Gretchen Bleiler
Gretchen Bleiler

If you wake up in the morning, and you're feeling tired, I feel like if you get on your yoga mat and even practice for, like, 10 or 15 minutes, it's really great for just grounding you, centering you, and getting the energy moving.

Gretchen Bleiler
Gretchen Bleiler

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

Gretchen Bleiler
Gretchen Bleiler

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

Gretchen Bleiler
Gretchen Bleiler

I grew up snowboarding in two of the best states for the sport: Colorado and Utah. The world-class ski mountains in these neighboring states were key factors that allowed me to represent our country in two Olympics and numerous X Games.

Gretchen Bleiler
Gretchen Bleiler

More and more, companies are realizing the value of their female consumers, and that's showing up in the female-specific products they're making, their marketing strategies, and even the feel of their companies internally.

Gretchen Bleiler
Gretchen Bleiler

I get to experience so much in my life as I travel around, and it's just such a great way to get to share that with people. All these sites, like Twitter and Make It Pro, give me such a very strong way to interact with people. It's easy to let people be part of your life and to keep all of your friends and fans together.

Gretchen Bleiler
Gretchen Bleiler

As long you are doing what you love and making decisions from the heart, you will be successful.

Gretchen Bleiler
Gretchen Bleiler

Jumping on the trampoline for even a half an hour is a really good workout. You get really tired. The next day, you're feeling it. And you really have to use your core. If you don't, your lower back hurts the next day.

Gretchen Bleiler
Gretchen Bleiler

I think whenever you have any kind of injury or challenge, you just have to deal with it the best you can. You have to decide what's important to you and focus on getting back to where you want to be. And enjoy where you are and what your goals and dreams are and just give it 100 percent.

Gretchen Bleiler
Gretchen Bleiler

I've landed on my shoulders a lot of times, and separated them and stretched the capsule. I've torn my ACL in my right knee; that took me out for an entire season.

Gretchen Bleiler
Gretchen Bleiler

I've always had bigger legs and butt; it's just the way I'm built. Over time, I realized that they were blessings because that foundation - my legs and butt - is what helps me flip 12 feet above an icy halfpipe.

Gretchen Bleiler
Gretchen Bleiler

I'm a competitor, and since I was 2 years old, I have always wanted to be the best at whatever I was doing.

Gretchen Bleiler
Gretchen Bleiler

I have three brothers, and they were all snowboarders, and I always looked up to them. That's the reason I started snowboarding. I always wanted to be just as good as they were.

Gretchen Bleiler
Gretchen Bleiler

I think whenever you get out and do something different, like mountain biking or surfing, it just makes you more aware of your body and balance. For me, I've always loved anything that involved sports, so I've always just tried different things.

Gretchen Bleiler
Gretchen Bleiler

When I first started snowboarding, nobody trained off-hill. People weren't going to the gym and getting stronger. Snowboarding was more self-expression, like skateboarding. It was just something you went and did. It wasn't something you trained for.

Gretchen Bleiler
Gretchen Bleiler

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

Gretchen Bleiler
Gretchen Bleiler

From day one, snowboarding led me down a totally different path, and it's that path that's kept me laughing and continually intrigued. I love the satisfaction at the end of the day of overcoming my fears, of spending all day outside working hard, and there's nothing better than the feeling of landing a new trick for the first time.

Gretchen Bleiler
Gretchen Bleiler

I don't have too strict a diet.

Gretchen Bleiler
Gretchen Bleiler

Core training is so important.

Gretchen Bleiler
Gretchen Bleiler

There will always be another email to get through; something to clean up, file, and organize; more errands to do. Which is why balance is so important. Life is a marathon, not a sprint.