Bud Keene Quotes (11 Quotes)

Shaun's been a notch above the field for sure. He's been a notch above all the rest of the riders in the world.

I'll maintain my connection to U.S. Snowboarding and a lot of those riders, but I'm happy to be home. Now I can make a better connection with my family.

Lindsey is remarkable in this day and age. To compete in any two disciplines, particularly two so different in that one is a freestyle event and one is a racing event, it really is remarkable that she's able to ride at a world-class level in both.

This was planned all along. I've been married 20 years and have two sons ages 14 and 9. So when this opportunity came my way we had a big family meeting. I said that I'd give it four years, no matter what the outcome, and then come back home.

They did salad different over there. I just needed a good homemade salad. I love salad.

The rescheduling threw us all off. Everyone was a bit groggy this morning, but the riding was unbelievable. Gretchen rode as well as I've seen all year, throwing with grace and precision. This Grand Prix season has really pushed every U.S. rider. It's absolutely been the best riding I've seen in any contest.

I'm not surprised both of these guys were up on the podium, and Mason was in fourth. We had hoped to sweep the podium, I won't lie. We ended up with first, second and fourth, and that's still pretty darn good. I'm really psyched.

We set some high goals. We wanted to sweep everything. We came really close. If Kelly had landed on her feet on that last run we would have swept.

It's easy for me to establish an immediate rapport with riders I can hop in the pipe and ride, I've been there before. I do it for the same reason they do the love of the sport. My goals are the same as theirs. I want for them what they want for themselves and that's the best that they can do.

Kelly really pushed the limits of women's riding by going huge and super technical.

I hope this wakes up the people who don't understand what this is all about. This is going to be on prime time in the U.S., so we'll see what the results are. I have a feeling it's going to influence a lot of people.