an alley-oop
flat spin 540.
1367
01:28:22,430 --> 01:28:26,732
It's one of the most beautiful tricks
you can do in the half-pipe really.
1368
01:28:26,768 --> 01:28:29,769
I can't do it.
It's like a super-hard trick.
1369
01:28:30,805 --> 01:28:33,205
She had it dialed.
She'd done lots.
1370
01:28:33,241 --> 01:28:38,277
She was skiing really well,
landed one perfectly just before.
1371
01:28:38,312 --> 01:28:42,148
Like, hiked up and went and
then did another one and just,
1372
01:28:42,183 --> 01:28:48,220
I think... I think she just maybe
pushed off the wall a little too much,
1373
01:28:48,256 --> 01:28:51,557
and super unlucky crash.
1374
01:28:54,062 --> 01:28:56,663
I talked to her mom
when they were in the hospital,
1375
01:28:56,698 --> 01:28:59,632
and I knew it was
really, really serious.
1376
01:29:05,339 --> 01:29:08,374
Same half-pipe, same place.
1377
01:29:08,409 --> 01:29:10,776
I know. And then I was like,
"Why?" you know.
1378
01:29:10,812 --> 01:29:12,945
"Why would it turn out
the way it does?"
1379
01:29:12,981 --> 01:29:15,682
Common sense tells you
that there's real risk here.
1380
01:29:15,717 --> 01:29:19,852
When the sport first started,
those courses that they were on,
1381
01:29:19,888 --> 01:29:22,488
the top of those was only
six to eight feet high.
1382
01:29:22,523 --> 01:29:26,859
Now it's 22 feet high. So you
could be falling as many as 40 feet.
1383
01:29:26,895 --> 01:29:30,379
If you're falling that far, you could
reach speeds of 30 miles an hour.
1384
01:29:30,414 --> 01:29:35,268
Now, recreational helmets will
protect you up to about 17 miles an hour,
1385
01:29:35,303 --> 01:29:38,538
but as we saw with Kevin
Pearce, he just went snowboarding.
1386
01:29:38,573 --> 01:29:41,207
Yeah, Kevin gives us great hope.
Just saw him recently.
1387
01:29:41,242 --> 01:29:44,577
And... To have him back. And
as Sarah's husband, Rory, said,
1388
01:29:44,613 --> 01:29:47,346
she is gonna fight to recover.
1389
01:29:47,381 --> 01:29:49,481
We had a lot of hope.
1390
01:29:49,517 --> 01:29:51,884
It was like... It was
a really slow process.
1391
01:29:51,920 --> 01:29:55,354
And we had... Yeah, we were,
like, all 100% sure, you know,
1392
01:29:56,357 --> 01:29:57,957
she would come through.
1393
01:29:57,992 --> 01:30:01,794
Like, it's Sarah, you know.
Just so tough.
1394
01:30:03,497 --> 01:30:06,532
Yeah. And... Oh.
1395
01:30:08,536 --> 01:30:10,369
The doctors coming in.
1396
01:30:10,404 --> 01:30:12,872
Just the bearers
of bad news, you know.
1397
01:30:12,907 --> 01:30:16,241
You could tell... I could tell
right when the doctor walked in.
1398
01:30:16,277 --> 01:30:19,045
That day he told us,
I knew... I was like,
1399
01:30:19,080 --> 01:30:22,782
"Yeah, that guy is not
telling us good news."
1400
01:30:22,817 --> 01:30:23,983
You know.
1401
01:30:24,018 --> 01:30:26,852
He didn't have
to talk me. I knew.
1402
01:30:26,888 --> 01:30:29,521
It was like
as soon as he walked in.
1403
01:30:32,560 --> 01:30:35,828
It was hard to hear
those words. So hard.
1404
01:30:42,036 --> 01:30:44,920
Sarah Burke, a champion
freestyle skier...
1405
01:30:44,956 --> 01:30:46,922
who's been seen
as an early favorite...
1406
01:30:46,958 --> 01:30:50,059
for a possible gold medal
in the next Winter Olympics,
1407
01:30:50,094 --> 01:30:53,513
has died tonight, nine days
after a training accident.
1408
01:30:53,548 --> 01:30:56,766
Snowboarder Kevin Pearce
suffered a traumatic brain injury...
1409
01:30:56,801 --> 01:30:59,402
on the same course in 2009.
1410
01:30:59,437 --> 01:31:02,371
There's nothing mellow about
the sports that we're doing...
1411
01:31:02,407 --> 01:31:04,289
and kind of the tricks
we're doing.
1412
01:31:04,325 --> 01:31:06,592
Burke's family
is said to be grateful...
1413
01:31:06,628 --> 01:31:09,094
for the support
and messages honoring her.
1414
01:31:09,130 --> 01:31:13,265
They are also dealing with the
medical bills from the Utah hospital.
1415
01:31:13,301 --> 01:31:18,103
Initial estimates put the cost of her
care at more than half a million dollars.
1416
01:31:18,139 --> 01:31:21,107
Many have questioned why
Burke wasn't covered by insurance.
1417
01:31:22,526 --> 01:31:24,093
The Freestyle
Skiing Association says...
1418
01:31:24,145 --> 01:31:27,930
its coverage only applies
to sanctioned competitions.
1419
01:31:27,965 --> 01:31:31,517
But when she was injured, Burke
was participating in an event...
1420
01:31:31,552 --> 01:31:35,170
for one of her sponsors,
Monster Energy drinks.
1421
01:31:35,206 --> 01:31:39,025
Despite those concerns, this
morning, one thing is clear:
1422
01:31:39,060 --> 01:31:42,378
No one is questioning
the legacy of Sarah Burke.
1423
01:31:42,413 --> 01:31:46,666
And speaking of that legacy,
thanks largely to Burke's efforts,
1424
01:31:46,701 --> 01:31:51,337
freestyle skiing will be
an Olympic sport in 2014.
1425
01:31:51,373 --> 01:31:53,572
♪
1426
01:31:57,395 --> 01:32:00,529
♪ I'm slowly drifting to ♪
1427
01:32:01,933 --> 01:32:04,017
I'd say we're mountain folk.
1428
01:32:04,052 --> 01:32:07,820
It's where we met. It's where
we... we play, we live and...
1429
01:32:07,855 --> 01:32:09,805
Hopefully where we die.
Where we'll die.
1430
01:32:11,575 --> 01:32:15,861
♪ This star is a planet ♪
1431
01:32:16,931 --> 01:32:18,731
♪ I culminate ♪
1432
01:32:18,766 --> 01:32:21,167
My dream was always
to win the Olympics.
1433
01:32:21,202 --> 01:32:25,338
Sarah basically got girls
into the... into, like, skiing.
1434
01:32:25,373 --> 01:32:28,041
Skiing events didn't have girls.
1435
01:32:28,076 --> 01:32:31,193
And you got 'em in.
It's like... It's huge.
1436
01:32:31,228 --> 01:32:34,330
It's so sick they're skiing
half-pipes in the Olympics.
1437
01:32:34,365 --> 01:32:36,866
And you get to go. We'll
see. We'll see. Hopefully.
1438
01:32:36,901 --> 01:32:38,868
In Russia. It's awesome.
1439
01:32:38,903 --> 01:32:43,322
A light will never go out
if it lights a thousand more.
1440
01:32:43,357 --> 01:32:44,957
♪ I'm on my way ♪
1441
01:32:44,992 --> 01:32:49,478
The action sports family recently
lost a very cherished member,
1442
01:32:49,514 --> 01:32:51,597
freeskier Sarah Burke.
1443
01:32:52,967 --> 01:32:54,900
♪
1444
01:33:01,842 --> 01:33:04,943
It's been said that
the brave do not live forever,
1445
01:33:04,979 --> 01:33:07,413
but the cautious
do not live at all.
1446
01:33:22,864 --> 01:33:25,298
I just feel bad. I mean,
you get in a scenario...
1447
01:33:25,333 --> 01:33:27,699
where you see
something unfortunate.
1448
01:33:29,603 --> 01:33:34,974
It really shocks the community, and it puts
this weird, strange light on the sport...
1449
01:33:35,009 --> 01:33:37,743
where people are questioning
the safety of the sport.
1450
01:33:40,882 --> 01:33:45,350
But you don't have to do what
I'm doing to go have a good time.
1451
01:33:45,386 --> 01:33:48,187
I don't sometimes like
what I'm doing.
1452
01:33:48,222 --> 01:33:51,657
I do it because I need the
satisfaction and the fulfillment...
1453
01:33:51,692 --> 01:33:53,859
to make me feel better
about myself,
1454
01:33:53,895 --> 01:33:58,463
like I've achieved some new
level that I never dreamed of.
1455
01:33:58,499 --> 01:34:01,501
We make cars faster.
We make trains faster.
1456
01:34:01,536 --> 01:34:06,272
We innovate. We do that. That's just
what we do. We want to create more.
1457
01:34:06,307 --> 01:34:08,007
But that's why we do it.
1458
01:34:10,428 --> 01:34:13,696
Yeah, baby! Yeah, baby!
Yeah!
1459
01:34:15,582 --> 01:34:17,582
A perfect 100!
1460
01:34:17,618 --> 01:34:22,888
A perfect 100!
The first time ever!
1461
01:34:25,210 --> 01:34:27,810
So I've been doing
these scans for a long time,
1462
01:34:27,846 --> 01:34:29,328
and as I watch ESPN,
1463
01:34:29,364 --> 01:34:33,899
you see the highlights, and then
you see who got arrested that day.
1464
01:34:33,934 --> 01:34:36,635
And it's totally connected
to brain trauma.
1465
01:34:36,670 --> 01:34:39,404
Your brain's involved
in everything you do.
1466
01:34:39,440 --> 01:34:45,410
I mean, when you hurt it, it hurts
your ability to do everything in your life,
1467
01:34:45,446 --> 01:34:47,880
especially control
your impulses.
1468
01:34:47,915 --> 01:34:51,050
Did I show you
some of my NFL brains?
1469
01:34:51,085 --> 01:34:54,654
So these are running backs.
So look at this guy.
1470
01:34:54,689 --> 01:34:58,307
So your brain looks
so much better...
1471
01:34:58,342 --> 01:35:00,743
than this guy.
1472
01:35:00,778 --> 01:35:04,096
Last time you said you can
be a little bit irritable with others.
1473
01:35:04,131 --> 01:35:07,099
- How is that?
- Still irritable with others.
1474
01:35:07,135 --> 01:35:10,069
But I always have been for
the last two and a half years,
1475
01:35:10,104 --> 01:35:12,505
so it's nothing new.
1476
01:35:12,540 --> 01:35:15,474
Is it different
than before the injury?
1477
01:35:15,510 --> 01:35:19,807
You would say so. I wasn't as irritable,
was I? I would say it's different.
1478
01:35:19,831 --> 01:35:22,632
Do you start getting down
on yourself...
1479
01:35:22,667 --> 01:35:27,120
and start getting into sort
of negative thought patterns?
1480
01:35:27,155 --> 01:35:30,656
I was just thinking, like,
1481
01:35:30,691 --> 01:35:34,060
not that I'm a failure,
just, like...
1482
01:35:34,095 --> 01:35:38,131
just, like, that I can do
something so stupid so often.
1483
01:35:38,166 --> 01:35:40,349
So, whenever you get
the thought "I'm an idiot,"
1484
01:35:40,384 --> 01:35:45,220
you globalize it, and it totally
trashes your self-esteem.
1485
01:35:45,256 --> 01:35:48,624
Our goal is to get you to
the best place you can be.
1486
01:35:48,660 --> 01:35:51,226
It'll only happen if you
have disciplined thoughts.
1487
01:35:51,262 --> 01:35:53,345
Mm-hmm.
1488
01:35:59,987 --> 01:36:02,021
Oh!
1489
01:36:02,056 --> 01:36:04,390
Yeah!
1490
01:36:04,425 --> 01:36:09,445
I'll do a little exercise with you.
Okay, Trevor, touch your elbow.
1491
01:36:13,117 --> 01:36:15,251
Where's your elbow?
1492
01:36:15,286 --> 01:36:18,320
Can you touch it
on your other side?
1493
01:36:19,690 --> 01:36:21,590
Point to just your elbow.
1494
01:36:21,625 --> 01:36:24,193
Elbow?
Yeah. Just your elbow.
1495
01:36:24,228 --> 01:36:25,861
This one?
Okay.
1496
01:36:25,896 --> 01:36:30,449
So, there are certain things
that are a little off.
1497
01:36:30,485 --> 01:36:34,020
For instance, the other day,
Trevor and Peyton,
1498
01:36:34,055 --> 01:36:36,289
who is Trevor's
12-year-old brother...
1499
01:36:36,324 --> 01:36:38,191
they all went golfing.
1500
01:36:38,226 --> 01:36:42,895
And they got a golf cart, because, of
course, Trevor has a hard time walking,
1501
01:36:42,931 --> 01:36:47,466
and all of a sudden, snap,
no control of impulses,
1502
01:36:47,502 --> 01:36:51,437
and Trevor ran Peyton over
on the golf course.
1503
01:36:51,472 --> 01:36:56,008
- Directly over?
- He knocked... So, here's Peyton. Here's the golf cart.
1504
01:36:56,043 --> 01:37:00,763
Ran... Whipped him down and
ran... The entire golf cart was over...
1505
01:37:00,798 --> 01:37:04,300
And the craziest was is that
Trevor's facial expression...
1506
01:37:04,335 --> 01:37:08,253
was just like, "Yeah. Yeah."
1507
01:37:08,289 --> 01:37:10,334
- Just like, it was pretty funny?
- Yeah.
1508
01:37:10,358 --> 01:37:13,359
It was classic, just running
over your brother in a golf cart.
1509
01:37:13,394 --> 01:37:16,228
Just like cruising
right over him.
1510
01:37:16,263 --> 01:37:18,497
Yep.
Yeah.
1511
01:37:21,602 --> 01:37:25,471
These brain injuries are
pretty crazy in a sense that...
1512
01:37:25,506 --> 01:37:30,309
See, Kevin... Like,
it's totally, totally...
1513
01:37:30,344 --> 01:37:32,010
invisible.
1514
01:37:32,046 --> 01:37:34,613
Exactly. It is invisible.
1515
01:37:34,648 --> 01:37:36,581
Completely.
And the sad thing is is...
1516
01:37:36,617 --> 01:37:41,137
I watched that day you went back and
snowboarded again, and I wasn't smiling.
1517
01:37:41,172 --> 01:37:46,091
I was crying, because this
second injury has not been fun.
1518
01:37:46,126 --> 01:37:50,779
Kevin, you had a great life before,
but you're given a totally different brain.
1519
01:37:50,814 --> 01:37:53,949
And so you can't go back
to who you were before.
1520
01:37:53,985 --> 01:37:56,669
You have to go
with what you have now.
1521
01:37:56,704 --> 01:37:58,955
And part of being here, for me,
1522
01:37:58,990 --> 01:38:02,691
is for you to be able to hear
what Tammie's talking about.
1523
01:38:02,727 --> 01:38:08,180
Right? 'Cause she has the experience...
and Trevor does too... that we don't have.
1524
01:38:08,215 --> 01:38:11,533
And, to this day, Trevor,
what do you want to do?
1525
01:38:11,568 --> 01:38:13,502
Snowboarding.
Yeah.
1526
01:38:13,537 --> 01:38:15,504
And where do you want to go?
1527
01:38:15,539 --> 01:38:17,639
Utah.
1528
01:38:18,792 --> 01:38:22,861
It has not been an easy thing,
1529
01:38:22,896 --> 01:38:26,732
because... Trevor, what
do you always tell me?
1530
01:38:26,768 --> 01:38:28,234
Shut up.
1531
01:38:28,269 --> 01:38:32,504
Yeah. I mean, he... When people
are around, he talks, he communicates.
1532
01:38:32,539 --> 01:38:35,374
But when it's just
Trevor and I...
1533
01:38:36,327 --> 01:38:38,227
You gotta be nicer to mom. No.
1534
01:38:38,262 --> 01:38:40,997
Come on! Why not?
1535
01:38:41,032 --> 01:38:45,100
I don't know. Mom's... No,
you should be nice to mom.
1536
01:38:45,136 --> 01:38:48,437
I know you're brain injured. I
know what it's like to be brain injured.
1537
01:38:48,472 --> 01:38:50,339
I'm brain injured.
Yep.
1538
01:38:50,374 --> 01:38:55,544
It sucks. But you can fix it. You
can change. You can work on it.
1539
01:38:55,579 --> 01:38:59,315
But being mean to them
is not helping. Nope.
1540
01:38:59,350 --> 01:39:01,884
And it's not funny.
Mm-hmm.
1541
01:39:04,322 --> 01:39:07,539
I'm not kidding with you. You
gotta help 'em out a little bit.
1542
01:39:08,575 --> 01:39:10,542
And I know snowboarding
is good, man.
1543
01:39:10,577 --> 01:39:13,112
Snowboarding was awesome
when we used to get to do it,
1544
01:39:13,147 --> 01:39:16,498
but, you know, life's changed,
and things are different now, and...
1545
01:39:16,533 --> 01:39:21,636
And it's the last thing that you ever
wanted was to have a brain injury.
1546
01:39:21,672 --> 01:39:22,972
Mm-hmm.
1547
01:39:23,007 --> 01:39:26,208
And you did not want to
screw this thing up like we did.
1548
01:39:26,244 --> 01:39:29,511
'Cause mine's screwed up
too, man, but you gotta love it,
1549
01:39:29,546 --> 01:39:32,481
you gotta realize that
things have changed now.
1550
01:39:33,617 --> 01:39:34,583
Yep.
1551
01:39:34,618 --> 01:39:36,618
You can change this.
You can get better.
1552
01:39:36,653 --> 01:39:39,438
You gotta work hard
and love them.
1553
01:39:40,641 --> 01:39:42,774
Shit's gonna get
better. Trust me. Yep.
1554
01:39:42,810 --> 01:39:45,044
You keep working,
we'll get better. All right.
1555
01:39:45,079 --> 01:39:48,280
You got a good life. You got a
good house. You got a good family.
1556
01:39:48,316 --> 01:39:50,049
You got it all, man.
Yep.
1557
01:39:51,903 --> 01:39:54,603
It's no easy road to go down
to try and get into that brain.
1558
01:39:54,639 --> 01:39:56,272
Right.
But I feel...
1559
01:39:56,307 --> 01:39:58,039
But I do think
he was listening to you.
1560
01:39:58,075 --> 01:40:00,476
I feel like it could
be worth it. Yeah.
1561
01:40:00,511 --> 01:40:04,813
I feel like I could change their lives, and
that's been something for me about this.
1562
01:40:04,848 --> 01:40:10,286
It's like this has changed my life, and I
can help now change other people's lives...
1563
01:40:10,321 --> 01:40:14,222
It's a good thing. Almost
could make it, you know...
1564
01:40:14,258 --> 01:40:17,809
Try and make it feel
like it's worth it. Right.
1565
01:40:23,484 --> 01:40:27,236
A wake-up call. It's just kind of
like waking up and realizing that,
1566
01:40:27,271 --> 01:40:29,205
you know, my life
has changed, you know,
1567
01:40:29,240 --> 01:40:33,608
that I am brain injured, and, you know,
that's kind of how things are gonna be.
1568
01:40:33,644 --> 01:40:35,261
And it's a whole
new life for me.
1569
01:40:35,296 --> 01:40:37,429
I used to be waking up
every morning...
1570
01:40:37,464 --> 01:40:40,132
in a new country going to
a big snowboard contest,
1571
01:40:40,167 --> 01:40:44,854
and now it's waking up every morning
and just being so happy to be here.
1572
01:40:44,889 --> 01:40:47,072
Kevin, I have a friend
who had a waterskiing accident,
1573
01:40:47,107 --> 01:40:50,159
and it left him with
a serious head injury,
1574
01:40:50,194 --> 01:40:52,544
but your story has inspired him.
1575
01:40:52,579 --> 01:40:54,146
And I just
want to say thank you.
1576
01:40:54,181 --> 01:40:56,025
Kevin, for sharing
your lessons learned,
1577
01:40:56,049 --> 01:40:59,618
for your spirit
to conquer adversity...
1578
01:40:59,653 --> 01:41:01,920
and for personal triumphs
small and large,
1579
01:41:01,955 --> 01:41:06,892
thank you from Passages,
presented to Kevin, October 10, 2012.
1580
01:41:08,829 --> 01:41:11,296
Thank you so much.
I used to win a lot of contests,
1581
01:41:11,331 --> 01:41:13,899
and I used to win a lot of
trophies, and, you know,
1582
01:41:13,934 --> 01:41:16,067
since this, I haven't
won any trophies, so...
1583
01:41:16,103 --> 01:41:19,471
I got the feeling back.
1584
01:41:23,143 --> 01:41:26,177
For so long, it's like
you have that false reality,
1585
01:41:26,213 --> 01:41:30,181
and it's like there's nothing telling
you that it just can't happen anymore,
1586
01:41:30,217 --> 01:41:34,252
and then, you know, it was really, I
think, when I first got on my snowboard...
1587
01:41:34,288 --> 01:41:39,558
and first tried doing things, it was like,
"All right. You don't have it anymore.
1588
01:41:39,593 --> 01:41:42,628
You've lost...
You've lost that."
1589
01:41:43,830 --> 01:41:45,664
A couple months
after the accident,
1590
01:41:45,699 --> 01:41:48,267
I remember so clearly
being like,
1591
01:41:48,302 --> 01:41:50,935
"Oh, I wonder if I'm gonna be
able to ride in the Olympics."
1592
01:41:50,971 --> 01:41:54,473
You know, I was in the hospital
there for another four months.
1593
01:41:54,508 --> 01:41:56,809
I was two years
away from snowboarding,
1594
01:41:56,844 --> 01:41:59,277
and I thought that I might be
going to the Olympics.
1595
01:41:59,313 --> 01:42:05,517
Like, I was so far gone, and, like,
now I don't know how far gone I still am.
1596
01:42:21,852 --> 01:42:25,020
David... he looks at pictures of
you from when you first got hurt,
1597
01:42:25,056 --> 01:42:26,688
that he has on his computer,
1598
01:42:26,723 --> 01:42:28,790
and he watches videos,
and I think he gets...
1599
01:42:31,595 --> 01:42:35,764
Dave, I want to be there for you
now, and I want you to be okay with it...
1600
01:42:35,800 --> 01:42:38,100
that I'm not gonna do
that stuff anymore.
1601
01:42:38,135 --> 01:42:40,535
You know, I understand
that I can't do double corks.
1602
01:42:40,570 --> 01:42:44,406
I've come to terms with the fact
that that's not gonna happen anymore.
1603
01:42:44,441 --> 01:42:48,977
So you should try as hard as
you can not to worry about that.
1604
01:42:49,013 --> 01:42:51,580
You know, I think the hardest
thing for me to come to accept,
1605
01:42:51,616 --> 01:42:55,751
and, you know, that I've been so
fortunate because I have accepted,
1606
01:42:55,786 --> 01:42:57,653
is how much my life
has changed...
1607
01:42:57,688 --> 01:43:02,258
and just how different things are now
and how different things will be forever.
1608
01:43:02,293 --> 01:43:04,609
So I'm curious, David,
1609
01:43:04,644 --> 01:43:06,945
when you're listening to Kevin
talk about that,
1610
01:43:06,980 --> 01:43:11,433
if you could learn something about
accepting your Down syndrome.
1611
01:43:37,011 --> 01:43:40,278
Dave, there are definitely
a lot of hard things in this.
1612
01:43:40,313 --> 01:43:42,697
There's definitely a lot of
things that aren't that good,
1613
01:43:42,733 --> 01:43:47,603
but we have a lot of good things, and we've
got a really good family here to help us...
1614
01:43:47,638 --> 01:43:50,138
and a really good
support system.
1615
01:43:50,174 --> 01:43:54,643
You know, I think that's the
biggest part is to understand...
1616
01:43:54,679 --> 01:43:56,845
that things are different,
1617
01:43:56,880 --> 01:44:00,081
but things are good,
and things are okay.
1618
01:44:01,719 --> 01:44:04,687
So, can you know that,
and will you understand...
1619
01:44:04,722 --> 01:44:08,724
that I am gonna be safe, and I'm
gonna be able to make the right decisions,
1620
01:44:08,759 --> 01:44:10,693
and you don't need to
worry about me?
1621
01:44:12,029 --> 01:44:13,729
Okay.
1622
01:44:14,732 --> 01:44:16,598
Let me ask you
this question, Dave.
1623
01:44:16,634 --> 01:44:20,636
Do you feel like you're happy right
now and things are going well for you?
1624
01:44:35,586 --> 01:44:40,389
What you said about him... about what he
said that he's not gonna do double corks.
1625
01:44:40,424 --> 01:44:43,058
That's making you feel
happier in your life?
1626
01:44:47,481 --> 01:44:50,782
Yeah. You know, I think that would
help... not to look at the pictures.
1627
01:44:50,818 --> 01:44:52,918
Have a picture of him
how he is now. Yeah.
1628
01:44:52,953 --> 01:44:55,453
That's what you want a picture
of. You don't need pictures...
1629
01:44:55,489 --> 01:44:57,472
of where I was
and remembering the old times.
1630
01:44:57,508 --> 01:44:59,925
You need pictures
of remembering now.
1631
01:45:08,369 --> 01:45:10,836
We are about to feast.
1632
01:45:15,609 --> 01:45:19,060
You have to cut it here.
1633
01:45:19,095 --> 01:45:21,346
This is my first carve.
1634
01:45:23,851 --> 01:45:26,685
Dave, happy Thanksgiving.
1635
01:45:27,788 --> 01:45:29,521
Kev is home.
1636
01:45:51,662 --> 01:45:54,563
♪
1637
01:45:56,400 --> 01:45:59,435
♪ One day, baby, we'll be old ♪
1638
01:45:59,470 --> 01:46:04,389
♪ Oh, baby, we'll be old and think of
all the stories that we could have told ♪
1639
01:46:05,692 --> 01:46:08,760
♪ One day, baby,
we'll be old ♪
1640
01:46:08,795 --> 01:46:10,662
♪ Oh, baby, we'll be old ♪
1641
01:46:10,697 --> 01:46:12,530
♪ And think of
all the stories ♪
1642
01:46:12,566 --> 01:46:14,499
♪ That we could have told ♪
1643
01:46:16,836 --> 01:46:18,636
♪ Little me and little you ♪
1644
01:46:18,672 --> 01:46:20,856
♪ Kept doing all the things
they do ♪
1645
01:46:20,891 --> 01:46:22,991
♪ They never really
think it through ♪
1646
01:46:23,026 --> 01:46:25,627
♪ Like I can never
think you're true ♪
1647
01:46:25,662 --> 01:46:27,679
♪ Here I go again, the blame ♪
1648
01:46:27,714 --> 01:46:30,415
♪ The guilt, the pain,
the hurt, the shame ♪
1649
01:46:30,450 --> 01:46:32,901
♪ The founding fathers
of our plane ♪
1650
01:46:34,472 --> 01:46:38,507
♪ That's stuck
in heavy clouds of rain ♪
1651
01:46:39,543 --> 01:46:42,210
♪ One day, baby, we'll be old ♪
1652
01:46:42,245 --> 01:46:43,812
♪ Oh, baby, we'll be old ♪
1653
01:46:43,848 --> 01:46:47,465
♪ And think of all the stories
that we could have told ♪
1654
01:46:47,500 --> 01:46:50,369
♪ One day, baby, we'll be old ♪
1655
01:46:50,404 --> 01:46:51,803
♪ Oh, baby, we'll be old ♪
1656
01:46:51,838 --> 01:46:53,605
♪ And think of
all the stories ♪
1657
01:46:53,641 --> 01:46:55,540
♪ That we could have told ♪
1658
01:46:55,576 --> 01:46:58,343
♪ One day, baby,
we'll be old ♪
1659
01:46:58,378 --> 01:46:59,945
♪ Oh, baby, we'll be old ♪
1660
01:46:59,980 --> 01:47:03,615
♪ And think of all the stories
that we could have told ♪
1661
01:47:03,650 --> 01:47:06,484
♪ One day, baby,
we'll be old ♪
1662
01:47:06,519 --> 01:47:07,886
♪ Oh, baby,
we'll be old ♪
1663
01:47:07,921 --> 01:47:09,755
♪ And think of
all the stories ♪
1664
01:47:09,790 --> 01:47:11,723
♪ That we could
have told ♪
1665
01:47:11,759 --> 01:47:14,525
♪ One day, baby, we'll be old ♪
1666
01:47:14,561 --> 01:47:16,294
♪ Oh, baby, we'll be old ♪
1667
01:47:16,329 --> 01:47:17,629
♪ And think of
all the stories ♪
1668
01:47:17,664 --> 01:47:19,731
♪ That we could have told ♪
1669
01:47:19,766 --> 01:47:22,667
♪ One day, baby, we'll be old ♪
1670
01:47:22,702 --> 01:47:24,336
♪ Oh, baby, we'll be old ♪
1671
01:47:24,371 --> 01:47:26,004
♪ And think of
all the stories ♪
1672
01:47:26,040 --> 01:47:27,739
♪ That we could have told ♪
1673
01:47:27,774 --> 01:47:30,675
♪ One day, baby, we'll be old ♪
1674
01:47:30,710 --> 01:47:32,777
♪ Oh, baby, we'll be old ♪
1675
01:47:32,813 --> 01:47:35,680
♪ Oh, baby,
we'll be old ♪
1676
01:47:35,715 --> 01:47:38,650
♪ One day, baby, we'll be old ♪
1677
01:47:38,685 --> 01:47:40,385
♪ Oh, baby, we'll be old ♪
1678
01:47:40,421 --> 01:47:42,087
♪ And think of
all the stories ♪
1679
01:47:42,122 --> 01:47:43,888
♪ That we could have told ♪
1680
01:47:43,924 --> 01:47:46,758
♪ One day, baby, we'll be old ♪
1681
01:47:46,793 --> 01:47:48,493
♪ Oh, baby, we'll be old ♪
1682
01:47:48,528 --> 01:47:50,128
♪ And think of
all the stories ♪
1683
01:47:50,164 --> 01:47:51,863
♪ That we could
have told ♪
1684
01:47:51,898 --> 01:47:54,899
♪ One day, baby,
we'll be old ♪
1685
01:47:54,935 --> 01:47:57,135
♪ Oh, baby,
we'll be old ♪
1686
01:47:57,171 --> 01:47:59,071
♪ Oh, baby, we'll be old ♪
1687
01:47:59,106 --> 01:48:00,238
♪ Oh, baby, we'll be ♪
1688
01:48:00,274 --> 01:48:03,008
♪ One day,
baby ♪
1689
01:48:03,043 --> 01:48:04,742
♪ We'll be old ♪
1690
01:48:05,812 --> 01:48:08,046
♪ Oh, baby, we'll be old ♪
1691
01:48:09,283 --> 01:48:11,383
♪ Think of all
the stories ♪
1692
01:48:11,418 --> 01:48:14,052
♪ That we could have told ♪
1693
01:48:15,322 --> 01:48:21,026
♪ One day, baby, we'll be old ♪
1694
01:48:21,061 --> 01:48:24,863
♪ Oh, baby, we'll be old ♪
1695
01:48:24,898 --> 01:48:27,699
♪ And think of
all the stories ♪
1696
01:48:27,734 --> 01:48:30,002
♪ That we could
have told ♪
1697
01:48:30,037 --> 01:48:32,904
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