Hannah Teter

“Riding is my passion, but a very close second is sun, sand, and surf.”

“My goal from the beginning was, if I ever hit it it big, I would give back. And that continues to be my goal moving forward.”

“Fourth is the worst position to finish. You just missed the podium.”

“I didn't know football was so big. Obviously, it's huge in the United States.”

“I try to incorporate quinoa in unique and fun ways into most meals.”

“It seems like an obligation if you have it so good. You have to spread the wealth.”

“I want to make money for third-world-country kids, and I need to be smart about how to do it.”

“I still want to look good while training hard and throwing down.”

“I love riding halfpipe. This is an amazing job to have.”

“Bodies are beautiful and should be appreciated.”

“I'm into fashion and designing clothes and stuff.”

“I'd just like to see athletes awake. And aware. There's so much going on and so much to know... We stay in our little boxes and don't think much about the outside world.”

“The earth is one big interconnected entity. If you hurt a piece, you hurt the whole. If you hurt the people, you hurt the environment.”

“I've been blessed to have enough to buy organic and have a house in Tahoe.”

“I snowboard because I love it. It's just a cool way to be out there and doing something different instead of going to college.”

“You don't really get the full grasp of something until you see it for yourself.”

“Clean water is such a treasure that we take for granted in America.”

“Sometimes, you need to revamp yourself over the winter, participate in things that make you appreciate what you have.”

“It's so hard to see one of your friends fall, and it's a reminder that you have to be on and in the zone.”

“The Special Olympics motto, 'Let me win, but if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt,' really speaks to me because it embodies exactly what I have pursued in my life. Really, that's all any of us can hope for - a chance to be brave and to pursue a dream.”